KM | Keller Macaluso LLC

Matt Macaluso is a founder of Keller Macaluso where he leads the entrepreneurial and business services groups and advises businesses, including sports and motorsports businesses, closely-held entrepreneurial businesses, banks, and emerging growth companies with transactional and contract matters. He earned his juris doctorate, cum laude, from the Valparaiso University School of Law in 2001 and his B.S. from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University in 1995.  Prior to founding Keller Macaluso, Matt practiced at a large Indianapolis-based firm from 2001-2009.  Matt worked as a merchandiser in the Soy Processing Division of Archer Daniels Midland Co. and as a grain merchandiser in the ADM/Growmark Division of Archer Daniels Midland Co. prior to pursuing his law degree. He also served as an adjunct professor at the Valparaiso University College of Business Administration for one year, teaching a class on business law and as an extern at FINRA Dispute Resolution (f/k/a NASD Dispute Resolution, Inc.) in Chicago, Illinois.  Matt is an active civic leader, currently serving as secretary of the Indiana FFA Foundation, and as a founder of the HERO Scholars Program.

Representative Matters:

• Represented open-wheel race team regarding corporate, sponsorship and trade secret protection matters.
• Represented high-growth entrepreneurial marketing firm regarding acquisitions, growth strategies, corporate, transactional and executive matters.
• Represented motorsports facility and sanctioning body regarding sponsorship and contractual matters.
• Assisted non-profit sports association with acquisition transactions.
• Represented privately held financial holding company and its national bank subsidiary with corporate, executive and regulatory matters.
• Represented high-growth Internet-based social networking firm in $500 million sale transaction.
• Represented publicly held broker-dealer regarding FINRA arbitration defense.
• Represented publicly held financial holding company and its national bank subsidiary in sale transaction.
• Represented closely held engineering firm in sale transaction to foreign publicly held company.
• Represented state-chartered bank in formation of a bank holding company.
• Represented publicly held financial holding company and its state commercial bank subsidiary in acquisition transactions.
• Represented privately held bank holding company and its state commercial bank subsidiary in sale transaction.
• Represented publicly held financial holding company in sale of the assets of a wholly owned subsidiary to a management group.
• Prepared the 2002 - 2006 Proxy Statements for a publicly held financial holding company.
• Represented publicly held bank holding company and its state commercial bank subsidiary in sale to publicly held bank holding company and its thrift subsidiary.
• Represented publicly held financial holding company and its national bank subsidiary in acquisition of a publicly held bank holding company and its state bank subsidiary.
• Represented publicly held financial holding company and its national bank subsidiary regarding various executive and regulatory matters.
• Prepared a Sarbanes-Oxley Audit Report for publicly held financial holding company.
• Represented publicly held financial holding company regarding offering of subordinated debt and two trust-preferred securities offerings.
• Represented professional football team regarding corporate, sponsorship and contract matters.
• Assisted with formation of hedge fund.
• Represented closely held lock and security firm regarding corporate, transactional and executive matters.
• Represented industrial tire company regarding corporate, transactional and executive matters.
• Represented engineering firm with negotiation of software development agreement and transactional matters.
• Represented high-growth entrepreneurial life science firm in sale transaction and convertible debt offering.

Honors / Awards

Indiana Rising Stars® (2009, 2010, 2011); Indiana Leadership Forum (2004); Senior Honors, Semester Honors, Jurist Award, Glenn D. Peters Fellow Award and Honors Program Scholar at Valparaiso University School of Law; Valparaiso University Law Review (note writer and associate editor); Phi Delta Phi (magister).

Appointments / Memberships

Member: Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations; Valparaiso University School of Law (Alumni Board and Indianapolis Advisory Council); Best Buddies Indiana (former chairman, Advisory Board); John Purdue Club; Purdue Alumni Association; Purdue University President's Council and Griffin Society; Long-Range Plan Committee-Management Task Force (chair) and Executive Committee of Delta Sigma Phi Foundation; former president and member of Delta Sigma Phi Alumni Corporation Board at Purdue University; Indiana FFA Foundation (secretary of Board of Directors – 2010-present, vice president of Board of Directors – 2009-2010); Educational CHOICE Charitable Trust (Board of Directors); HERO Scholars program (co-founder); Carmel Chamber of Commerce.

Appearances / Publications

Author: “Referral Fees for Securities Activities of Bank Employees: Proposed Changes,” Hoosier Banker (2004); “More on Corporate Governance – Does Sarbanes-Oxley Apply to Nonpublic Banks?” Hoosier Banker (July 2003)

Speaker: “Modeling the Way,” Delta Sigma Phi Leadership Institute (2004)

Outside the Office

Matt and his wife have one son.  In his free time, Matt enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, and watching and participating in sports.  Matt is an avid supporter of Purdue athletics, as well as the Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Reds and Indiana Pacers.  Matt and his family are parishioners of Holy Spirit at Geist in Fishers, Indiana.