Matt Barnes

When it comes to managing and mitigating the legal risks of technology and data, Matt Barnes has done it all. The Regina-based lawyer services a wide range of clients from small businesses and non-profits to large corporations.

Matt’s area of focus is technology, intellectual property (IP) and privacy. He is well-equipped to handle any IT issue, from technology contracting, software licensing, and intellectual property, to privacy, data protection, and records retention. Matt advises on IT transactions like SaaS agreements, software implementation and maintenance, professional IT services, and master service agreements, as well as IT outsourcing, procurement, licensing, transfer, and development.

Matt also handles privacy issues, including access to information requests, regulatory compliance, and Privacy Impact Assessments. He drafts and negotiates various IT commercial contracts both domestically and internationally.

Matt has earned certificates in Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements (2022) and Intellectual Property Licensing (2023) from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Before joining the firm, Matt articled at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

• Counsel to Sunrise Credit Union in structuring, preparing and negotiating agreements with U.S.-based fintech company Fiserv to migrate Sunrise’s digital banking platform and acquire licences to Fiserv’s Core Application DNA service.
• Acted for PFM Capital Inc. in preparing, reviewing and negotiating implementation and software agreements to acquire enterprise accounting software from Allvue Systems LLC, a U.S.-based alternative investment software provider for private equity, private debt, venture capital and fund administrators.
• Counsel to National Consulting Limited and its member credit unions in connection with the acquisition, licensing and implementation of online account management, financial services and financial support services systems and software.
• Counsel to the Government of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Health Authority and other Saskatchewan health-care organizations with their Oracle Cloud ERP projects, including negotiation with Deloitte and other vendors for implementation, go-live and ongoing support and maintenance.
• Advised numerous clients in the mining, agriculture and financial services sectors on document retention schedules and related policies.
• Advised government institutions and municipalities on responding to Access to Information requests.
• Associate counsel to various credit unions on digital transformation initiatives, including the acquisition, implementation and sustainment of online and mobile banking applications.
• Advised numerous clients on IT outsourcing service agreements.
• Advised numerous clients in the mining, agriculture and financial services sectors.
• Associate counsel to various credit unions on digital transformation initiatives.

• Chair, Privacy & Access Law South Section, Canadian Bar Association (2022-2024)
• Vice Chairperson, Board of Directors, Trades and Skills Centre (Regina, 2020-2024)

• Upper-Year Juris Doctor Academic Achievement Scholarship for academic performance, College of Law (2015)
• Upper-Year Juris Doctor Academic Achievement Scholarship for academic performance, College of Law (2016)
• PE Mackenzie Prize for academic performance, Evidence Law (2017)