Matthew M. O'Toole

Matthew M. O’Toole is a Senior Advisor at Iron Road Partners, a private equity compliance consulting firm. He is also an Expert Witness and Consultant at Pacific Winds.  Prior to these roles, he was Senior Special Counsel (Regulatory Counsel) for the Division of Examinations in the San Francisco Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and worked for the Commission for over 21 years. He received his BBA (summa cum laude) in finance and economics from the University of Notre Dame, and his JD from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, where he was an Associate Editor of the Law Review. Prior to rejoining the SEC, he was a Vice President and Senior Counsel with Charles Schwab, and an Assistant General Counsel at GT Global (now part of Invesco). He has taught securities regulation and corporate governance courses since 2000, and has served as a Visiting Professor and Technical Assistant in the U.S., China, Eastern Europe, Mexico and the Caribbean. He won the Adjunct Professor of the Year Award at the Law School in 2003. Prior to enrolling in law school, he was in private accounting and attended the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

• Corporate governance
• Securities regulation

• Visiting Professor, Pazmany Peter Catholic University (Budapest 2004)
• Visiting Professor, East China University School of Law (Shanghai 2001)

• Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, JD, 1991
• University of Notre Dame, BBA, 1986

• Senior Advisor, Iron Road Partners (2022-Present)
• Expert Witness and Consultant, Pacific Winds (2001-2004; 2022-Present)
• Senior Special Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1992-1995; 2004-2022)
• Vice President & Senior Counsel, Charles Schwab (1997-2001)
• Associate, Arnold & Porter (1991-1992)

• University of San Francisco School of Law Adjunct Professor of the Year, 2003

• Improving Corporate Governance and Fund Holder Rights in China, The Investment Lawyer