Matthew Holmwood is a partner in the firm’s Securities and Litigation/Controversy Departments, and a member of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement and Investigations and Criminal Litigation Practice Groups.

Practice

Mr. Holmwood represents clients in US Securities and Exchange Commission investigations, US Department of Justice investigations, congressional investigations, federal criminal prosecutions, litigation with the SEC and securities class actions. Mr. Holmwood has also represented special committees in independent investigations and individual clients responding to independent investigations.

Mr. Holmwood’s clients have included major international financial institutions, publically traded companies, located in the United States and abroad, and special committees. Mr. Holmwood’s government investigation matters have addressed many prominent subjects including:

offshore tax evasion;
options backdating;
valuation of mortgage-backed securities;
revenue recognition; and
earnings management.

He has represented individuals in criminal matters related to accounting for stock options and revenue recognition as well as defended clients in civil litigation brought by the SEC and class actions. Mr. Holmwood has also represented clients at sentencing and helped clients secure sentences significantly below the guideline range in complex and high-profile securities fraud matters.

In addition to an active securities enforcement and government investigations practice, Mr. Holmwood has experience representing clients in a wide range of civil litigation before federal courts, state courts and arbitrators involving a diverse range of subject matters, such as antitrust, bankruptcy, breach of contract and RICO.

Mr. Holmwood has practiced before the District Court for the District of Columbia, the Southern District of New York, the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of Michigan and the Eastern District of Virginia and drafted briefs in matters before the Court of Appeals for the Third, Fourth and Ninth Circuits.

Prior to joining WilmerHale in 2004, Mr. Holmwood practiced at a law firm in Philadelphia.