Matthew Morehead
Overview
Matt advises clients engaged in business with public sector customers at the federal, state, and local levels. Leveraging his prior contracts experience at a large defense contractor, Matt’s practice focuses on the pursuit and performance of government contracts, with an eye toward clients’ unique business concerns.
Career & Education
- Law Clerk, Crowell & Moring, 2024–2025
- Senior Contracts Negotiator, Lockheed Martin, 2017–2025
- Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 2025
- Pepperdine University, Seaver College, B.A., cum laude, 2017
- California
Matthew's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.22.26
May 22, 2026: A Crowell & Moring team represented Kanders & Company in a complex carveout transaction in which Kanders acquired the biosecurity business of publicly traded Ginkgo Bioworks. The resulting company, Perimeter Systems, has launched as the world’s first integrated biosecurity infrastructure platform, designed to transform biological signals into real-time intelligence and accelerate decisive response. At closing, Perimeter secured $60 million in growth capital, led by Kanders in partnership with SCS Financial, Goldcrest Capital, Four Cities Capital, and the Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund (SAIF).
Practices
Matthew's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.22.26
May 22, 2026: A Crowell & Moring team represented Kanders & Company in a complex carveout transaction in which Kanders acquired the biosecurity business of publicly traded Ginkgo Bioworks. The resulting company, Perimeter Systems, has launched as the world’s first integrated biosecurity infrastructure platform, designed to transform biological signals into real-time intelligence and accelerate decisive response. At closing, Perimeter secured $60 million in growth capital, led by Kanders in partnership with SCS Financial, Goldcrest Capital, Four Cities Capital, and the Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund (SAIF).
