Overview
Scott is Counsel at Torys LLP where his practice focuses exclusively on advising Canada’s largest pension funds on structuring their investments and other activities around the world to comply with the restrictions in their governing legislation and applicable pension legislation. He routinely acts as lead pension investment counsel on international and domestic acquisitions in the areas of private equity, infrastructure and real estate for many of the most respected pension funds in Canada, including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and OMERS – three of the pension funds referred to in The Economist magazine as the “Maple Revolutionaries.”
Outside of his legal practice, Scott is a member of the Board of Directors of Dixon Hall Neighbourhood Services, a city-building agency which annually serves more than 10,000 Torontonians in need through well-known programs including the Out of the Cold Shelter Program, Meals on Wheels and the Dixon Hall Music School in Regent Park. He is also Co-Lead of Torys' involvement in the LAWS High School Mentoring Program which supports high school students who face challenges in engaging successfully with school and accessing postsecondary education.