In that capacity, Matt provides legal advice and interpretative guidance to other divisions and offices within the Commission and to various participants in the industry, including registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers. Before joining the Commission, he was a senior associate in the asset management practice at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP focusing on private fund formation and private fund adviser regulation. Matt received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2008 and his B.A. from Colgate University in 2002.