Matt Jacobson is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice and resident in the New York and Silicon Valley offices. His practice focuses on a wide variety of corporate, securities and M&A matters for companies ranging from emerging companies to large multinationals. His M&A practice includes significant experience with technology, life sciences and automotive sectors, as well as with cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions and corporate divestitures and spin-offs. He has recently handled transactions with significant issues in Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy and the US. Mr. Jacobson also spent five years as corporate counsel for Hewlett-Packard Company, where he was responsible for the acquisition of Compaq (including the proxy contest) and the global integration and restructuring of the companies.