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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
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.
Speaker, "Canadian Hot Topics - You might have a Canadian issue if…", National Society of Compliance Professionals, October 2016
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker, "Changing the Status Quo? Proposed CSA ‘Targeted’ Reforms on Best Interest Standard", BLG’s Investment Management Group Client Event, June 2016
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker, "Exempt Market Dealer Compliance", Strategy Institute - 9th Annual Conference on Registrant Regulation, Conduct and Compliance, April 2016
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Compliance Audit,” Alternative Investment Management Association, February 2016
PRÉSENTATION
Author, "So You Have a Canadian Client for Your Funds - Now What?" NSCP Currents, the newsletter of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP), March 2015.
PUBLICATION
Author, "Significant Amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Finalized," BLG Investment Management Bulletin, October 2014
PUBLICATION
Author, "Chapter Three: Registration in Canada," How to Start and Grow a Successful Hedge Fund in Canada, ISI Publications, August 2014 (with Prema Thiele and Laurie Cook)
PUBLICATION
Author, “Distributing Hedge Funds in Canada,” HFMWeek Magazine, August 2014.
PUBLICATION
Author, "Two Distinct Regulatory Approaches for Non-Resident Investment Fund Managers Finalized in Canada," BLG Investment Management Bulletin, July 2012 (with Prema Thiele, Rebecca Cowdery, Laurie Cook and Marsha Gerhart).
PUBLICATION
Chapter: Registration in Canada
PUBLICATION
Author and Local Counsel Contact for Canada for Open-End, Hedge & Private Equity Funds, Separately Managed Accounts and Stakeholder Disclosure, Dechert's "World Compass" database
PUBLICATION
Author and Local Counsel Contact for Canada for Open-End, Hedge & Private Equity Funds, Separately Managed Accounts and Stakeholder Disclosure, Dechert's "World Compass" database.
PUBLICATION
Author/Contributor to various client alerts on the topics of registrant registration, compliance and hedge funds.
PUBLICATION
Exemptions from Registration
PUBLICATION
Marketing and Selling Hedge Funds in Canada
PUBLICATION
Beyond our Walls
Professional Involvement
Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Member, Toronto Lawyers Association
Community Involvement
Founding member, The R. Fraser Elliott Society at the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation
Awards & Recognitions
Recognized in the 2019 edition (and since 2018) of Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Investment Funds & Asset Management)
Bar Admission & Education
Ontario, 2005
LLB,
Université de Western Ontario, 2004
B.Comm., Finance,
Université McGill, 2001
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