Matthew Monteith practices primarily in the areas of business and finance. Matthew represents commercial banks, venture capital investors, private equity funds, tax credit financiers and other senior and junior lending institutions, as well as emerging growth companies and other corporate borrowers, in connection with a variety of commercial transactions including term and revolving credit facilities, mezzanine financings, acquisitions and dispositions, preferred equity investments, entity formation, and general corporate and contracting matters.
Prior to joining Shipman & Goodwin, Matthew spent a year at Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, which is the arm of the State of Connecticut responsible for technology investing and innovation.
- CALI Excellence Awards for Class Performance in First Year Legal Writing and Second Year Legal Writing
- Associate Chief Justice, Moot Court Board
- President, Sports and Entertainment Law Society
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Hartford County Bar Association
- Connecticut Venture Group
- H.Y.P.E. (Hartford Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs)
- Pro Bono Security Deposit Clinic
- Fred D. Wish School Volunteer Tutor Program
Tax Credit Film Financing of the Motion Picture entitled "Lay the Favorite"
Representation of a film finance company in connection with the financing of a film production based in the Southeastern United States. The financing required the negotiation of, among other things: (i) loan documents, including a secured promissory note issued by the film production company; (ii) an interparty agreement and collection account management agreement with U.S. and foreign film financiers to the production; and (iii) a completion guaranty with the film's completion guarantor. The promissory note issued to the finance company was secured by a first lien on, and security interest in, all film tax credits earned by the production company as well as a subordinated security interest in all of the production company's and its affiliate's assets, including, but not limited to, the copyright to the film.