Matt’s practice centres on innovation, helping clients to create strategies to solve problems efficiently.

Tax

• Tax litigation – appeared before the Tax Court of Canada
• Tax-efficient business reorganizations
• Tax audit preparation and strategy

Wills & Estates

• Tax-efficient estate planning

Intellectual Property

• Acquisitions of intellectual property and related due-diligence
• Negotiation of video-game publication agreements
• Film, TV and entertainment finance
• Artist(s) agreements
• Trademark applications and prosecution
• Trademark protection
• Intellectual Property litigation

Securities Regulation

• Capital raises and private issuances

Corporate Commercial

• Due diligence and transactional work on financings/syndicated loans
• Advising clients using financing for the purchase of businesses, real property or other assets
• Assisting institutional and private lenders in secured financing agreements
• Facilitating the purchase and sale of corporations and corporate assets
• Negotiating and drafting key agreements ranging from Letters of Intent to Purchase Agreements
• Consulting with start-ups from incorporation to initial public offerings and beyond
• Commercial litigation
• Representative matter(s): Copper Stop Limited v. Parkland Fuel Corporation

Insolvency and Bankruptcy

• Advising trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, creditors and bankrupts throughout insolvency and Company Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings
• Insolvency and bankruptcy litigation

Labour and Employment

• Litigation and advice to employers
• Representative matters(s): Benoit v. Atlantic Minerals Limited, 2019 NLSC 229