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Greenberg Traurig, LLP Offices

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
THE SHARD, LEVEL 8
32 LONDON BRIDGE STREET
LONDON
SE1 9SG
England
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Matt Hancock

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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

Education
  • LL.B. (Hons), Edinburgh University
  • LL.M., Harvard Law School
Clerkships
  • UK Supreme Court, 2007

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

Fraud is a key area of expertise for the banking and financial services litigation team at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Its expertise ranges from acquisition finance and trade finance disputes to contentious financial services regulation and compliance matters, asset recovery, and insolvency litigation. ‘Exceptional litigator’ Masoud Zabeti heads the firm’s global litigation practice and is involved in banking disputes on an international scale. With extensive regulatory expertise, Matt Hancock advises both regulated financial services firms and individuals. Katharine Bond is an ‘extremely able lawyer’ and boasts a balanced claimant and defendant banking litigation practice, while Mehmet Karagoz focuses on fraud, internal investigations, and crisis management.

London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious

Increasingly visible in the market following some notable hires in recent years, the ‘proactive and commercial’ team at Greenberg Traurig, LLP excels in defending individuals and entities across a wide array of contentious regulatory issues, as well as white-collar matters. Team head Matt Hancock has a ‘down-to-earth, pragmatic approach to difficult issues’, be it in relation to high-profile market abuse allegations or in the context of the regulatory rules under the Senior Managers Regime. Katharine Bond is ‘very supportive and hardworking’ in her efforts on behalf of senior individuals responding to regulatory scrutiny, including where it overlaps with employment issues.

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