Matthew S Blum Email & Phone Number

*EXPAND FOR BIOMember, New York State Bar⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ United States District Court of the Southern District of New YorkHaving worked as a litigator and trial attorney in several New York State and multi-state law firms, Mr. Blum is a seasoned trial attorney, having represented clients in matters dealing in complex commercial, financial, securities, and real estate litigation. Mr. Blum has handled more than forty trials through judgment and appeal, and has handled appeals in all four New York Appellate Departments.Mr. Blum has represented Fortune 250 and closely-held corporations, manufacturers, distributors, military contractors, casinos, financial institutions, and government agencies. He has prosecuted and defended complex civil cases concerning bank disputes, derivative shareholder actions, fiduciaries and SPVs, construction, antitrust, trade secret/corporate espionage, and real estate disputes. Mr. Blum has represented whistleblowers in multi-million dollar securities fraud cases, and litigated RMBS cases resulting in recovery of over $1 billion dollars for institutional clients.Mr. Blum has served as special counsel and advisor to national banks on defensive strategies in securities and real estate litigation, authoring statewide bank policy on New York-specific litigation strategies.Currently, Mr. Blum maintains a dynamic practice involving litigation and transactional matters. In his litigation practice, Mr. Blum concentrates in the areas of complex commercial litigation involving multi-party business disputes, construction, real estate, landlord/tenant, and banking litigation.In his transactional and advisory practice, Mr. Blum advises credit unions and lenders on regulatory compliance and product structures in connection with his clients’ mortgage businesses. Mr. Blum serves as general counsel to domestic and international businesses on financing, corporate structures, and IP. Mr. Blum brings to this work not only legal acumen informed by his litigation experience, but also the benefits from having earned an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance with concentrations in derivatives and institutional risk management. Further, as a computer programmer, Mr. Blum has designed eDiscovery platforms and automation tools used to analyze data across millions of documents in securities cases and other complex class litigation. [See "Accomplishments" below for a list of representative matters].

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