Matt Hancock > Greenberg Traurig, LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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32 LONDON BRIDGE STREET
LONDON
SE1 9SG
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Matt Hancock
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Shareholder
Career
Matt Hancock is a member of the Litigation Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s London Office. He is focused on contentious regulation with a particular concentration on clients’ interactions with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA). He has considerable experience defending individuals and corporates against regulatory Enforcement action and in helping regulated corporates and individuals pre-empt and manage other forms of regulatory scrutiny. He is also very experienced in the interaction between UK regulation and employment law, with a strong background in the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime. Feedback in Legal 500 notes Matt as “an exceptional lawyer”, “incredibly diligent”, “as a charismatic and ebullient presence who provides superb client service and regularly wrong-foots regulators and opponents with his imaginative tactics and keen grasp of detail”.
Concentrations
FCA and PRA enforcement
FCA supervision
SMCR
Regulatory advisory work
Internal investigations
Capabilities
Litigation
White Collar Defense & Special Investigations
Financial Services Litigation
Admission to Practice
England and Wales
New York
Languages
English
Education
- LL.B. (Hons), Edinburgh University
- LL.M., Harvard Law School
- UK Supreme Court, 2007
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
Sitting within Greenberg Traurig, LLP‘s wider litigation and white-collar team, the financial regulatory and compliance practice benefits from the firm’s considerable contentious prowess. Since the arrival of ‘go-to individual‘ Matt Hancock in November 2021, the group has been going from strength to strength, with the recruitment of Tim Dolan from Reed Smith LLP in January 2023 marking the latest notable development in the composition of the department.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Transport > Rail
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory