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Matt Swanson
Senior Counsel
Real Estate
San Francisco
mswanson@wsgr.com

D415-947-2064

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Matt Swanson is senior counsel in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Matt's practice focuses on the intersection of environmental law with all manner of complex business transactions, including corporate mergers, acquisitions, real estate developments and investments, energy and infrastructure projects, financing transactions, securities offerings, and restructuring matters. Matt assists his clients in assessing and managing environmental risks and liabilities in transactional and operational contexts, combining legal insight and business acumen with creative problem solving to achieve their goals.

In addition to advising his clients, Matt also enjoys connecting with his students in a unique experiential Environmental Transactional Law class at both the UC Berkeley School of Law and the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law.

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Matt Swanson is senior counsel in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Matt's practice focuses on the intersection of environmental law with all manner of complex business transactions, including corporate mergers, acquisitions, real estate developments and investments, energy and infrastructure projects, financing transactions, securities offerings, and restructuring matters. Matt assists his clients in assessing and managing environmental risks and liabilities in transactional and operational contexts, combining legal insight and business acumen with creative problem solving to achieve their goals.

In addition to advising his clients, Matt also enjoys connecting with his students in a unique experiential Environmental Transactional Law class at both the UC Berkeley School of Law and the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law.

Education
  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

    Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Law

  • B.A., Diplomacy and World Affairs, Occidental College

    Cum Laude

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  • State Bar of California
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  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

    Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Law

  • B.A., Diplomacy and World Affairs, Occidental College

    Cum Laude

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  • State Bar of California
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