Matthew R. St. Louis

Indianapolis, Indiana

Associate

phone: (317) 777-7450
fax: (317) 777-7450
email: Email Me

Matthew St. Louis is a business and transactional lawyer concentrating his practice in four areas: general business law, international business law and transactions, regulated industry matters (including banking and securities laws) and business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. He has advised clients ranging from small private companies up to large public companies on matters as varied as S.E.C. compliance and international mergers and acquisitions to purchasing contracts, shareholder disputes and tax planning for closely held businesses. He is also a frequent speaker for continuing legal education programs on corporate and limited liability company topics.

Experience:
Matthew St. Louis has represented businesses in a wide variety of general corporate and contract matters. These have included negotiating and reviewing sales and supply contracts, organizing new business entities, advising on entity ownership questions, and representing management of companies in business succession planning contexts.

Mr. St. Louis has also advised business clients on a variety of business law and transactional issues. He has previously advised business regarding state and federal securities laws applicable to public and private companies, NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange rules, general corporate, contract compliance, professional licensing, banking and finance matters. He has led teams that represented borrowers in financing transactions with banks and nontraditional lenders, including secured credit facilities of up to $200.0 million and participated in public and private securities offerings of up to $275.0 million. He has developed corporate and other organizational structures for businesses with multiple operating subsidiaries; negotiated spin-off, merger, acquisition and consolidation transactions for private and public companies. His experience also includes the coordination of transaction-specific and ongoing regulatory requirements for businesses in the insurance, gaming and banking industries.

Areas of Practice:: Corporate, Limited Liability Company and Other Business Entity Law; Banking Regulation; Securities Regulation; Business Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Transactions; Contract Law; International Business Law and Transactions
Bar Admissions:: Indiana, 2004; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 2004; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2004
Education:: Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, J.D., 2004; Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Activities and Societies: Order of the Coif, Business & Law Society, Phi Delta Phi, Indiana Law Journal; Indiana University Kelley School of Business, MBA Finance, 2004; University of Michigan, A.B. 2000; Honors: Graduated with Honors and Distinction in REES and with Distinction in History

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Indianapolis Bar Association; Indiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Indiana University Maurer School of Law Business Law Advisory Board/dd>
Past Employment Positions:: Ice Miller (2004-2009) Associate
Student Judicial Clerk:: Indiana Court of Appeals, Hon. Edward W. Najam; May 2001 - August 2001