Keith MacMaster, a proud Cape Bretoner, obtained his Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University in 2003, his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University in 2007, and his Doctorate in Laws (PhD) in 2024. He has practiced law in Nova Scotia and Ontario and has also been a licensed financial planner, working for law firms and financial institutions. 

Keith joined Weldon McInnis in 2023. He currently practices in the areas of corporate and commercial law, bankruptcy and insolvency, and commercial real estate. He has experience in share and asset transactions, financial services, bankruptcy matters, and complex contractual arrangements.

Keith also teaches part time at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University.  He has taught courses in bankruptcy and insolvency, property law, environmental law, business and investment law, professional ethics, and the law of trusts. He has published articles in peer reviewed journals on topics such as sustainable investing and seabed mining, and he is currently writing an article on bankruptcy law in Nova Scotia. His academic research concentrates on legal issues in environmental finance for banking and ocean-based industries, especially working on problems of seabed mining.