Matt is the Managing Director of Smart & Biggar, where he leads Canada’s premiere IP firm, with over 125 professionals and with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Vancouver and Calgary. As Managing Director, Matt is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm and its day-to-day operations, including oversight of its leadership team. Matt is passionate about excellent client service, transparency, employee engagement, mentoring the future generation of firm leaders, and supporting the larger community outside the firm. As a seasoned lawyer, Matt has guided his clients through complex IP challenges providing legal advice in transactions, licensing, interpretation of commercial agreements, and in establishing intellectual property policies, as well as providing litigation support. As an engineer and patent agent, Matt has specialized expertise advising public and private companies in patent matters in the electrical, software, electronics, cloud, mobile, mechanical, and medical device fields, and in emerging technologies such as AI, cryptography and Fintech.
In July, the Business Development Bank of Canada Capital announced a new intellectual property development financing envelope to support intellectual property-focused companies in Canada
