Matthew Sanderson
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Matthew Sanderson is a transactional attorney, focused on complex transactions in real estate, mergers and acquisitions of private companies, and technology contracts. His client base spans numerous industries, both domestically and internationally, and the most served industries include technology, metal recycling, restaurant, and real estate. You can visit Matthew’s blogs, DistressedAssetLaw.com , TexasRestaurantLaw.com , TexasMetalLaw.com , and TechnologyConsultingLaw.com .
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REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE - BY INDUSTRY
Technology - TechnologyConsultingLaw.com
Currently serving as the outside, general counsel for an international technology consulting firm, involved in a variety of markets including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the United States, Russia, and Vietnam.
Former in-house counsel of nation-wide technology consulting firm.
Negotiation of numerous technology licensing contracts.
Negotiation and implementation of numerous technology consulting agreements, including without limitation master service agreements, statements of work, and ancillary documents related thereto.
Creation of numerous corporate entities engaged in technology consulting.
Management of various issues related to the corporate governance of technology firms.
Metal Recycling - TexasMetalLaw.com
Management and acquisition of various permitting and regulation issues involving numerous state and local ordinances and statutes
Litigation involving the displacement and reinstatement of metal operators in Dallas County, Texas.
Acquisition of various industrial metal recycling facilities nation-wide.
Creation of various metal recycling entities and related financing entities.
Defense of various permit violations alleged against metal recycling entities by state and/or local authorities.
Real Estate - DistressedAssetLaw.com
Facilitation of numerous acquisitions and sales of improved and unimproved real estate in a variety of industries.
Negotiation of numerous commercial leasing transactions, including ground leases, office leases, and retail leases.
Implementation of numerous financing transactions associated with the purchase, sale, and leasing of commercial real estate.
Creation of numerous entities associated with real property.
Restaurant - TexasRestaurantLaw.com
Creation of numerous entities for the operation of bars and restaurants.
Facilitation of alcohol and beer permit issues with the Texas Alcohol and Beer Commission.
Management of various corporate governance issues related to restaurants.
Acquisition and negotiation of restaurant franchise rights and the real property associated with the acquisition.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE - BY TYPE OF TRANSACTION Real Estate:
Purchase of a $34 million investment property in Idaho.
Purchase and development of various $10 - 20 million industrial concrete facilities in Louisiana, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee, and the associated business entities.
Acquisition of approximately 40 fast food franchises for $20 million from bankruptcy in Washington.
Purchase and development of various $5 - 10 million standard and extended-stay hotels for a variety of different franchises in Dallas, Texas and Houston, Texas.
Purchase and development of various $5 - 10 million shopping centers and the associated leasing of each in Dallas, Texas.
Purchase, development and construction of various $5 - 10 million business condominium regimes in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and Albuquerque, New Mexico and the resulting sales.
Purchase, development and sale of a variety of $1 - 5 million scrap and metal recycling facilities in Dallas and surrounding areas.
Sale of an $8 million apartment complex.
Purchase of a $2 million mining facility in Nevada.
Leasing:
Negotiation of shopping mall leases for tenants in the Galleria Mall and Valley View Mall of Dallas, Texas.
Negotiation of retail shopping center leases for franchised and unfranchised restaurants in Dallas, Texas.
Negotiation of ground leases for car dealerships in Plano, Texas.
Negotiation of office leases for tenants in office buildings in downtown Dallas, Texas and in North Dallas.
Negotiation of medical and dental office leases in the Uptown Area of Dallas, Texas and in North Dallas.
Mergers & Acquisitions:
Stock sale of $500 million Texas concrete production company, involving national facilities and entities.
Acquisition of a $5 million records management company and associated real estate in Louisiana.
Stock transfer of a $5 million technology products entity in Dallas, Texas.
Stock transfer of a $1.5 million metal recycling facility in Dallas, Texas.
Sale of $2 million mailing and fulfillment business in Dallas, Texas.
Acquisition of a $2 million ore producing entity in California.
Sale of a $1.5 million cheese steak franchise in Dallas, Texas.
Banking and Financial Services:
Facilitation of $150 million of combined senior and subordinated debt for a technology services company in Dallas, Texas.
Implementation of two different debt offerings of $150 million and $80 million for a concrete products company in Dallas, Texas.
Negotiation of $5 - 10 million revolving construction loans for the development of hotel franchises in Dallas, Texas and Houston, Texas.
Negotiation of $5 - 10 million revolving construction loans for the development of business condominiums in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Professional Activities, Memberships & Affiliations
State Courts of Texas.
Licensed Solicitor - England & Wales.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (Previous Co-Chairman of International Law Conference Liason Committee).
Dallas Bar Association.
State Bar of Texas.
Publications & Speeches
"Buying Distressed Assets ", Looper Reed & McGraw Guide (2009).
"A 'Basic' Misunderstanding: How the United States Supreme Court Misunderstands Capital Markets," 43 S. Tex. L. Rev. 743 (2002).
Education
1999 - B.B.A, Finance, Texas A&M University
2002 - J.D., South Texas College of Law
Honors
Selected as a Rising Star by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazine, 2008 - 2010.
