Adam N. Matasar

Adam Matasar is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He focuses on transactional matters across a variety of industries, including technology. Adam represents corporate clients ranging from start-ups to public companies in a wide variety of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, governance, public disclosure, real estate and other joint ventures, and a broad array of other corporate matters and commercial transactions. Adam has worked with incubators such as the New Orleans Bio Innovation Center (NOBIC), Idea Village, and LaunchPad and has helped to form start-ups and other business enterprises across the country. Additionally, he works frequently with high-growth companies and angel, venture capital, and other growth-equity investors. In connection with the firm's entertainment practice, Adam has also negotiated and drafted motion picture production legal agreements and worldwide distribution agreements, intellectual property license and purchase agreements, music record label and side artist agreements, as well as various e-commerce agreements. Prior to pursuing a career in law, Adam established himself as a professional musician. He has toured with several groups worldwide at numerous internationally acclaimed music venues and festivals, including New Orleans' own JazzFest, Voodoo Fest, and French Quarter Festival, and has composed music for and recorded on several albums that have been released by various independent record labels. Through his experiences performing, recording, and touring, Adam has gained valuable insight into the practical realities and results stemming from these agreements from the creative artist's perspective. He continues to perform and record music in his free time. Adam completed a successful summer internship for the Honorable Ivan R.L. Lemelle of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.