JD, 2005 Queen's University
BBA, with Honours, 2002 Schulich School of Business, York University
Canadian Investment Funds Course (CIFC), 2002 The Investment Funds Institute of Canada
Ricco Bhasin’s practice focuses on corporate law, specializing in M&A (public and private) and private equity. He has extensive experience acting in the financial services sector for banks, private equity/pension funds, large and mid-size issuers and other market participants on some of their most significant domestic and international M&A transactions. Additionally, Ricco regularly acts in the mining and private equity/pension fund sectors. He has also advised clients on capital markets transactions, as well as proxy and governance matters.
Ricco is conversant in Punjabi and Hindi.
Representative Work
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Recognition
The M&A Advisor Emerging Leader Award—Top 40 under 40 (2016)
Insights
The Closing Agenda and Ancillary Documentation
Speaker, OBA's Your First Acquisition Transaction (YLD), Toronto
US Takeover Law
Co-author, Client Newsletter
Private Equity Investments in Canadian Income Trusts
Co-author, Private Equity Newsletter
Negotiating the Purchase Agreement
Co-author, Practicing Law Institute, Mergers and Acquisitions 2009, Trends and Developments
Prior to joining Torys, Ricco practiced corporate law at a large U.S.-based international law firm in their New York office. He has also completed a secondment at the Ontario Securities Commission in the Investment Funds branch. Additionally, Ricco has completed a Business Leadership program at the Rotman Business School of U of T.
He was awarded the Circle of Scholars Award Scholarship from Schulich School of Business and was a Silver Medalist in the Hick’s Cup National Moot Competition at Queen's University.
Community
Ricco serves on the Board of Directors of the William Osler Health System and he has been a volunteer for the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) program, a program providing mentorship to high school students in Toronto. He is also active in other charity and diversity initiatives, including with the Heart & Stroke Foundation and ERG Roundtables on diversity.
