Matthew Bailey is a business attorney who focuses on client service and getting deals done.

Matt represents clients across multiple industries and in all facets of their businesses from formation, day-to-day operations, growth, to exit. Matt’s practice includes mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, business formation, corporate governance, and corporate general counsel. With experience across a wide array of industries, including home services, construction services, financial services, engineering services, engineering and technology, medical, farming and ranching, and more, Matt delivers results that meet the unique needs of each client. Matt is committed to providing practical, business-oriented advice, focusing not just on legal compliance but also on judgment, insight, maximum value, and minimal risk.

Matt’s practical approach to representing clients is grounded in his southern Arizona roots, his practice as in-house and outside legal counsel, and his experience as a business manager and corporate executive.

Education

 Arizona State University, J.D.

  • Jurimetrics, The Journal of the American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology Law, Production Editor

 

University of Arizona, M.S., Hydrology

University of Arizona, B.S., Hydrology

 

Admissions

  • Arizona State Bar
  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona

Concentration

Practices

Representative Transactions

  • Successfully closed numerous equity and asset transactions representing buy-side and sell-side clients across many industries, including home services, construction services, financial services, engineering services, engineering and technology, farming and ranching, and medical.
  • Reorganized companies to facilitate exit transactions.
  • Successfully closed numerous commercial real estate transactions.
  • Successfully closed numerous real estate acquisitions conserving thousands of acres of farm and ranch land for conservation purposes.
  • Represented multiple clients before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
  • Advised emerging technology clients in venture capital financing, from financing to investing.
  • Represented a client in acquiring electric generation projects based on renewable and traditional energy sources.

Practice Experience

  • UNS Energy Corp.
  • Farmers Investment Co. 
  • Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

Publications & Speeches

  • New Resource Procurement: Best Practices, Troutman-Sanders Energy Issues Conference 2019, Chicago, IL.
  • ADD Water: Central Arizona’s Next Bucket of Water, 8 Southwest Hydrology 10 (2009).
  • Estimated Infiltration, Percolation, and Recharge Rates at the Rillito Creek Focused Recharge Investigation Site, Pima County, Arizona (David A. Stonestrom et al. eds., 2007), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1703-H.

Education

 Arizona State University, J.D.

  • Jurimetrics, The Journal of the American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology Law, Production Editor

 

University of Arizona, M.S., Hydrology

University of Arizona, B.S., Hydrology

 

Admissions

  • Arizona State Bar
  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona

Concentration

Practices

Civic Activities

  • Arizona State Bar’s Business Law Section, Executive Council Chair, 2024 – 2025
  • Altar Valley Conservation Alliance, Board of Directors
  • Vail Unified School District, Pantano High School, Site Council
  • Metropolitan Pima Alliance, Board Counsel, 2021 – 2024
  • Tucson Audubon Society, Board of Directors and Personnel Committee Chair, 2012 – 2018
  • Freeport-McMoRan Community Investment Fund, Committee Member, 2012 – 2013
  • Green Valley / Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2012
  • 99th Arizona Town Hall, Report Co-Chair
  • 96th Arizona Town Hall, Report Committee

Education

 Arizona State University, J.D.

  • Jurimetrics, The Journal of the American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology Law, Production Editor

 

University of Arizona, M.S., Hydrology

University of Arizona, B.S., Hydrology

 

Admissions

  • Arizona State Bar
  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona

Concentration

Practices

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