Commercial Contracts lawyers

Matteo Susta

Counsel

Simmons & Simmons

Matthew Baldwin

Partner

Thomsons

Matthew Gough

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Matthew Lavelle

Matthew is a Senior Associate in our employment team. A sports law specialist with a particular focus on football law, Matthew supports clubs, players and agents in relation to their regulatory obligations and rights. Matthew drafts a variety of commercial agreements relating to sponsorship, image rights, agency representation contracts and domestic and international transfers. He also advises managers, coaches and players on exit arrangements. Matthew further advises on contentious and non-contentious employment law matters and provides general HR support including drafting contracts of employment, service agreements and policy documentation. He also works with employers to defend tribunal claims relating to employment disputes, such as unfair dismissal and discrimination. With experience in sports-related dispute resolution, Matthew regularly represents clients in FA Rule K arbitration proceedings, Regulatory Commission hearings and matters before FIFA, helping clients to achieve out of court settlements.

Brabners LLP

Matthew Literovich

Counsel

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Matthew Smith

Matthew joined Hall & Wilcox on 1 July 2017, after almost 30 years at Harris Wheeler, most recently as managing partner of the firm and supervising partner of the firm’s Commercial practice. In addition to advising on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, Matthew has provided advice to a number of Hunter public sector clients including Port Stephens Council, Newcastle City Council, Maitland City Council, Hunter Water Corporation, Hunter Development Corporation, Newcastle Airport Pty Limited, Hunter New England Local Health District, the University of Newcastle, Hunter TAFE and Hunter Resource Recovery. Matthew’s special knowledge covers legal risk management and the allocation of risk in commercial contracts, contract drafting and negotiation, precedent development, legal audits of insurance cover, procurement, contract tendering and contract administration, corporate governance and probity, trade practices and competition law, the protection and commercialisation of inventions and other intellectual property, technology related contracts, joint ventures & public/private partnerships.

Hall & Wilcox

Matthew W. Walch

Matthew Walch, a litigation partner in the Chicago office, represents clients in complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. Matthew advises Fortune 500 companies and leading organizations as lead trial counsel in all types of disputes involving intellectual property, unfair competition, advertising, commercial contracts and employment. He draws on over 30 years of experience litigating matters to successful resolution in federal and state courts, before US and international arbitration panels and through advertising self-regulatory bodies such as the National Advertising Division. He regularly resolves disputes through both interlocutory and dispositive motion practice as well as at trial. Complementing his litigation work, Matthew routinely advises clients to develop strategies and processes to prevent litigation, especially in the areas of intellectual property and advertising. Matthew is admitted to practice in the US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, and Seventh Circuits, and US District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois, Western District of Wisconsin, Eastern District of Michigan, and District of Colorado. Leadership Matthew is a Past President of the Richard Linn American Inn of Court, an American Inn of Court. He received the 2017 Linn Inn Alliance Distinguished Service Medal for his contributions to the American Inns of Court movement. As part of the firm’s commitment to the community, Matthew works on a wide range of pro bono matters, including cases involving the creative arts, domestic violence, and civil rights. He also serves as the immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors of Prevent Child Abuse America and serves on the Boards of Directors of the Legal Aid Society, Metropolitan Family Services, and the NSCC Foundation. Crain’s Chicago recently recognized Matthew as one of the notable non-profit board leaders in the city.

Latham & Watkins

Matthew Warren

Matthew is the head of Bristows’ Commercial IP group and advises on transactions involving the development, exploitation and transfer of intellectual property rights. His scientific background is of particular assistance when negotiating and advising on transactions involving new technologies. He has advised on a number of successful global licensing programmes for the exploitation of new technologies and has also advised in relation to international patent pooling arrangements. He works across many sectors but has particular experience in the pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medtech, electronics, software, telecoms, petrochemical, cleantech and other industrial sectors. Matthew's experience in negotiating commercial contracts for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medtech clients includes technology licensing agreements, R&D collaboration agreements, drug development and licensing agreements, clinical trial agreements and option agreements for licences. He also advises pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients on the commercial and intellectual property law aspects of manufacturing, distribution, co-promotion and marketing agreements. The negotiation of agreements to resolve disputes involving intellectual property rights forms a significant part of Matthew’s practice. This has included global settlements to end litigation across multiple jurisdictions involving complex intellectual property, licensing and financial arrangements. He advises on the intellectual property aspects of setting up joint ventures and other collaborations including in relation to the ownership and licensing of intellectual property and improvements. Matthew has particular experience advising on intellectual property issues relating to technical standards including FRAND terms for licensing standard essential patents. Matthew was involved in setting up the IP Transactions Course at the UCL Faculty of Laws, University College London and lectures on the course.

