Mr Matthew Nielsen > Bracewell LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
Bracewell LLP Offices
1445 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 3800
DALLAS, TX 75202-2724
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Mr Matthew Nielsen
Position
Matthew Nielsen represents companies, boards, executives, and securities firms and professionals in internal and government investigations and litigation involving civil and criminal misconduct. Matthew has deep experience in handling matters involving public company accounting and disclosure issues, insider trading, securities fraud, US export controls and sanctions, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), whistleblower complaints and healthcare fraud. In addition, Matthew regularly represents clients before and in litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Agency (FINRA), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Department of the Treasury and other federal and state agencies.
Education
Baylor Law School, J.D., 2001, magna cum laude; Texas Christian University, B.B.A., 1998, cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
With a team that consists of skilled defense attorneys and former prosecutors, Bracewell LLP is well placed to discreetly conduct internal investigations as well as develop corporate compliance programs. Located in Washington DC, Stephen Braga has longstanding experience acting for both individuals and corporates in a variety of criminal matters. Practicing out of the firm’s New York office, Seth DuCharme is highly skilled at advising on matters relating to cybersecurity. Houston-based Jeffery Vaden is recommended for investigations into public corruption, bank fraud, and money laundering. Matthew Nielsen acts for both corporations and senior executives who are being investigated by the regulatory authorities, while Britt Steckman advises on FCPA compliance programs. Steckman practices in Washington DC and Nielsen is located in Austin. The New York team is strengthened with the addition of Roslynn Mauskopf, who joins the firm in February 2024, bringing extensive experience from a role in the judiciary.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense