Bio

Matt Squires is a partner in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and head of the firm’s Latin America practice group. His principal focus is representing international emerging growth technology companies and venture capital firms in cross-border venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public and private capital markets transactions. Matt has extensive experience with cross-border transactions throughout Latin America (valuing over $27 billion) as well as transactions involving China, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Nigeria, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and the British Virgin Islands, among others. He also has extensive experience representing international companies and underwriters in connection with initial public offerings and other securities offerings, including follow-on offerings, ADSs, high-yield bonds, and exchange and tender offers. His practice also includes general corporate representation, securities regulatory counseling, and representation of not-for-profit organizations. In addition to working with technology and software companies, Matt has experience working with clients in a broad range of industries, including clean energy, ethanol, telecom, financial services, medical device manufacture, insurance, healthcare, real estate, aviation, agriculture, utilities, oil and gas, retail goods, food services, transportation infrastructure, and logistics. Before joining Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Matt was an associate in the global securities group at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York and São Paulo. In addition to English, Matt is fluent in Portuguese and knowledgeable in Spanish. Matt is admitted in New York and Washington. He is not yet admitted in Utah and therefore not authorized to practice law in Utah.