Bristows LLP

Matthew Williamson

Matthew is head of our corporates segment and has responsibility for Weightmans corporate clients in the financial services, transport and logistics, manufacturing, retail and leisure, and energy and utilities sectors. He is client Partner for national retailers as well as third party logistics providers. He primarily advises on complex landlord and tenant matters as well as property acquisitions and disposals with a specialism in negotiating overage and clawback provisions. Matthew sits on the property advisory board of the UK Warehousing Association and has recently worked with them and Savills to develop a model form of warehouse lease, 'Standard Property Lease' in order to provide a starting point for the industry when negotiating a new lease of this type of property. Matthew has expertise in the delivery of client contracts and projects, ensuring both Weightmans and the client’s own Key Performance Indicators are met through bespoke IT solutions. He is product manager for Weightmans' ‘One View’ product which enables team members, whatever the practice area, to deliver an excellent service and to capture, measure and report on those items which are important to the client.

Weightmans LLP

Matthias Jans

In 2012, Matthias Jans graduated as Master of Laws from KU Leuven where he specialized in economic and private law. Given his preference for corporate law and M&A, he also obtained an Advanced Master’s degree in Corporate Law at the KU Leuven, HU Brussel in 2014, and a postgraduate degree in Corporate Finance at the KU Leuven in 2020. From 2014 until 2019, he was a part-time teaching assistant within the team of Professor Joeri Vananroye at the Institute of Economic Law of the KU Leuven. Matthias started his career as a lawyer in 2012 at the law firm Curia, where he focused on corporate and business law. At the beginning of 2013, he participated in the creation of intui. In 2017, he temporarily left the Bar to work as a senior consultant in corporate law for one of Belgium’s largest independent fiduciaries. In 2018, he reintegrated the intui team. Matthias mainly handles M&A cases (transfer of shares, asset deals, mergers and acquisitions, shareholders’ agreements…) and advises on corporate and association law. He has also expertise in drawing up and negotiating commercial contracts.

intui

Matthias Scherer

Partner

LALIVE

Mattias Erdös

Advokat, Partner. Specialises in intellectual property, contracts and litigation. Mattias Erdös is specialised in intellectual property and dispute resolution, covering both contentious and non-contentious IP matters as well as commercial work in the media, tech and digital sectors. He also has extensive experience from acting as counsel in arbitration proceedings and before national courts concerning commercial, licence and technology agreements. For over two decades Mattias has been a trusted advisor for leading broadcasters, publishers, international studios and other clients in the audio-visual industries in a broad range of contractual and IP matters.

Sandart&Partners Advokatbyrå KB

Mattias Prage

Partner

Advokatfirman Lindahl KB

Maurice Doria

Maurice has more than 25 years’ experience delivering legal services for clients in both the private and public sector. Maurice advises his clients in corporate and commercial law, contract preparation and negotiation, real estate development, governance, leasing, finance and dispute resolution. Maurice has also worked as General Counsel at Parramatta City Council and Legal Services Director at the City of Sydney Council. Both in these roles and in private practice, Maurice has delivered client-focused legal services, ranging from high-level strategic advice on policy or politically sensitive issues to operationally focused legal support for business projects. Maurice delivers business-minded solutions in a timely and efficient manner, and adds real value for clients by working with them in a true business partnership approach.

