Matthew C. Solomon
FinTech Guide 2025
Band 2 : Crypto-Asset Disputes
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About
Provided by Matthew C. Solomon
Practice Areas
Matt represents public and private companies, global financial institutions, asset managers, and individual executives and employees on issues ranging from regulatory compliance and remediation advice to advocacy and litigation against the government and private parties.
Career
Matt joined Cleary Gottlieb as a partner after serving for 15 years as a white-collar prosecutor and supervisor with the DOJ and as a senior enforcement official with the SEC—most recently as the SEC’s Chief Litigation Counsel. Before joining Cleary, Matt served as the SEC’s Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel in 2012, and was elevated to be the agency’s Chief Litigation Counsel in 2013. In this role, Matt led the SEC’s 150-attorney national trial unit and supervised the SEC’s litigated cases in federal courts and administrative proceedings. Prior to the SEC, Matt served in several prominent positions over 10 years with the DOJ, including as the Fraud Unit Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude (1999); B.A., Wesleyan University, magna cum laude (1994).
Professional Memberships
Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court (2012-current).
Bar, District of Columbia and New York.
Chambers Review
FinTech
Matthew Solomon heads Cleary Gottlieb's digital asset disputes practice and is highly regarded for his litigation and regulatory expertise. Previously the SEC's Chief Litigation Counsel, Solomon regularly advises prominent crypto clients in SEC investigations and litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Matthew has an excellent sense of what a judge and a jury want. He hones a defence strategy based on that. He has deep knowledge of the SEC and knows what will resonate with them."
"He's incredibly knowledge about SEC regulatory matters and has been an incredibly valuable asset to help us make decisions about how we run our business."
"Matt is very good and does a lot of work in this space. His experience on both sides of government investigations is an asset, and his advice is always practical and commercial."
"Matthew has an excellent sense of what a judge and a jury want. He hones a defence strategy based on that. He has deep knowledge of the SEC and knows what will resonate with them."
"He's incredibly knowledge about SEC regulatory matters and has been an incredibly valuable asset to help us make decisions about how we run our business."
"Matt is very good and does a lot of work in this space. His experience on both sides of government investigations is an asset, and his advice is always practical and commercial."