Matthew C. Sweger

Overview

Matthew Sweger is a partner in Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie’s Corporate and Securities, Tax and Health Care groups. His diverse corporate practice includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, finance, securities, and healthcare-related matters.

Matthew represents clients in connection with the formation, purchase and sale of businesses, equity and debt financings and real estate joint ventures. He advises corporate clients with regard to governance and regulatory compliance matters, and represents and advises hospitals and other healthcare providers in connection with regulatory compliance issues and commercial transactions.

Among other transactions, Matthew represented Moltech Power Systems, Inc. in its sale to Shanghai Huayi, a transaction reported in Fortune Magazine as one of the first acquisitions of an American company by a Chinese company (Fortune Magazine, “Shanghaied in Florida,” February 24, 2006); CyraCom International, Inc. in its acquisition of Language Learning Enterprises, Inc.; and EC Source Services, LLC in its formation and eventual $131 million merger with MasTec, Inc. in 2011.

Matthew received a B.A. from Washington & Jefferson College in 1995 and a J.D. with high honors from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1998, where he was a member of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Matthew joined Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie in 1998.

Matthew is listed in Chambers USA as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the areas of Corporate and M&A (2015-2017). In addition, Matthew is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America - Woodward/White, Aiken, S.C. in the area of Corporate Law (2016-2017).

Memberships & Affiliations

• University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Member, 1997-1998
• Business Law Tax Securities and Real Estate sections of the State Bar of Arizona, Member
• Invest Southwest, Mentor Team Chair or Member
• Committee on Rendering Legal Opinions in Business Transactions, Business Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona, Member, 2002-2004
• Business Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona, Chair of the Executive Council 2011-2012, Executive Council 2004-2012, CLE Programming Coordinator 2004-2012, 2004-2012