Hall & Wilcox

Maurice Lynch

Partner

Mills Oakley

Mauricio Moreira Menezes

Managing Partner

Moreira Menezes Martins Advogados

Mauro Raffaghelli

Partner

LawaL STA

Max Van de Wolde

Justice, being able to be yourself: that’s what Max advocates for, as a lawyer. Working together in openness and taking responsibility. In this way, he learns a lot about people and cases in the profession, which serves him well as an experienced problem-solver. Max is adept at handling a variety of disputes as well as situations where the parties actually want to work together. He drafts commercial contracts and advises business owners in negotiations. It’s nice when everything comes together: people, knowledge, commitment and technology. Max has a particular focus on the modernisation of legal services, including using software to generate contracts and sifting through large amounts of data. This makes the services he and his colleagues provide better and cheaper, which is important for fighting injustice. Furthermore, Max regularly acts for bankruptcy trustees, creditors and companies in difficulty. In that capacity, he advises on matters including debt collection processes, directors’ liability, employee rights, ownership issues and the admissibility of transactions. In 2018, he completed the specialisation programme in Insolvency Law for Bankruptcy Trustees (cum laude) and, two years later, the Grotius specialisation programme in National and International Contracting.

Boels Zanders Advocaten

Maxime Chollet

Partner, Head of Corporate & Commercial and Real Estate desks in Geneva.

VISCHER

Maïka Bernaerts

Maïka Bernaerts specialises in corporate law and M&A, with extensive expertise in contracts, tech and data. Maïka regularly assists clients on a broad range of economic and corporate matters, including M&A transactions, fundraising, corporate governance, stock option plans, data processing and complex contracts, in particular involving tech aspects. She acts as a primary legal advisor to her clients, providing global comprehensive legal guidance, creating long-lasting relationships with clients and fully understanding their organisation and specific needs. Her experience spans cooperative companies, start-ups and established national and international companies across diverse markets (whether focusing on products, services or SaaS). Since 2016, she has been a teaching assistant and an associate researcher at the Centre for Private Law (economic law and Jurislab units) at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Since 2025, she has also been appointed as senior lecturer/professor (‘maître de conférences’) to teach company law at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). Maïka regularly publishes articles on corporate law and related issues, focusing on cooperative companies, but also on personal data processing. Notably, she co-authors the section on legal persons (companies, foundations and associations) in the bi-annual chronicle of private law legislation in the Journal des Tribunaux, demonstrating her in-depth knowledge of corporate law. Maïka Bernaerts is a recipient of the Jean-Jacques Boels Prize (French-speaking Brussels Bar – 2024), the Nadine Watté Prize (ULB – 2017) and the Erasmus Prize (University of Liverpool – 2015). She is recognised by IFLR1000 as a Rising Star in Corporate M&A. Prior to joining Simont Braun, Maïka Bernaerts worked with another leading independent Belgian law firm and a boutique Belgian law firm specialising in corporate and finance law.

Simont Braun

Mbaye SALL

Lawyer and Head of the Marketing and Business Development Department

SCPA SYSS Avocats

McConnell Faye

Browne Jacobson LLP

Meighan O’Reardon

Meighan O’Reardon is a leader on the global Complex Commercial Transactions & Outsourcing Team at Clifford Chance. Her practice focuses on structuring, negotiating, and managing complex services and technology deals across multiple industries, most notably in the financial services, healthcare and manufacturing sectors. She also focuses her practice on serving private equity and investor clients to maximize operational value from their investments. Meighan's practice includes work with private equity clients to identify and execute strategies to find operational efficiencies and value at both the sponsor level and within portfolio companies. Meighan is regularly called upon to lead third party contracting work associated with large corporate transactions including in connection with IT and business process Transition Service Agreements and post-deal operations integration. She regularly supports transformational initiatives at her clients as they procure new services and technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs and implement new technology solutions. With more than 18 years of legal experience, Meighan advises clients on strategic outsourcing transactions, service procurement initiatives, software licensing, data use and protection, and she frequently supports various bespoke commercial services transactions. She works with clients on all phases of transactions from deal structuring, proposals, provider selection, negotiations, to post contract governance. Prior to practicing law, Meighan spent 10 years working in management consulting, focusing on operations process improvement, critical infrastructure protection and information technology implementation.

Clifford Chance

Melina Goldberg

Associate

Mitrani Caballero