Bio

Matt Stewart, a partner in the Investment Management and Private Equity Practice Groups in the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone, focuses his practice primarily on structuring, forming, and advising private equity, venture capital, energy, and other private investment funds and their management companies. Matt has assisted private investment funds throughout each phase of the investment life cycle, from deal sourcing, platform transactions, acquisition financing and tax structuring, to add-on acquisitions, portfolio company management, and exit and other liquidity transactions. Matt regularly counsels funds and their portfolio companies in merger and acquisition transactions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions; management teams with respect to private-equity backed investments and equity compensation arrangements; and private equity and venture capital funds in minority growth equity investments. Matt also advises clients regarding the structuring and operation of entities serving as general partners and managers to funds and portfolio companies, with a particular focus on internal governance and economic arrangements, including the allocation and vesting of carried interest, joint ventures with and investments from third parties, generational transition and other partner additions and departures, and subscription lines of credit.