Biography
Matthew Benak is a law clerk in Seward & Kissel’s Investment Management Group, where he advises investment managers across a range of regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters.
His work focuses on private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and other pooled investment vehicles. Matthew supports clients with fund formation, structuring, and ongoing regulatory obligations, as well as the preparation and review of offering and operational documents.
In addition to fund formation, Matthew supports clients on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues, including private fund adviser filings such as Section 13 and Section 16 filings, and assists with the development, implementation, and enhancement of compliance policies and procedures.
In 2022, Matthew served in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Legal Scholars Program, where he conducted extensive evidentiary and document review in investigations involving financial fraud, insider trading, broker-dealer violations, market manipulation, and securities misrepresentation. In 2024, he served as a Legal and Documentation Intern in the Institutional Equities Department at Morgan Stanley, where he assisted with drafting and reviewing relationship-level trading agreements, including ISDA Master Agreements, Prime Broker Master Agreements, and OTC clearing agreements.
Matthew received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.
Capabilities
Areas of Focus
Credentials
Education
Brooklyn Law School
- J.D., 2025
State University of New York at Binghamton
- B.A., 2021
Recognitions
- Recipient of the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni Scholarship
Areas of Focus
Credentials
Education
Brooklyn Law School
- J.D., 2025
State University of New York at Binghamton
- B.A., 2021
Recognitions
- Recipient of the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni Scholarship