Practice areas
Capital markets; global finance; M&A.
Introduction
Matthew Sheridan is the managing partner of Sidley’s Singapore office and a member of the firm’s executive committee. He is the global co-head of the capital markets practice and works from the firm’s Singapore and Hong Kong offices.
Matt represents underwriters and issuers, including corporate enterprises, financial institutions, governments and governmental entities in connection with corporate financings through global offerings of debt and equity securities, as well as mergers and acquisitions and corporate and distressed restructurings. He advises clients throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including Indonesia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. His experience includes transactions involving a broad range of sectors, including real estate, telecommunications, financial institutions, technology, transportation, metals, mining, forest products, consumer products, power and oil and gas.
Matt has been recognized as a leading lawyer by numerous publications, including Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Asia Business Law Journal, International Financial Law Review’s IFLR 1000, Asia Law & Practice’s Asialaw Leading Lawyers, The Asian Lawyer, PLC Which Lawyer and Who’s Who Legal. Matt was recognized in the 2018 A-List of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal and was named a “Real Estate All Star Lawyer” for his representation of real estate clients across a broad range of financing transactions by The Asian Lawyer, a sister publication of The American Lawyer, in 2014.
The 2019 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific described Matt as “a respected capital markets practitioner, who regularly acts on complex debt and equity securities … he comes with a wealth of experience and leadership in numerous high-yield bond issues. His knowledge and advice are invaluable and represents both issuers and underwriters across Southeast Asia and is particularly active in Indonesia.” The 2016 edition of the book praised Matt as “a terrific lawyer who knows the law inside out”.
Matt is a graduate of Monash University. He is admitted in New York and is registered as Foreign Lawyer in Singapore and Hong Kong.
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