Matthew S. Arenson, P.C.
Overview
Matthew Arenson is a corporate partner in the Firm’s Miami office, where he was a founding partner in 2023 after practicing in our Chicago office for over 15 years. His practice primarily involves representing private equity sponsors and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and recapitalizations. Matthew also counsels clients on a range of general corporate matters, including governance and executive compensation.
Matthew has worked on transactions in a variety of sectors, including healthcare and life sciences; aerospace and defense; specialty chemicals and materials; manufacturing; food and beverage; business and professional services; technology; and transportation and logistics. Matthew has handled matters on behalf of, among others, Sun Capital Partners, AE Industrial Partners, Brightstar Capital Partners, SK Capital Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners, Marlin Equity Partners, Water Street Healthcare Partners, Neos Partners, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Palm Peak Capital, Emerald Lake Capital Management and Garnett Station Partners, as well as many of their portfolio companies.
Experience
Representative Matters
Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Custopharm in its $425 million sale to Hikma Pharmaceuticals
- HealthPlan Holdings in its $460 million sale to Wipro
- Oaktree Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: OAC) in its $1.6 billion business combination with Hims & Hers
- Medical Specialties Distributors in its sale to New Mountain Capital
- SK Capital in various transactions, including in its:
- acquisition of bluebird bio (NASDAQ: BLUE)
- acquisition of Apotex, and Apotex’s subsequent acquisition of certain pharmaceutical products from TEVA Pharmaceuticals
- investment in Spectrum Vascular
- $287 million acquisition of the Blow-Fill-Seal Sterile Contract Development and Manufacturing Business of Catalent Pharma Solutions
- acquisition, and subsequent sale, of Wavelength Pharmaceuticals
- acquisition of Perrigo’s active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) business
- Water Street Healthcare Partners in its investment in Solvias AG
- Viant Medical in its acquisition of Knightsbridge Plastics
Aerospace & Defense
- AE Industrial in various transactions, including in its:
- acquisitions of AC&A (n/k/a Applied Composites), Applied Composites Engineering, EnCore Composite Structures, San Diego Composites and The Companies of North Coast
- acquisition of York Space Systems
- acquisition of Forming Machine Industries and its subsequent acquisition of the Atlas Group
- acquisition of Moeller Aerospace
- portfolio company Firefly Aerospace in its acquisition of Spaceflight, a provider of launch and in-space transportation services
- Edge Autonomy (f/k/a UAV Factory) in its acquisition of Jennings Aeronautics and subsequent $925 million sale
- Gryphon Technologies in its $350 million sale to ManTech (NASDAQ: MANT)
- Kellstrom Aerospace in its $200 million sale to VSE Corporation
- Redwire in its $615 million business combination with Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: GNPK), and subsequent acquisitions of Made in Space, Deployable Space Systems, LoadPath, Oakman Aerospace, Roccor and QinetiQ Space NV
- Triman Industries in its acquisitions of Brighton Cromwell and Crestwood Technology Group
Specialty Chemicals & Materials
- AE Industrial Partners in its acquisition of Calca Solutions from Arxada
- American Pacific in its sale to NewMarket
- Brightstar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Douglas Product
- Deltech Holdings in its acquisition of StanChem
- Emerald Performance Materials in its sale to American Securities
- SK Capital in its $1.0 billion acquisition of Israel Chemicals' fire safety and oil additives business
- SK Capital in its acquisition and subsequent sale of the monomers, polymers and European businesses of Deltech Holding
- Sun Capital Partners in its sale of Calcium Products to HBM Holdings
- Sun Capital Partners in its $411 million take private of Select Interior Concepts
- Sun Capital Partners in its acquisition of VantaCore Partners LLC
- Techmer PM in its acquisition of Advanced Color Technologies and subsequent recapitalization by Gryphon Investors
Manufacturing
- AE Industrial Partners-backed Resolute Industrial in its $440 million sale to Aggreko
- Coveris Holdings in its $1.32 billion sale of its Americas packaging business to Transcontinental
- Dussur in its sale of General Electric Saudi Advanced Turbines to GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV)
- Infiltrator Water Technologies in its $1.08 billion sale to Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.
