Matt is Chair of the firm's Public Finance Practice. He is a client-focused, solution-oriented legal advisor devoted exclusively to public finance matters. His practice is primarily focused on the new issuance of municipal securities by governmental and non-profit entities across a wide variety of sectors.

Matt serves as bond counsel on revenue obligations to finance affordable residential developments and essential water and sewer infrastructure. He serves as bond counsel or borrower’s counsel on direct and conduit financings for non-profit healthcare and educational institutions to finance their capital needs. He also serves as bond counsel on revenue anticipation financings for multiple regional transit authorities.

Matt frequently serves as counsel to underwriters of publicly offered municipal securities by numerous issuers in multiple states such as the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, the New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority and several local municipalities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.

In addition, Matt serves as counsel to bond trustees, bondholders and bond purchasers in connection with both new issuances of debt and with debt restructuring transactions.

Matt has significant experience with private-use and other tax law considerations related to establishing and maintaining the tax-advantaged status of certain governmental and private activity bonds issued for capital and working capital financings.

Before attending law school, Matt had a prior career as a public school teacher in western Massachusetts and Seattle, Washington.