Matthew F, Ferraro, Esq.
Matthew F. Ferraro advises clients on matters related to defense and national security, cybersecurity, and crisis management. He also conducts internal investigations, assists clients in dealings before the US Congress, and counsels clients on a range of government contract issues.
In the mergers and acquisitions sector, Mr. Ferraro helps clients navigate complex transactions before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Representing both US sellers and foreign buyers, he assists clients in the assessment and mitigation of national security-related risks associated with potential transactions.
In addition, Mr. Ferraro provides clients with strategic counseling and advocacy before a range of governmental and regulatory bodies, including the Departments of Commerce, Defense and Treasury, among others.
In the cyber domain, Mr. Ferraro counsels clients, writes, and speaks on the threat that digital disinformation and deepfakes pose to corporations, brands and markets. His articles on this topic have appeared in The Washington Post, CNN, Lawfare, The Hill, Law360, Brunswick Review and Studies in Intelligence, the CIA’s journal, among others.
Mr. Ferraro has helped to prepare senior executives from an array of industries, including the aviation, energy, life sciences, technology and telecommunications sectors, for testimony before or in matters with the US Congress.
As part of Mr. Ferraro's pro bono practice, he has briefed and argued cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Constitutional and immigration issues on behalf of indigent clients.
Mr. Ferraro previously worked as a summer associate at WilmerHale. While attending law school, Mr. Ferraro served in the US Department of State's Office of the Legal Advisor, as a consultant to the Royal Government of Bhutan through Stanford's Bhutan Law and Policy Project, and as a clinic student in the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, where he worked on certiorari petitions and amicus and merits briefs for cases before the US Supreme Court. He was elected co-president of the Stanford Law Association, his law school's student government, and was selected as an InSITE Fellow, through which he provided legal counsel to startup companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also served as a judicial extern for Judge Richard J. Sullivan, then of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Ferraro is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a visiting fellow at the National Security Institute at George Mason University, a 2021 Yale Cyber Leadership Forum fellow, and was a member of Law360’s Aerospace and Defense Editorial Advisory Board.
Before pursuing his law degree, Mr. Ferraro served for several years as an intelligence officer with the US government. He has written widely on intelligence and national security issues.