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Matthew Flower

Matthew Flower

Partner
Phone: 404.495.8492
Fax: 404.365.9532
mflower@mmmlaw.com
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Matt Flower is a Partner in the firm’s Corporate, Investment Funds, Mergers & Acquisitions and Hospitality practices.  Before joining MMM, Matt served as chair of the Leisure and Hospitality Practice at a large Atlanta-based law firm.

Matt is a deal lawyer who represents clients in a broad range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, private securities offerings, fund formations, strategic investments, and general corporate matters. In addition, he has an extensive background in finance transactions, such as asset-backed loans and securitization transactions (including capital markets transactions), warehouse lines of credit, accounts receivable sale and hypothecation/loan transactions, real estate and related asset secured loans and other complex credit facility transactions.  Matt also regularly advises clients with respect to marketing, promotional, and fundraising matters, including sweepstakes, contests and raffles.

Matt’s clients include private equity and venture capital firms, family offices, commercial, residential, and resort real estate developers, restaurants, hotels, investors, franchise operators, film producers and production studios, and a variety of other large and small businesses and business owners.

Representative Experience

M&A

  • Represented an express car wash operator in more than a dozen car wash acquisition transactions across the southeast.
  • Represented a family office in connection with its acquisition of a portfolio of franchise retail locations from multiple sellers.
  • Represented a private receivables management firm in its sale of majority ownership and recapitalization.
  • Represented a private receivables management firm in its strategic acquisition of another receivables management firm.
  • Represented a global hotel brand in its acquisition of a luxury vacation home rental business.
  • Represented a specialty contracting company in its sale to a private equity firm.
  • Represented a strategic buyer in its acquisition of a UK-based seller of premium kitchen knives manufactured in China and sold and distributed via Amazon.
  • Represented a real estate developer in its acquisition of a modular housing manufacturing business.
  • Represented an aggregator of restaurant industry data in its sale to a private equity firm.
  • Represented multiple owners of portfolios of national quick-service restaurant franchises in their sale as a succession planning transaction.
  • Represented a privately held third party logistics company in its acquisition of a southeast-based logistics company.
  • Represented a timeshare resort developer in its acquisition of a legacy timeshare company with multiple southeastern-based resorts.
  • Represented a financial services company in its sale to a publicly traded company for $110 million.
  • Represented a growth equity fund in connection with various strategic investments in distressed companies, including a semi-truck dealership and a distributor of pumps and pumping equipment for the oil and gas industry.

Investment Funds

  • Represented numerous sponsors in structuring real estate, venture capital, private equity and other alternative investment funds.
  • Represented a real estate developer sponsor in connection with more than twenty single asset real estate fund offerings representing subscriptions in excess of $320 million.
  • Represented a sponsor in connection with the launch of its nearly $1 billion hospitality fund.
  • Represented real estate developer sponsor in connection with a $25 million workforce housing fund.
  • Represented real estate developer sponsor in connection with the launch of a $50 million blind pool real estate fund.
  • Represented growth equity fund sponsor in connection with the launch of its $425 million fund.
  • Represented sponsor in connection with numerous single asset self-storage funds.
  • Represented sponsor in connection with numerous single asset multifamily real estate funds.
  • Represented sponsor in connection with the launch of a $50 million blind pool fund investing in retail motor fuel outlets.
  • Represented sponsor of a $50 million blind pool opportunity zone fund.
  • Represented sponsor in the launch of a $75 million hybrid real estate and film finance opportunity zone fund.

Joint Ventures

  • Represented numerous developers, investors and institutions in connection with the formation of real estate and other corporate joint venture transactions.
  • Represented a developer and operator of senior living communities in connection with a master joint venture agreement with an institutional real estate investment firm.
  • Represented a boutique investment firm in connection with a joint venture arrangement with an alternative asset management firm for the purpose of acquiring timeshare receivables.

Finance

  • Represented borrowers and lenders in connection with numerous timeshare receivables hypothecation loans and loan sale transactions.
  • Represented borrowers in connection with numerous hypothecation loans secured by portfolios of distressed consumer debt.
  • Represented litigation funding company borrower in connection with multiple receivables based loans.
  • Represented issuers of timeshare receivables backed notes in connection with numerous securitization transactions totaling close to $1 billion.

Accolades

  • Selected, Best Lawyers, Corporate Law, 2024 - 2025
  • Listed, Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2018

Membership

  • Co-Vice Chair, Board Member and Former Chair of Governance Committee, Our House, Inc.
  • Chairman’s League Member, American Resort Development Association
  • Former Board Member and President, The Brittany Club, Inc.
  • Member, Atlanta Athletic Club

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