Latham & Watkins LLP

Matthew Peters is a versatile litigator and advocate who represents leading global companies and individual executives in complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on securities litigation.

Matthew focuses his practice on counseling clients in high-stakes and complex matters, including:

• • Securities fraud class actions
  • Shareholder derivative litigation
  • DeSPAC litigation
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations
  • Internal investigations
  • Books-and-records demands

Matthew brings clients a unique global perspective based on extensive experience studying and working in China, and a previous career with the Central Intelligence Agency.

He maintains an active pro bono practice, representing victims of human trafficking and children in need of legal assistance.

While in law school, Matthew served as an editor on the Duke Law Journal.