Matthew F. Kelleher’s practice focuses on corporate and financial transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions.

Matt joined the firm in 2019. Prior to joining Cleary, he worked in New York and Abu Dhabi at an intelligence and advisory firm, where he advised private sector and government clients on business and political risk in global markets.

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Notable Experience

  • Synopsys in the pending sale of its Optical Solutions Group to Keysight Technologies.

  • ABB in its cable tray joint venture with Niedax.

  • Vale in its $26 billion strategic partnership with Manara Minerals, a joint venture between Ma’aden and PIF, pursuant to which Manara Minerals invested in Vale’s energy transition metals business.

  • Sysco in its acquisition of Edward Don & Company.

  • International Flavors & Fragrances in its $1.3 billion sale of its Microbial Control business unit to Lanxess.

  • WPP in its acquisition of Fenom Digital.

  • Allied Universal, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, in its acquisition of Attenti Electronic Monitoring Group Ltd.

  • dMY III in its merger with IonQ to become the first publicly traded pure-play quantum computing company.

  • Sequoia and Paradigm in their $1.15 billion investment in Citadel Securities.

  • Johnson Controls in the formation of a joint venture with funds managed by affiliates of Apollo to provide sustainability and energy efficiency services for commercial buildings.

  • Vale in its acquisition of the totality of Mitsui’s 15% interest in the Moatize coal mine in Mozambique together with Mitsui’s 50% stake in the related Nacala assets in Mozambique and Malawi.

  • Vale in the sale of its Vale New Caledonia nickel and cobalt mining business.

  • Sony Corp. in its $3.7 billion tender offer to acquire the outstanding shares of Sony Financial Services not already owned by Sony Corp.

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