With more than a decade of experience representing private equity buyers and sellers, clients rely on Matt Hendy’s deep industry knowledge and practical insight. Matt’s practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private investments, with a particular emphasis on advising private equity sponsors and other financial institutions. He works across a broad spectrum of industries, including technology, business services, infrastructure, and life sciences.
Matt has substantial experience handling private equity buyouts, sell-side processes, and add-on acquisitions for private equity sponsors. Clients value his pragmatic approach to problem-solving and his unwavering commitment to advancing their interests.
Prior to joining Akerman, Matt was a partner at a leading law firm in Montreal and, before that, at a global law firm in New York City, where he concentrated on private equity M&A transactions.