Matt is an experienced business and securities litigator and investment management lawyer who regularly represents clients in complex business disputes, including regulatory proceedings by the SEC, FINRA and other regulators.
Matt has over 25 years of experience litigating in federal, state and administrative forums around the country and counseling wealth management firms and their representatives. He is head of Fredrikson & Byron’s Investment Management Group, and is also a shareholder in the firm’s Business, Securities and, Trusts & Estates Groups.
Matt serves as outside general counsel to many Registered Investment Advisory firms. He advises clients on a wide array of regulatory and compliance matters, including those arising under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Matt represents wealth management firms, investment adviser representatives, financial planners, broker-dealers, advisers to private funds, investment companies, insurance companies, public and private companies and individuals being examined, investigated or sued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), other SROs and state and federal regulators. Matt regularly represents wealth management firms and advisers on drafting and interpreting non-solicitation agreements, and planning, executing and litigating transitions to a new firms.
For much of his career, Matt has worked with organizations dedicated to ensuring that those without sufficient economic resources have access to legal representation, including the Volunteer Lawyers Network (past Board Chair); and he has worked as Co-Chair of the Legal Access to the Disadvantaged (LAD) Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Matt was appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court and served for six years on the Legal Services Advisory Committee (LSAC), which makes grants to legal services programs serving low-income clients in Minnesota. Matt also volunteers through Children’s Law Center.