Matt D. Basil

Prior to joining Willkie, Matt was a partner at another major law firm.

• Benchmark Litigation – Litigation Star (since 2024) 
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (since 2024)
• Chambers USA - General Commercial Litigation (Illinois) (since 2022)
• Crain’s Chicago Business’ Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys (2023)
• The Legal 500 United States – Labor and Employment - ERISA Litigation (since 2022)
• The Legal 500 United States – Dispute Resolution - General Commercial Disputes (since 2022)
• The Legal 500 United States – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense (since 2023)

• Economic Club of Chicago Member
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
  Member, Corporate Board of Directors
• Leadership Greater Chicago - 2011 Fellow

• Thomson Reuters – Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (Fifth Edition) – Crisis Management (2021)
• Recent Developments in Fraud Investigations and Litigation Including Ponzi Schemes, Fraud and Corruption Matters,” Duff & Phelps 2017 General Counsel Symposium, November 3, 2017

Matt handles a wide array of commercial disputes and internal investigations for Fortune 500 companies, with particular emphasis on complex contract, financial and fraud litigation. His representative matters include*:

• Representation of a large publishing client in a $90 million qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act.
• Representation of an affiliate of a major telecommunications provider in a civil RICO claim brought by the affiliate, where the telecommunications provider purchased the affiliate for $1.3 billion following a two-week bench trial.
• Representation, including at a week-long preliminary injunction hearing, of a global consulting company against a competitor’s efforts to obtain injunctive relief barring the consulting company from selling a product.
• Representation of a global company in a significant internal investigation following notification from the United States Department of Justice.
• Representation through trial of a large, international client in a multi-million dollar lawsuit involving claims for both damages and injunctive relief in connection with the mass resignation of numerous employees across multiple of the client’s offices.
• Representation of a major telecommunications company in a nine-figure arbitration hearing involving multiple breach of contract claims brought by a former independent contractor of the telecommunications company.
• Representation of a global retailer in a series of class action antitrust lawsuits.
• Representation of a large, international client in a class action alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and seeking damages related to a multi-billion dollar defined benefit plan.
• Representation of the supplier of a large, international home goods company in a multi-million dollar matter in which home goods company sought both damages and injunctive relief against the supplier.
• Representation of a start-up telecommunications company in trials before multiple state regulatory commissions in matters initiated by a competitor.
• Representation, including at trial, of a slot machine manufacturer in a civil trial arising out of damages suffered in connection with Hurricane Katrina.

_{* Matt advised on these matters prior to joining Willkie.}