Matthew W. Leivo

Mergers and Acquisitions Representations

• BAI Communications / Mobilitie in the acquisition of Signal Point Systems
• Biolandes in the acquisition of Eden Botanicals
• Digital Audio Exchange in the acquisition of Remixd Media
• Tivian Inc. in the acquisition of GuideSpark
• MAS Holdings is the sale of its subsidiary Attune to a private equity buyer
• John Swire & Sons in the acquisition of WesTech Engineering
• Nemetschek Group/Maxon Computer in the acquisition of Red Giant
• Erber Group and Bio-ferm in the acquisition of Westbridge
• Nemetschek Group/Maxon Computer in the acquisition of Redshift Rendering Technologies
• Zensho Holdings in the acquisition of Advanced Fresh Concepts
• Cohu, Inc. in multiple acquisitions
• Sun Capital in acquisitions
• Costar Technologies, Inc. in acquisitions
• Vanguard Space Technologies in its sale to a private equity buyer
• Gores Group in acquisitions
• German broadcaster ProSieben in acquisitions and corporate venture capital
• eStudySite in the acquisition of a private healthcare business
• Cohu, Inc. in the sale of a division to a private equity buyer
• John Swire & Sons in the financing and acquisition of a water purification company
• DTS, Inc. in its acquisition of SRS Labs, Inc.
• DragonWave Inc. in its acquisition of the microwave transport business of Nokia Siemens Networks
• PICO Holdings in a sale of two insurance company subsidiaries
• Business Intelligence Systems Solutions in the sale of its data visualization software business to a private equity buyer
• Dickson Testing and Aerocraft Heat Treating companies in their sale to Precision Castparts Corp.
• An international online travel consolidator in the sale of its business
• SeQual Technologies Inc. in its sale to Chart Industries
• DragonWave Inc. in its acquisition of Axerra Networks Inc.
• 2 Sisters Food Group's sale of assets to Fresh & Easy
• CareFusion Corporation in its spinout from Cardinal Health
• NuVasive, Inc. in multiple acquisitions
• Life Technologies Corporation (formerly Invitrogen Corporation) in its US$6.7 billion merger with Applera Corporation
• Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of SYS
• Tut Systems, Inc. in its sale to Motorola, Inc.

Public Securities Offerings, Private Equity, Debt and Venture Finance Representations

• Hayfin Capital in financings
• DW Healthcare Partners in financings
• Block, Inc. (formerly Square) in corporate venture capital investments
• RiverRock Capital Partners in financings and fund work
• Cac private equity group in financings
• Quidel Corporation in multiple corporate venture capital investments
• A large global apparel manufacturer in corporate venture capital and international expansion
• DragonWave, Inc. in follow-on public offerings on NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange
• Clearlake Capital in private equity investments
• NuVasive, Inc. in its offering of convertible senior notes
• DragonWave, Inc. in its cross-border US initial public offering on NASDAQ and simultaneous Canadian offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange
• GLG Life Tech Corporation in its cross-border US initial public offering on NASDAQ and simultaneous Canadian offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange
• Enterprise Partners in a secondary public offering
• Adventrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in registered direct offerings to institutional investors
• Life Technologies Corporation in multiple Rule 144A note offerings totaling greater than US$1 billion
• Cogent, Inc. in its initial public offering on NASDAQ
• Kintera, Inc. in its initial public offering on NASDAQ
• Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. in its initial public offering on NASDAQ

Representative Clients

• Hayfin Capital Management
• Dr. Seuss Enterprises
• DW Healthcare Partners
• Riverwalk Capital Partners
• CAC private equity group
• BAI Communications
• MAS Holdings
• Symphony Technology Group
• Block, Inc. (formerly Square)
• Nemetschek Technology Group
• Biolandes Technologies 
• Maxon Computer
• Quidel Corporation
• Costar Technologies, Inc.
• Genomic Health, Inc.
• DragonWave Inc.
• Cohu, Inc.
• Tissue Regenix
• MAS Holdings
• IntegenX Inc.
• QUALCOMM Incorporated
• VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc.
• DTS, Inc.
• Vanguard Space Technologies
• PICO Holdings, Inc.
• International Stem Cell Corporation
• NuVasive, Inc.
• Life Technologies Corporation
• CareFusion Corporation
• Adventrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Jack in the Box, Inc.
• Ricall, Inc.
• SeQual Technologies Inc.