Matthew Grant focuses his practice on complex litigation matters, consulting, internal investigations, and enforcement matters, primarily involving consumer products, and the retail, franchising, and manufacturing sectors. He has extensive experience representing large national and multinational corporate entities in a wide variety of litigations in federal and state courts around the country, including class actions, products liability, mass and toxic torts, commercial contract, consumer fraud, employment securities, and antitrust matters. Matthew has particular expertise in matters involving franchising, retail operations, and consumer products, including over two decades of experience representing clients in various matters related to lead-based paint and other lead-containing products and infrastructure.
Matthew also has provided substantial assistance to clients in connection with internal investigations, as well as multiagency civil, criminal, and regulatory investigations and enforcement matters. He has represented and assisted clients in matters involving potential violations of the False Claims Act, securities laws, antitrust laws, environmental laws and other federal and state statutes, including in investigations and enforcement matters initiated by the U.S. Attorneys' Office for the Southern District of New York, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, and a number of State Attorneys General.
Matthew also has extensive experience representing banking and corporate clients in connection with multiagency criminal and regulatory investigations into potential violations of the False Claims Act, securities laws, antitrust laws, tax regulations and other federal and state statutes. He has worked closely with many government and regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Attorneys' Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Antitrust Division of the U.S. DOJ, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, and a number of State Attorneys General. Matthew also has provided substantial assistance to clients in connection with internal investigations into potentially violative conduct.
Experience
- Assisted one of the world’s largest franchisors in developing and implementing processes for identifying and addressing potential violations of immigration and labor laws, and other compliance related matters, involving retail franchise locations.
- Assisted one of the world’s largest telecommunications providers in an investigation by the EPA regarding legacy lead-sheathed telephone cables.
- Represented a major provider of military housing in matters involving assessment and remediation of lead-based paint and related disclosures to the EPA.
- Represented one of the nation's largest government contractors in a series of investigations by the United States Attorneys' Office and certain state attorneys general and related False Claims Act qui tam litigation matters relating to the processing of Medicaid claims.
- Represented the financial division of a major multinational corporation in connection with a complex criminal and regulatory investigation of the municipal bond reinvestment markets by the U.S. Department of Justice-Antitrust Division, SEC, IRS, and State Attorneys General, as well as a related series of multidistrict private civil and class action litigation matters.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Villanova University School of Law, 2002, cum laude
- B.A., University of Richmond, 1998
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York