LONDON (March 21, 2024) – Seyfarth Shaw LLP introduced as we speak the arrival of associate Matthew Banham to the agency’s litigation division, additional increasing the agency’s globally acknowledged white-collar and investigations observe. Banham joins Seyfarth from Dechert, the place his observe targeted on multi-agency and sophisticated cross-border investigations and prosecutions with an emphasis on monetary crime and contentious regulatory issues.
“There’s a great want proper now amongst our shoppers for experience in dealing with high-stakes and high-profile investigations and white-collar issues,” mentioned Pete Talibart, Seyfarth’s London workplace managing associate. “Matt’s background as one of many main investigations and white-collar legal professionals within the area enhances our potential to proceed to offer subtle counsel on this space, not simply in London however globally. It suits in completely with our international employment regulation providing as we’re seeing an actual upturn in demand for the skillset that Matt has.”
Banham counsels and represents firms in addition to people and corporations working within the monetary companies sectors. He has intensive expertise in exterior and inside investigations involving regulators in each america and the UK. He additionally supplies common evaluation of cutting-edge and creating fields reminiscent of ESG provide chain due diligence, crypto belongings, and sophisticated AML.
“Matt has a uncommon mixture of presidency enforcement and in-house expertise that aligns with our strategic plan of additional bolstering our already sturdy and intensive regulatory and investigatory observe,” mentioned James C. McGrath, Seyfarth’s litigation division chair. “With our incumbent expertise and the latest additions of Scott Morvillo, Rich Morvillo, and Ellen Murphy from Stroock, and Gary D. Friedman from Weil, we’re actually constructing a powerhouse worldwide observe on this space.”
Seyfarth’s multidisciplinary white-collar and investigations observe represents private and non-private corporations, funding banking corporations, banks, funding advisors, broker-dealers, hedge funds, non-public fairness funds, accounting corporations, regulation corporations, and people who work for them. The group is thought for its intensive expertise conducting investigations and showing earlier than numerous regulatory companies each in america and the UK.
Earlier than becoming a member of Dechert, Banham served because the senior vp of Barclays Financial institution’s litigation investigations and enforcement division the place he suggested and managed exterior investigations and regulatory dangers for the funding financial institution. He additionally served as Case Controller on the Severe Fraud Workplace, the place he labored and led the UK’s most complicated and landmark instances together with Rolls Royce, LIBOR, and Overseas Change benchmarks. His earlier expertise additionally consists of working as counsel on the Monetary Conduct Authority, the place he routinely suggested and managed investigations and prosecutions into allegations of insider buying and selling, and different monetary crime offenses.
“There are only a handful of corporations that may function throughout a broad vary of enforcement companies within the UK, US, and UAE, and Seyfarth is certainly one of them,” mentioned Banham. “Seyfarth has actually dedicated itself to investing on this quickly rising space and I’m excited to be part of this stellar crew.”
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