Matthew Mazur > Dechert LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
25 Cannon Street
LONDON
EC4M 5UB
England
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Matthew Mazur
Work Department
White Collar, Compliance and Investigations
Position
Partner
Career
Matt Mazur is an experienced American litigator who advises corporate and individual clients in U.S. government investigations, enforcement proceedings, internal investigations, and related litigation. Based in London, Mr. Mazur has significant experience in multi-agency and cross-border investigations involving a range of U.S. authorities, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). He also litigates complex commercial disputes in U.S. federal and state courts, as well as commercial arbitrations.
Mr. Mazur has been lead defense counsel or co-counsel in over twenty jury trials and bench trials, and he has briefed and argued over twenty appeals before the New York Court of Appeals, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Before joining Dechert in 2011, Mr. Mazur served for seven years as a public defender, first at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and then the Office of the Appellate Defender in New York City. He regularly provides pro bono representation to indigent men and women in criminal matters in federal and state court. In March 2015, he won a complete acquittal after a two-week jury trial for a pro bono client charged with armed robbery in Queens Supreme Court. In November 2016, he won another complete dismissal of child abuse allegations after a bench trial for a pro bono client in the New York Family Court.
Mr. Mazur serves on the Board of Trustees of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, a community-based public defender in New York City.
Memberships
- New York Council of Defense Lawyers
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Education
- Yale University, B.A., 1998
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 2004
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+