Matthew McLeod

Based in the firm's Toronto office, Matt McLeod is a member of the firm's corporate and mergers and acquisitions practice group. With a tech background and engineering degree, Matt is focused on early-stage and high-growth companies where his industry experience is a great asset for his clients. Matt also has extensive experience advising his clients in organizing and structuring new and existing corporations, partnerships, and joint ventures and drafting foundational documents, such as shareholder agreements and other corporate governance documents. He advises companies and individuals in negotiating various contracts and resolving disputes. Matt also sits on the board of directors of a private Canadian licensed producer of cannabis. Before joining Dickinson Wright, Matt was an executive at a private equity owned SaaS company and a cannabis executive working for both private and public companies in federally regulated cannabis production and provincially regulated cannabis retail. Prior to these roles, Matt was a lawyer at the New York City office of a large Canadian law firm.