Matthew L. Storms
AlphaTech Counsel, S.C.
President
P.O. Box 259870
Madison, WI 53725
Telephone (608) 205-4705
Facsimile (888) 318-1050
Email: mstorms@alphatechcounsel.com
Matt Storms is the president of AlphaTech Counsel, S.C. He is experienced in general corporate and limited liability company matters and in negotiating and structuring mergers, acquisitions, venture capital, joint development, licensing, and joint venture transactions. Matt was a partner in the corporate group of a large Midwestern law firm, where he worked for 13 years.
Experience and Representative Engagements with Entrepreneurs and Emerging Companies
- Lead outside counsel to several high-growth companies. The companies are in industries such as medical device, pharmaceutical, Internet services, and software applications. In addition to performing traditional legal services for such companies (from preparing employment agreements to private offering memorandums), his activities have varied significantly, ranging from advising on capitalization strategies, management and advisory team selection, and revenue strategies, to making introductions to investors and assisting with investor presentations.
- Lead attorney negotiating and structuring $40,000,000+ joint venture arrangement involving seven insurance, service, and banking organizations
- An acquisition involving two large physician organizations in which the surviving organization created the eighth largest physician group in the country
- Lead outside counsel for a $1.5 Billion catalog and Internet retailer with respect to such matters as joint ventures, private placements of equity, and licensing of software and Internet-based technology
- Lead attorney on 70+ asset purchase, stock purchase, and merger transactions. The transactions have varied from straight cash transactions to triangular mergers to management buyouts
- Lead attorney representing investors in $45,000,000+ private placement of common stock issued by a publicly held corporation
Community Involvement and Professional Activities
- U.S. Army Major, Active Duty (1990-1993; 2005-2006), National Guard and Reserves (1984-1990, 1993-present)
- President, Board of Directors, Atwood Community Center (1998-2000)
- Vice President, Board of Directors, Perinatal Foundation (1999-2005)
- Member, State of Wisconsin Venture Mission steering committee (2000-2001)
- Member, American Bar Association, Venture Capital and Private Equity Committee, Business Law and Science and Technology Law Sections
- Member, Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium steering committee
Awards and Honors
- Awarded Bronze Star Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge during 2005-2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Former judicial extern to the Honorable Karen Nelson Moore of the United States Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Recent Articles and Speaking Engagements
- Convergence of the Needs of Pharma and Biotech, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- How to Create More Midwest University Start-Ups: Looking to Utah for an Example, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Timing and Preparation for the Next Equity Financing , Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Coming to Terms with Your Term Sheet, Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, Madison, WI
- Angel Investment Momentum, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Mechanics of Raising Capital, Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference, Milwaukee, WI
- Paying to Play in the Venture Capital Game, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- More Terms for Venture Capital Term Sheets, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- New Rules Would Expand the Definition of 'Accredited Investors', Wisconsin Technology Network website
- U.S. Healthcare Technology Companies Operating Overseas, Global Healthcare Investing Conference, Cleveland, Ohio
- Tracking Your Private Offering, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Developing and Working with Advisor Teams, Milwaukee Entrepreneur’s Conference, Milwaukee, WI
- When Raising Capital, Why Use a Private Placement Memorandum?, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Capital Raising Term Sheets for Angels and Venture Capitalists, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Translating the Language of Capital-Raising, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Securities Compliance is Part of Raising Capital, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Raising Capital Through Placement Agents, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Due Diligence and Corporate Clean-up, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- The Mechanics of Raising Capital for Your Business, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- Sarbanes-Oxley for the Rest of Us, Wisconsin Technology Network website
- SBIR/STTR Programs: Free Money or an Invitation to Governmental Bureaucracy, Wisconsin Technology Network website
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., Editor-in-Chief, Case Western Reserve Law Review)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., Economics and Psychology, Distinguished Military Graduate)
