Our Team

Lexpert's Special Law Inserts appearing in The Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine 2011—Most frequently recommended lawyer in corporate commercial, and corporate finance and securities

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2008, 2009,2010 and 2011—Most frequently recommended lawyer in corporate commercial law, corporate finance and securities and M&A

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in corporate/M&A

Lexpert/American Lawyer Media’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012—Leading lawyer in corporate/commercial law, corporate finance and in M&A

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012—Leading lawyer in corporate and M&A

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 and 2010—Recommended Canadian lawyer in corporate/M&A

Legal Media Group/Euromoney's IFLR1000 Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in M&A

Legal Media Group and IFLR's Guide to the World’s Leading M&A Lawyers 2006—Pre-eminent practitioner

Richard has represented

• TMX Group
• as lead counsel in its agreed support for the takeover bid by Maple Group (2011 — )
• as lead counsel in its agreed merger with London Stock Exchange Group (2011)
• as lead counsel in its post-demutualization initial public offering (2002)
• The Bank of Nova Scotia as lead counsel in its takeover bid for and acquisition of DundeeWealth (2010 — 11)
• The Thomson Corporation
• as lead counsel in its acquisition of Reuters Group, to form Thomson Reuters under Canada’s first dual listed company structure (2007—08)
• and Woodbridge as lead counsel in Thomson’s initial public offering in the United States (2002)
• Sun Life
• as lead counsel in the sale of its interest in CI Financial (2008)
• as lead counsel in its takeover bid for and acquisition of Clarica Life (2001—02)
• as lead counsel in its international demutualization and international initial public offering (1997—2000)
• CTVglobemedia (formerly Bell Globemedia)
• as lead counsel in its takeover bid for and acquisition of CHUM (2006)
• and Woodbridge as lead counsel in the acquisition by Woodbridge of the leading interest in it and its recapitalization (2005—06)
• Royal PTT Nederland NV in its takeover bid for TNT Limited and in the consequent termination of their joint venture in G.D. Express Worldwide (1996)
• Canada Post Corporation as lead counsel in its acquisition of Purolator Courier (1993)
• Barrick Gold in its takeover bid for and acquisition of Lac Minerals (1994)
• the postal administrations of Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada as lead counsel in the creation and acquisition of a 50% interest in G.D. Express Worldwide, an international courier industry joint venture with TNT Limited (1991—92)
• Petro-Canada (1991) and the underwriters of British Telecom (1992) and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (1989) in their privatizations
• the Minister of Finance and the Department of Finance of Canada on national securities legislation, including the implementation of the Canadian Securities Act (2010 — )
• the Ontario Ministry of Finance on the proposed legislation merging the Ontario Securities Commission and the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (2000—01)
• the Daniels Task Force on Securities Regulation, which recommended rule-making powers for the Ontario Securities Commission, and drafting the implementing legislation recommended by the Task Force (1994)
• the Ontario Ministry of Finance on legislation implementing the recommendations of the Daniels Task Force on Securities Regulation (1994)
• the Ontario Securities Commission on the opening of the Canadian securities industry to unrestricted participation by foreigners and financial institutions, on the imposition of universal registration, and drafting the implementing regulations (1986)

Richard is a member of the Legal Advisory Committee to the Canadian Securities Transition Office in the preparation and implementation of the Canadian Securities Act and he was a member of the six-person Legal Advisory Committee to the Expert Panel on Securities Regulation in Canada (2008).

In 1995, Richard taught "The Law and Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions" with Professors Ronald J. Daniels and Paul Halpern at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law; and in 1991, he taught "International Securities Transactions" with Stanley M.D. Beck and William J. Braithwaite at the Osgoode Hall Law School’s Business LLM Program.

From 1978 to 1981, Richard was an assistant professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he taught corporate and property law.

The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall (Chair, 2010 — )

Advisory Board, Canadian Art Foundation
Photography Curatorial Committee, Art Gallery of Ontario