Matteo Humberto Clarkson-Maciel

Matteo Clarkson-Maciel is a member of the Liability Management & Special Situations team and part of the Banking & Specialty Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups at Cassels. He advises on Canadian-related liability management exercises, cross-border financings, restructurings, and other capital structure solutions involving liquidity pressure, refinancing risk, or international debt structures. Having practised in London with Kirkland & Ellis, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher and qualified in England & Wales, Ontario, and Alberta, Matteo regularly advises international law firms, hedge funds, investors, and companies on the Canadian aspects of cross-border financings and restructurings. Matteo’s experience across English, Canadian, and US debt markets enables him to bridge differing market practices and adapt innovative transaction structures and solutions for use on Canadian deals.

Matteo is the editor of LexisNexis Butterworths’ Liability Management Exercises: Law and Practice (2026), the leading practitioners text on liability management exercises. The book covers LMEs in England, the US, and Canada. He is also published with the Oxford University Press and Butterworths’ Journal for International Banking and Financial Law. His writings often examine how parties use legal architecture and capital structures to solve problems in finance and special situations.

Representations denoted with an asterisk were completed prior to joining Cassels.