Matthew J. G. Curtis

Matthew J. G. Curtis is a Partner in Dentons Canada LLP's Employment and Labour Group, based in Toronto. He advises Canadian and international organisations on a variety of labour and employment matters. His practice focuses on Employment Law.

Matthew has broad experience in labour and employment law, including wrongful dismissal, post-employment competition, employment standards, privacy, executive compensation, health and safety matters, workers compensation, human rights and labour relations.

Matthew has appeared before various levels of courts and administrative tribunals, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Upon graduation from the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia, Matthew was a judicial law clerk at the Federal Court of Appeal.

Matthew is qualified to practise in both Ontario and British Columbia. His experience includes acting as Canadian legal counsel to The Westaim Corporation in connection with the US$250 million strategic investment by Wembley Group Partners, LP; advising Ultra Electronics Ltd. in connection with the sale of its Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology business to LeadsOnline LLC; advising Motorola Solutions, Inc. in connection with its acquisitions of Rave Mobile Safety, Barrett Communications and Futurecom Systems Group; advising Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Nova Scotia-based video game developer HB Studios Multimedia Limited; advising Dow Inc. in connection with the sale of Dow's rail infrastructure assets at six major North American sites to Watco Companies, LLC for US$315 million; and acting as co-counsel in proceedings concerning the priority of unremitted GST proceeds in a failed restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Century Services Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2010 SCC 60).

He holds an LLB from the University of British Columbia (2007), a BA (Hons) from the University of Toronto (2003) and completed a Law Exchange at the National University of Singapore (2007) and a French Language Certificate at L'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (2000). He is recognised by The Legal 500 Canada for Labour and Employment and by Thomson Reuters as a Stand-out Lawyer.

He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and has served as Secretary of the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, Employment Law Section (2011–2012). His community involvement includes volunteering at the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program, providing legal services to FarmFolk/CityFolk Society, Pro Bono Law of British Columbia's Civil Chambers Duty Counsel Project, and serving as Supervising Clinic Lawyer at the UBC Law Students' Legal Advice Program.