- Palm Peak Capital in its acquisition of Pacific Shoring
- Sun Capital Partners in its acquisition and subsequent sale of Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions to Truelink Capital
- Sun Capital Partners in its acquisition and subsequent sale of Arrow Tru-Line to MiddleGround Capital
- Robertshaw Controls Company in its $900 million sale to One Rock Capital Partners
Food & Beverage
- Arlon Group-backed Wholesome Sweeteners in its $180 million sale to Whole Earth Brands (NASDAQ: FREE)
- Cambridge Franchise Holdings, LLC in its $238 million sale to Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.
- The Coastal Companies in its sale to Sysco Corp.
- Captain D's Seafood Restaurant in its sale to Centre Capital Management
- Idaho Pacific in its acquisitions of Idaho Supreme Potatoes and BJ Livestock
- Flynn Restaurant Group in its $552.55 million acquisition of Pizza Hut and Wendy’s restaurants from NPC International
- Garnett Station Partners-backed Twin Peaks, a national sports bar & grill franchise company, in its $300 million sale to FAT Brands (NASDAQ: FAT)
- Shearer's Foods in its $430 million acquisition of Snyder's-Lance’s private brands division and Medallion Foods, and subsequent sale to Clayton Dubilier & Rice
- SK Capital in its acquisition of Spectra Confectionery
- Sun Capital Partners in its acquisition of Fresh Origins
Business & Professional Services
- AE Industrial Partners in its:
- acquisition of United Building Solutions, and United Building Solutions’ subsequent acquisition of Total Comfort Solutions
- acquisition and subsequent sale of BHI Energy to Westinghouse Electric Company
- acquisition and subsequent sale of Altus Fire & Life Safety
- Astrion in its acquisition of Axient
- Brightstar Capital Partners in various transactions, including its:
- acquisition of Stratus
- acquisition of Engineering Research and Consulting (ERC) and subsequent acquisition of Oasis Systems to form Astrion
- acquisition of Best Choice Roofing
- Belcan Engineering in its acquisitions of Schafer Corporation and Allegiant International and subsequent $1.3 billion sale to Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH)
- CDI Corp. in its sale of EdgeRock Technologies to BG Staffing, Inc. (NYSE: BGSF)
- CDI Engineering Solutions in its sale to Tata Consulting Engineers
- Emerald Lake Capital Management in its acquisition of Five Star Energy Services
- Sun Capital Partners in its acquisition of Cotton Holdings, and Cotton’s subsequent acquisition of 24 Restore
Technology
- AE Industrial Partners-backed Pangiam in its acquisition of veriScan
- AE Industrial Partners in its acquisition of REDLattice
- BigBear.ai in its $1.378 billion business combination with GigCapital4 (NASDAQ: GIGGU, GIG, GIGGW) and its acquisition of ProModel Corporation
- Madison Dearborn Partners in its acquisition of Remote DBA Experts (n/k/a Navisite) and its subsequent acquisition of Velocity Technology Solutions
- Shiseido Americas in its acquisition of MATCHCo
Transportation & Logistics
- AE Industrial Partners in its acquisition of Solairus Aviation
- Brightstar Capital Partners in its acquisition of W.W. Williams
- Amerit Fleet Solutions in its sale to New Mountain Capital
- Gateway Dealer Network in its sale to Tuckahoe Holdings
- Sun Capital Partners in its acquisition of Total Transportation Services and TTSI’s subsequent acquisition of SalSon Logistics
- Sun Capital Partners in the acquisition of Century Distribution Systems
- XLerate in its acquisition of America's Auto Auction from Trinity Hunt Partners
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ExternHonorable Sidney I. SchenkierUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2006
Judicial ExternHonorable Richard D. CudahyUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit2006
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2023Florida
- 2008Illinois
Education
- Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.magna cum laude
Order of Coif
Associate Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
- University of MichiganB.A., Political Science; History Minorwith High Distinction