M&T Bank (MTB) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 23, 2009 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in M&T Bank Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

/s/ Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLPPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Buffalo, New York

June 3, 2009