Matt Corriel is an associate in the firm’s litigation and enforcement group. Over the past decade, Matt has represented clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation, enforcement, and investigatory matters. Clients look to him for sound judgment, clear writing, and a calm, practical approach under pressure. He regularly advises asset managers, hedge funds and investment managers, portfolio companies, financial services companies, directors and officers, and high-net-worth individuals in disputes, investigations, and related strategic matters.
Matt also maintains an active pro bono practice. His work has included leading a team seeking remedies for children and caregivers diverted into hidden foster care in the District of Columbia, securing asylum and humanitarian parole for political asylees, assisting transgender clients with name changes, and resolving copyright disputes for filmmakers and songwriters, among other matters.
Before joining Ropes & Gray, Matt was a litigation associate at another global law firm, where his practice focused on FCPA investigations, SEC enforcement matters, and RMBS litigation. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and as a faculty fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition, where he focused on copyright and Internet law.
While in law school, Matt was the inaugural symposium editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, a teaching assistant in property law, and co-president of Penn’s Intellectual Property Group. His comment, Up for Grabs: A Workable System for the Unilateral Acquisition of Chattels, 161 U. Pa. L. Rev. 807 (2013), has been cited in leading law journals, as well as in a property law casebook and reader.
Matt is also an award-winning musical theater composer-lyricist. His work has been performed across the country, and he had the honor of writing and performing a song for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Experience
Civil Litigation
- Defending a national retail pharmacy in Chicago federal and state court against claims by 29 health plans alleging that the pharmacy submitted fraudulent prices in millions of payment claims.
- Defending New York’s largest healthcare provider in more than 100 New York state court actions arising from a privacy-related incident at a Long Island-based sleep center.
- Secured complete dismissal with prejudice for Canada Goose US Inc. in a putative class action in the Southern District of New York alleging that consumers were deceived by Canada Goose marketing statements.
- Secured complete dismissal with prejudice for Blackstone Inc. and its board designees to Coral Acquisition Inc. in Delaware Court of Chancery litigation brought by a co-investor in Coral alleging that Blackstone and members of Coral’s board of directors breached fiduciary duties by rejecting a debt exchange.
- Secured dismissal of all claims and counterclaims against a private individual in actions in the Northern District of California federal court and Ohio state court alleging fraud in connection with a letter of intent.
- Defending an investment firm in multidistrict litigation in the Middle District of Florida arising from the firm’s investment in a failed cryptocurrency exchange.
- Represented several portfolio companies in resolving disputes involving former executives’ violations of restrictive covenants.
- Represented several fund managers in resolving investor disputes arising from investment returns.
- Represented an asset manager, private equity firm, and others in connection with third-party subpoenas seeking documents and testimony.
- Advised a major educational institution in contract negotiations with a payments processor.
- Advised a wealth management firm in connection with asset purchase agreements.
- Represented a multinational banking institution in mortgage-backed securities litigation.*
Enforcement
- Defending a former officer of Silicon Valley Bank in investigations and civil litigation related to the bank’s failure.
- Represented a major hedge fund in DOJ and SEC insider trading investigations.
- Represented a commercial real estate services provider in a CFTC investigation regarding whistleblower protections.
- Represented an international utility company in an FCPA investigation.*
*Prior to joining Ropes & Gray