Executive Bio
Mr. Matthew S. Heiter, also known as Matt, J.D., has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel at NN, Inc. since July 7, 2015 and serves as its Secretary. Mr. Heiter served as an Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel at IPIX Corporation from December 1999 to June 2002. His practice areas include business and transactions, business planning and counseling, corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate and IT procurement, private companies, public companies, venture capital, financial services and transactions, securitization and structured finance and commercial transactions. He focuses his practice on public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and business planning and organization. Mr. Heiter's experience includes the representation of biotechnology and technology investors and companies. His experience include sale of publicly-traded, nonstandard automobile insurer to private equity consortium for $630 million; representation of the underwriter in an initial public offering of the common stock of a ready-mix cement manufacturer; representation of a national bank holding company in connection with the offering of subordinated debt and bank notes in excess of $6.0 billion; representation of a nonstandard automobile insurer in its initial public offering and registered follow-on stock offering; and representation of biotech focused venture capital firm in connection with several investments in portfolio companies. He served as chair of the Securities Practice Group at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. Mr. Heiter is admitted to practice in Tennessee since 1985. Some of his publications and speaking engagements include Ethics and Compliance Programs, Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants in September, 2007; Private Placements, BDBCB University, in-house seminar in September, 2007; Outlining Securities Law, The Art and Science of Securities Law, Aspatore Books in September, 2005; Diverse Roles: The Venture Capital Lawyer and the Client, The Venture Capital Legal Handbook, Aspatore Books in April 2004; and The Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley on Private Companies, Compliance - The Key Post SOX, Sarbanes-Oxley Act in Tennessee, Lorman Education Services, multiple locations from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Heiter is listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2005; listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2006 and 2007; listed in Marquis Who's Who in American Law in 2007; and a recipient of Top 40 Under 40 award from the Memphis Business Journal, which recognizes the top 40 professionals. He was a graduate of Leadership Academy, Masters Program, Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Heiter received a J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1985 and a B.A., summa cum laude, from University of Mississippi in 1982.