Lawrence Ritchie

Practice Areas

Larry chairs Osler’s cross-disciplinary Risk Management and Crisis Response national practice and is a key contact for the Securities Regulatory Enforcement and Broker-Dealer Practice.

Larry’s practice involves dispute avoidance and resolution across a range of capital markets, the financial sector and other regulated industries and activities.

His experience encompasses all aspects of enforcement and other regulatory proceedings and related litigation, including class actions. He advises public corporations, their officers, in-house counsel and directors on avoiding, preparing for, managing and responding to extraordinary “crisis” situations, including regulatory actions and litigation. He also advises on the conduct and response to internal and regulatory investigations, and provides proactive corporate governance and other risk-management advisory services, in addition to representing clients in addressing relevant matters with regulators, other government authorities and in the courts.

Career

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP(1989–2014);

Enforcement Counsel, Ontario Securities Commission(Secondment 1993–1994);

Former Vice-Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission(2007–2014);

Rejoined Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP(2014).

Professional Memberships

Canadian Bar Association;

American Bar Association;

Advocates Society.

Publications

“White Collar Enforcement,Osler Year in Review 2018”;

GIR Know How:Securities and Related Investigations, Canada(L.Ritchie and L.Tomasich), March 2017

Personal

Western University, BA(Economics/Political Science)

Osgoode Hall,LL.B.

London School of Economics,LL.M.

Rotman School of Business/Institute of Corporate Directors(Directors’ Education Program).