Matthew Craner is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice with over twenty years of experience advising and representing clients in high-stakes litigation and enforcement matters. He concentrates on representing corporations and financial institutions, including investment banks, broker-dealers, private equity funds, hedge funds, asset managers, directors and senior management in securities litigation, shareholder class actions, derivative suits, mergers and acquisition disputes, partnership disputes, internal investigations, and other complex business litigation throughout the country in state and federal courts. His practice also includes representing financial institutions and individuals in connection with investigations and proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA, and other government and self-regulatory agencies. 

In addition to representing clients in all aspects of litigation, Matt regularly counsels clients on pre-dispute matters, strategic risk assessment and control, compliance, and governance issues.

• Counsel to Nomura Holdings in numerous residential mortgage-backed securities loan repurchase litigations brought by trustees and monoline insurers.
• Counsel to underwriting syndicates in securities class actions arising out of securities offerings of various issuers.
• Counsel to Barclays Capital in securities litigation in connection with residential mortgage-backed securities.
• Counsel to major global banks in various investigations and regulatory enforcement proceedings involving securities, market manipulation, conflicts disclosure, customer disputes, and compliance and controls.
• Counsel to a major financial institution in litigation in Delaware Chancery Court relating to the triggering of a poison pill.
• Counsel to a major financial institution in litigation in Delaware Superior Court concerning alleged tortious interference and civil conspiracy in connection with lending related to purchases of portfolios of aircrafts engines and parts.
• Counsel to the former CFO of a digital financial media company before the SEC.
• Counsel to a major investment bank in connection with its alleged participation in tax shelters.
• Counsel to Barclays Capital in litigation over Archstone Holdings, Inc., including an expedited trial resulting in the court finding for Barclays on all issues and allowing Barclays to dispose of several billion dollars in disputed assets.
• Counsel to various private equity funds in numerous litigations and arbitrations in connection with post-closing disputes as well as corporate and employment matters involving the funds’ portfolio companies.
• Handled internal investigations on behalf of companies, their boards of directors and audit committees in connection with allegations of accounting irregularities, insider trading and breach of fiduciary duties.
• Counsel to various financial institutions and companies in connection with pre-litigation disputes and litigations concerning allegations of short-swing trading under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
• Counsel to a Big Four accounting firm in defense of claims in MDL proceedings arising out of the failure of Refco, a provider of brokerage and clearing services in the derivatives, currency and future markets.
• Counsel to a CDO manager in a federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by an investor in the Southern District of New York.

• Editor of Shearman & Sterling’s Need-to-Know Litigation Weekly regarding Securities Litigation, M&A Litigation, Government/Regulatory Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, and IP Litigation.
• “Recent Trends in Mortgage Backed Securities Litigation: Investor Claims & Defenses,” Faculty member at New York City Bar Association program, April 2013.