Matthew E. Pecoy
Partner
mpecoy@darroweverett.com
(843) 867-2631
Practice Areas
Bio
Matthew E. Pecoy is a Partner in DarrowEverett’s Corporate and Business Transactions Practice Group, focusing primarily on middle-market mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, and general corporate matters. Through his practice, Matt represents a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from accredited investors to growth-stage companies and from start-ups to medium-sized, privately-held businesses. His counsel includes corporate formation and structuring, capital raises and private placements, employment and securities law issues, and complex commercial contract negotiation. Matt also serves as outside general counsel to several companies across multiple industries and has litigated a wide variety of commercial disputes before federal and state courts as well as the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Prior Experience
Before joining the DarrowEverett team, Matt was a partner in a Charleston, South Carolina-based firm. In this role, Matt counseled his clients from formation and capital raising to liquidity events, represented both buyers and sellers in a variety of mergers and acquisitions, and litigated trade secret, noncompete, and other business disputes. While attending the University of South Carolina School of Law, Matt was the Articles Editor for the Southeastern Environmental Law Journal.
Accolades
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D.
- College of Charleston, B.S., Business Administration
cum laude
Involvement
- Coastal Community Foundation – Place-Based Impact Investing Committee Member
- Palmetto Goodwill – Board of Directors
- South Carolina Bar’s Corporate, Banking, and Securities Law Section – Council Member
- Charleston County Bar Association – Member
- South Carolina Bar Association – Member