Matthew Bruce

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ABOUT MATTHEW BRUCE

I am a partner in Freshfields\' dispute resolution department. I co-head the firm\'s Global Investigations Practice and its Corporate Crime team. I am a leading investigations and strategic risk lawyer and have led a number of major corporate risk matters arising from allegations such as bribery and corruption, workplace misconduct, human rights issues, money laundering, sanctions and fraud. In addition to advising on compliance issues and internal multi-jurisdictional investigations, I am experienced in dealing with external regulators and authorities, including matters before the Serious Fraud Office. I work across a broad range of sectors, and recent matters have engaged Asia, the Middle East, former CIS territories and Africa.I also have significant experience in acting for clients in large scale litigation. I led the team that won Commercial Litigation Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2021 for our successful representation of WEX Inc in a landmark dispute in the English Commercial Court arising from the Covid-19 pandemic; the matter was also commended/shortlisted at the Lawyer Awards, the British Legal Awards and for Innovation in Dispute Resolution by the Financial Times. I was also very proud to lead a team acting for Kate Wilson, pro bono, in a landmark case in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal which, following her relationship with an undercover police officer, found a formidable list of breaches of her fundamental human rights by the Met Police.I studied law at Cambridge and joined Freshfields as a trainee in 2001. I became a partner in 2012, having worked in both the US and London.I am actively involved in various mentoring schemes, and have an extraordinarily unhealthy obsession with Charlton Athletic.Specialities: investigations, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, AML, workplace misconduct, compliance, corporate crime, human rights, dispute resolution