I use my experience in a responsive, meaningful way to help clients navigate the complex regulatory process.

Matthew is a business lawyer with a focus on securities law who acts for a variety of businesses and entrepreneurs, mainly in the cryptocurrency and private lending industries. He has been advising companies in the cryptocurrency space since the summer of 2013, making him one of the first Canadian lawyers to act for cryptocurrency companies in Canada.

Matthew was an integral part of McLeod Law’s efforts to accept bitcoin as payment for legal services in the fall of 2013, making McLeod Law the first full service law firm in Canada to accept bitcoin. His clients in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space include cryptocurrency exchange platforms, cryptocurrency wallet developers, issuers of digital currency (including stablecoins and NFTs), cryptocurrency miners and cryptocurrency investment funds.

Matthew acts for both Canadian and international clients in countries ranging from the UK, Israel and China and has also assisted in drafting clauses pertaining to cryptocurrency in wills, powers of attorney and post-nuptial agreements. He is regularly called to give his opinion to the media on issues relating to cryptocurrency and Canadian law, and has been quoted in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Bloomberg, Winnipeg Free Press, The Logic and Vice Media and has also been interviewed on CBC radio and CBC television.

Matthew sits on a variety of advisory boards of his clients and is currently an advisor to the Alberta Securities Commission’s New Economy Advisory Committee. His commercial practice encompasses:

• private market financings
• mergers and acquisitions
• secured and unsecured lending transactions
• stock exchange listings
• regulatory compliance, including anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance legislation
• securities and general regulatory compliance issues facing the cryptocurrency industry
• shareholder agreements
• unique contract drafting
• mutual fund trusts matters

Matthew provides business law advice to other industries as well, most notably private lenders, including mortgage investment corporations (MICs), syndicated mortgage entities, and mutual fund trusts.