Matt Revord

Provides corporate and general legal advice to portfolio companies, including human resources, employment, contracts, intellectual property and other matters.

Advises on general corporate matters, acquisitions and divestitures, human resources and employment matters.

Managed team of 19 in Human Resources and two in Legal. Member of Senior Leadership Team responsible for all Legal matters, including corporate governance, public company and SEC matters, government affairs, litigation, intellectual property, compliance, ethics, employment disputes and vendor contracts. Also served as Chief People Officer for all Human Resources functions, including culture, talent acquisition, payroll, field human resources and compensation & benefits. ▪ Managed all legal aspects of Potbelly IPO in 2013 (price doubled in first day of trading); lead role with CFO on proposed sale of company in 2007 and 2017 – 2018; leader of Potbelly response to three shareholder activist campaigns and two proxy contests. ▪ Worked closely with Board of Directors to respond to constantly changing market and stockholder situations, and manage high-level growth of the company and executive turnover (six CEOs and five CFOs in 13 years). ▪ Executive leader of international franchise development 2009 – 2018, along with domestic franchise business 2015 – 2018. ▪ Appointed Chief People Officer in 2018 with responsibility for all human resources matters. ▪ Reduced 19 different bonus plans to eight; implemented a long-term incentive program for the first time; revised restaurant level Balanced Scorecard to align substantially revised performance metrics with incentives. ▪ Pre-pandemic, restructured field management organization to better align to changing market conditions. ▪ In response to COVID-19, quickly responded to furlough and separate employees in the field and at headquarters, and to restructure/close stores as needed.

Oversaw formation of BNT; positions held simultaneously after being promoted to handle all BNT legal matters. ▪ Managed legal matters for Brunswick and BNT, including mergers & acquisitions, contracts, litigation, license agreements, intellectual property, products liability cases and other legal issues. ▪ The BNT General Counsel role evolved from legal support to include strategy and business development matters.

Recruited to position to manage corporate transactional matters, general corporate matters, contracts and litigation. ▪ Served as lead in-house counsel for acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures ▪ Acted as in-house litigation counsel for more than 8,000 asbestos cases and major contract, M&A and unfair competition and divestiture–related litigation.

Managed full range of all corporate transactional and securities matters. ▪ Served as in-house counsel for U.S. and international acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures. ▪ Managed legal aspects of sale of True North to The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., including negotiating agreements, counseling Board of Directors and senior management, and managing disclosure and closing process. ▪ Acted as counsel on all corporate securities matters, including annual report, 10-K, 10-Q, proxy statement, press release clearance and stock trading compliance matters.

Focused on mergers & acquisitions and corporate contracts, including divestiture of Western Auto.

Focused on mergers & acquisitions, completing approximately four transactions per month.

Began in litigation, then joined transactional practice focusing on mergers & acquisitions, corporate securities and private equity, primarily for clients such as Bain Capital and Merrill Lynch Interfunding.