Matthew Ertman Announced as Winner of the M&A Advisor's 40 Under 40 West Region Recognition Awards

LOS ANGELES – April 26, 2012 – Matthew J. Ertman has been recognized as a winner of the 3rd Annual M&A Advisor 40 Under 40 Awards. Matthew is a corporate and securities lawyer in the Los Angeles and San Francisco offices of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California business, litigation, and real estate law firm.

"In 2010 we initiated the 40 UNDER 40 Awards to recognize the emerging leaders of the M&A, Financing and Turnaround industries" reports Roger Aguinaldo, CEO of the M&A Advisor. "I am pleased to recognize Matthew Ertman as a 2012 40 Under 40 Award Winner and bestow upon him this distinguished honor."
On Thursday, May 31, The M&A Advisor will host a black tie Awards Gala at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California, to introduce the 40 UNDER 40 Award Winners and Finalists to the business community and celebrate their achievements.

Matthew has been chosen for his accomplishments and contribution to the industry from a pool of accomplished nominees by an independent judging panel of distinguished business leaders. Matthew is a highly sought-out deal lawyer. Among the notable deals that Matthew worked on in 2011 were: the structuring and formation of a new $200 million private equity fund for motion picture and television interests for Content Partners, LLC, a $125 million investment in a $1.75 billion oil and gas fund for a state pension fund, the representation of Firestorm Capital, LLC in and the structuring and formation of a new $200 million public equities hedge fund, and the acquisition of the landmark Robinson’s May site located at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills for $150 million.

Matthew has a broad multi-disciplinary practice that involves representation of clients across numerous industries, representing companies in corporate finance transactions, including public and private securities offerings of equity and debt, venture capital investments, initial and secondary public offerings, and asset-based lending and borrowing. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House. He has been selected as a Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine for the years of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Most recently, he was selected for the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2011 Special Report, "Who's Who in Los Angeles Law".

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, founded in 1977, is a California-based law firm with approximately 220 attorneys with offices in four major metropolitan areas of California: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco and San Diego. The firm's core specialties include bankruptcy and creditors' rights, construction, corporate and securities, employment and labor law, environmental, intellectual property, joint ventures, land use, natural resources, real estate, real estate finance, taxation, and dispute resolution and litigation in all these matters. For more than 30 years, Allen Matkins has helped clients turn opportunity and challenge into success by providing practical advice, innovative solutions and valuable business opportunities.