Matthew Stowe, CFA

Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel at MFS Investment Management

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

Experience

  • Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel at MFS Investment Management
    Jul 2006 - Present · 20 yrs 1 mo

    - Lead team of lawyers covering litigation and regulatory matters, Advisers Act matters, sales/distribution legal support, data protection law, and employment law. - Serve on MFS's Enterprise Risk Management Committee, AI Strategy team, Gen. AI Governance Working Group, and committees covering data protection, information security, and data governance. - Lead attorney working on implementation of MFS's AI strategy and developing MFS policy on business usage of AI. - Handle litigation matters, including securities litigation, employment disputes, and general commercial litigation; oversee matters related to subpoenas, class action proofs of claim filing, and participation in foreign securities actions - Handle regulatory matters, including regulatory investigations, examinations, and proceedings - Act as a designated person to make determinations for the firm concerning inside information and expert network matters - Oversee matters of trademark/copyright law, anticorruption law, antitrust law, "pay to play" laws, shareholder disputes, and social media-related issues. - Special projects in various areas (e.g., trading, proxy disputes, policy reviews) - Prior titles at MFS: AVP and Counsel, VP and Senior Counsel, VP and Assistant General Counsel

  • Adjunct Professor at Boston College Law School
    2008 - 2014 · 6 yrs

  • Associate at WilmerHale
    Sep 2003 - Jul 2006 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    - Associate focusing on securities litigation (including class actions and derivative suits) and regulatory enforcement work - Worked on complex commercial litigation matters and intellectual property litigation matters

  • Lecturing Fellow at Duke University School of Law
    2006 - 2006 · Less than a year

  • Law Clerk to Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    Aug 2002 - Aug 2003 · 1 yr 1 mo