Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Business & Commercial Disputes

Associate - Litigation and Investigations

Matias Gallego-Manzano is a member of the firm's Business & Commercial Disputes Practice Group and handles litigation involving complex business transactions, commercial contract, and real estate disputes. Matias formerly served as regional co-chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the Hispanic National Bar Association.

Matias also serves a variety of pro bono clients and is actively involved in firm activities. He has provided corporate governance advice to a non-profit organization serving underprivileged communities in Cali, Colombia and has represented individuals and families facing deportation from the United States. Matias is also currently the New York Office liaison of the firm’s Race Ethnicity Inclusion Network, formerly known as the Lawyers of Color Affinity Group and is a member of the New York Office Recruitment Committee.

Prior to joining the firm, Matias taught social studies and mathematics at Jose de Diego Middle School and International Studies Charter High School, each in Miami, FL.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Associate Editor, Cardozo Law Review Vol. 37 Mentor, Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Big Brother for Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS New York City Bar Association Former Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Division, Hispanic National Bar Association – Region II