Matthew Wells

Matt Wells is a Corporate & Securities partner in Mayer Brown’s Salt Lake City and Northern California offices and a member of the firm’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital and Mergers & Acquisitions practices.

Since starting his legal career in Silicon Valley in 2000, Matt has facilitated the formation, financing, and harvest of hundreds of successful high growth companies. Matt has represented entrepreneurs, growth enterprises, venture capital firms, private equity sponsors and strategic acquirors in completing upwards of 270 preferred stock financings and 130 M&A transactions of all sizes.

As a Utah resident and active participant in the vibrant technology ecosystem of Silicon Slopes, Matt works with growth companies from startup through exit in a variety of industries, including software, technology, fintech, edtech, media, data, biotech, medical device, healthcare, consumer products and services, restaurants and specialty foods. Matt also represents national and international clients making in-bound equity investments and middle market acquisitions of private companies nationwide. He has facilitated cross-border acquisitions involving the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Russia, Israel, India, Cambodia, Canada and Mexico.

Matt has been ranked by Chambers USA since 2010 and is ranked in Band 1 for Corporate/M&A in Utah since 2018.