Matt Royack
About Matt Royack
Matt Royack is the General Counsel at Cision, with extensive experience in corporate law and managing global legal teams.
Current Role at Cision
Matt Royack serves as General Counsel at Cision, a global communication and PR software company. He leads the Legal Department, managing a team of legal and privacy professionals. Additionally, he holds the position of Deputy General Counsel at the company. His responsibilities include overseeing general corporate work, contract matters, and intellectual property transactions.
Previous Experience at Cision
From 2016 to 2021, Matt Royack worked as Associate General Counsel at Cision in Beltsville, MD, where he built extensive expertise in various legal domains. His responsibilities included handling buy-side and sell-side M&A activities and managing Corporate Counsel operations.
Prior Legal Positions
Before joining Cision, Matt Royack held various legal positions. He worked at Inovalon as Corporate Counsel from 2014 to 2016 in Bowie, MD, and briefly at Oracle in 2014 as Counsel in Columbia, MD. Prior to that, he served as Staff Attorney at MICROS Systems Inc. in Columbia, MD, from 2013 to 2014, and as Associate Attorney at Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC from 2011 to 2013. He also gained experience working as an Associate at Freeman, Wolfe & Greenbaum, P.A. from 2008 to 2011.
Educational Background
Matt Royack's educational journey includes a Juris Doctor (JD) in Business Law from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he studied from 2004 to 2007. Prior to that, he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Finance from the University of Maryland, studying from 2000 to 2004. His early education took place at Somerville High School.
Legal Expertise and Specializations
Matt Royack has a breadth of experience in the legal field, specializing in intellectual property transactions, IPO and SPAC processes, and private acquisitions. He has implemented KPI and OKR methodologies within legal departments and managed significant buy-side and sell-side M&A activities. His leadership extends to a global team in a private equity-backed SaaS company, focusing on both legal and privacy issues.