Michael is a business lawyer and former entrepreneur. His practice is focused on helping his clients create, grow, protect, transition and sell their companies.
Michael acts for clients at all stages of the business lifecycle in a range of industry sectors including technology, health, manufacturing, retail, mining and hospitality.
Simplifying the Complex:
Michael’s approach is to draw on his business experience to craft simple solutions from complex legal issues. He helps his clients in the following areas:
- Business entity formation and structuring
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Venture capital financing
- Public offerings and private placements
- Shareholders’ agreements
- Licensing and intellectual property agreements
- Compensation and equity incentive plans
- Supplier, distributor and customer contracts
- Joint ventures and partnerships
Experienced Entrepreneur:
Prior to his legal career, Michael co-founded the Social Feed Inc., a start-up curating long-table dinners at top restaurants on slow nights. After finding traction in both Vancouver and Toronto, Social Feed Inc. was sold to Y-Combinator alumni GrubWithUs Inc. in 2012.
Education
- Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, J.D., 2014
- University of Victoria, B.Comm, 2009
Bar Admission
- British Columbia, 2015
