Matt Kaminer
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Chief Legal Officer and Chief People Officer
New York, United States
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Chief Legal Officer and Chief People OfficerInstructureApr 2015 - Current (11 years 7 months)Matt Kaminer is the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief People Officer at Instructure, responsible for the company's legal, HR and regulatory affairs, as well as corporate governance. Managed multiple M&A transactions, helped navigate a contested 2020 take-private and a resulting restructure to profitability, and successfully led two IPOs for the company.
Two successful IPOs in 2015 ($500m) and in 2021 ($3B)
$2B take-private with Thoma Bravo with substantial shareholder activism
+$500M in multiple M&A transactions- General Counsel and SecretaryCollectiveJun 2013 - May 2015 (2 years)Advise management, the CEO, and the board of directors on a wide range of legal matters, issues and risks impacting the organization, including corporate planning, M&A transactions, intellectual property and data privacy. Structure and manage the company’s internal legal function and staff and manage the legal budget.
- EGeneral Counsel and SecretaryEpocratesJun 2011 - Jul 2013 (2 years 2 months)Responsible for leading the company’s legal and business affairs, company’s public company reporting obligations and corporate secretarial functions, and corporate governance and counseling needs of the board of directors and its committees.
Served as key legal and business advisor on all major business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures.
Structured and manage the company’s internal legal function and staff and manage the legal budget. - General CounselMediMedia USAJan 2010 - Jun 2011 (1 year 6 months)Responsible for acquisitions and divestiture of various business units, including hands-on involvement from start to finish of pre-diligence, acquisition or divestiture execution, anti-trust requirements and closing of transactions.
Worked closely with executives in drafting and negotiating corporate, commercial and strategic agreements, content partnership acquisition agreements and agreements with advertisers and clients.
Managed company’s privacy practices, as well as kept current with emerging best practices and counseled business units with respect to data usage and policy.
Counseled company in best practices relating to the current FDA and FTC regulatory environment, including creating various gu - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Chief Privacy OfficerWebMDMay 2004 - Mar 2010 (5 years 11 months)
- AssociateFulbright JaworskiSep 2001 - Apr 2004 (2 years 8 months)
- AssociateDLA PiperSep 1999 - Sep 2001 (2 years 1 month)
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- JD, LawThe George Washington University Law SchoolJan 1996 - Jan 1999 (3 years 1 month)
- Computer Science and Engineering, EngineeringPenn State UniversityJan 1991 - Jan 1996 (5 years 1 month)