Matt is a managing associate in the firm’s Corporate Transactions & Securities group. His practice focuses on representing clients regarding broker-dealer, trading and markets, registered funds, securities exchange, financial technology service providers and investment advisor-related activity. As a former general counsel, he also advises companies with in-house transition, development and leadership needs.

Matt has extensive experience with securities market regulation, beginning his career as a Chicago Board Options Exchange investigator and later as outside counsel to proprietary trading firms and general counsel and chief compliance officer for a jointly registered broker-dealer/investment adviser. Matt’s options trading and asset management background provides a uniquely valuable perspective to understanding and serving his clients’ needs. He advises on a variety of contractual matters with third-party vendors such as O/EMS, clearing firms, communications and software agreements. His prior litigation experience ranges from employment and workers' compensation disputes to insurance defense and various other civil and criminal matters. Matt has arbitration experience and has a special appreciation for the complexities of adversarial proceedings. Matt has held FINRA securities licenses 7, 24 and 57.