Matt practices investment management and securities law. He focuses exclusively in the areas of:
- registrant regulation
- compliance
- hedge/pooled/private equity funds
Matt advises foreign and Canadian advisers, dealers and fund managers on registration and ongoing securities compliance matters.
He also advises both offshore and domestic hedge and private equity funds on the sale of their product in Canada and the regulatory aspects of private placements.
Prior to joining BLG, Matt was legal counsel in the General Counsel's Office at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). In 2010, Matt was seconded to BMO Financial Group as legal counsel in the Global Asset Management department. In 2012, Matt was seconded to the Compliance and Registrant Regulation branch of the OSC as Legal Counsel.
Experience
- Advised BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Advisory Services, Inc. in its sale to Guardian Capital Group (TSX: GCG).
- Advises both foreign and domestic entities on all matters relating to asset management, private placements and securities compliance in Canada.
- Obtains registrations for foreign and domestic advisers, dealers and fund managers, from start-up hedge funds to global asset managers with over a trillion dollars in AUM.
- Acts in all aspects of the formation, organization and maintenance of hedge funds and other pooled fund products, along with their management companies.
- Advised BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Advisory Services, Inc. in its sale to Guardian Capital Group (TSX: GCG).
- Advises both foreign and domestic entities on all matters relating to asset management, private placements and securities compliance in Canada.
- Obtains registrations for foreign and domestic advisers, dealers and fund managers, from start-up hedge funds to global asset managers with over a trillion dollars in AUM.
- Acts in all aspects of the formation, organization and maintenance of hedge funds and other pooled fund products, along with their management companies.
