Bank of New York Mellon deputy general counsel Matthew Biben tells Sue Reisinger how the bank prevailed in a Moscow court against a $23bn tax claim by the Russian Government

Matthew Biben works out of a Manhattan office, but for the past two-and-a-half years has spent much of his time in Moscow. As deputy general counsel of Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM), Biben oversaw the bank’s defence of a potentially huge tax claim by the Russian Government.