Founding Partner

Matthew A. Rivela

Strategic counsel for transactions, disputes, corporate governance, growth initiatives, and complex business matters.

Matthew A. Rivela

Biography

Business counsel built on experience.

Matthew A. Rivela is a Founding Partner at Signature Law Partners, PLLC. For more than twenty years, he has represented businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and high-profile individuals in complex transactional and litigation matters.

His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation, corporate law, and strategic business counseling. Throughout his career, Matthew has advised clients across a broad range of industries on acquisitions, divestitures, governance matters, financing transactions, contract negotiations, and business growth initiatives.

He has structured, negotiated, and closed transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $3 billion, representing buyers, sellers, investors, and companies in sophisticated strategic transactions.

Matthew's practical, business-oriented approach enables clients to identify opportunities, mitigate risk, and maximize value while remaining focused on long-term objectives.

Mergers & Acquisitions Commercial Litigation Corporate Governance Strategic Business Counsel

Experience & Counsel

Complex transactions. High-stakes disputes.

Matthew's practice reflects a blend of transactional execution, litigation experience, strategic business guidance, and practical commercial judgment.

$3+ Billion in Transactions

Structured, negotiated, and closed acquisitions, divestitures, financing transactions, and strategic business matters with an aggregate value exceeding $3 billion.

Commercial Litigation

Represented clients in state, federal, and international matters involving contract claims, shareholder disputes, partnership conflicts, fiduciary duty claims, and business torts.

Strategic Corporate Counsel

Advises businesses, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors on governance, growth, risk management, contract strategy, and value creation.

Litigation Perspective

Transactional insight strengthened by courtroom experience.

In addition to his transactional practice, Matthew has extensive experience litigating complex commercial disputes across numerous state and federal jurisdictions, as well as international matters.

His experience includes breach of contract claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, fiduciary duty matters, business torts, employment disputes, restrictive covenant litigation, trade secret claims, and related commercial conflicts.

This litigation background provides a unique perspective when advising clients on transactions, allowing him to identify and address risks before they become disputes.

Experience where business strategy and legal execution meet.

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