Reed Smith Welcomes Matt Oshinsky as New Corporate Partner in Silicon Valley

Apr. 2011 - Reed Smith has announced the addition of another experienced corporate attorney to its Silicon Valley office.  Matt Oshinsky joins the firm as a partner after seven years with the Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he managed transaction teams for leading technology companies, as well as numerous other public and privately-held companies in complex merger, asset sale and divestiture transactions. For the five years prior to that, Oshinsky was with Menlo Park's Venture Law Group, where he provided general outside counsel services to dozens of start-ups.

"Matt is a perfect fit with our teams here in Palo Alto," says Catharina Min, managing partner of the firm's Silicon Valley office. "He is an excellent lawyer with tremendous experience in complex M&A deals, and venture capital/private equity financings and recapitalizations."

"We are very pleased to welcome such a rising star with a proven track record," says Silicon Valley partner Rich Scudellari, who is the Global Chair of the firm's Emerging Growth/Venture Capital Team. "Matt's arrival augments our transactional capabilities and continues our build-out of corporate partners with significant ties to the region."

"I am excited to join this growing office, which I see expanding greatly in the coming years," says Mr. Oshinsky. "With its strong roots in local and international financing sources, Reed Smith is an excellent fit with my practice at the start-up end, and the firm's global presence provides a dynamic platform for representing local and overseas clients in M&A work."

A graduate of Yale University, Oshinsky began his career at the White House in 1993, where he served on President Clinton's personnel staff before taking a position with the State Department in the U.S Agency for International Development.  Oshinsky then obtained his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1998.

Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,600 lawyers in 22 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.  Founded in 1877, the firm represents international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises.  Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and other high-stakes matters; deliver regulatory counsel; and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions.  Reed Smith is an advisor to various industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy trade and commodities, real estate, manufacturing, and education.