LAWYER PROFILE

Richard G C Wong

Canada 2026

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Construction

Nationwide - Canada

10 years ranked

About

Provided by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Practice Areas

Richard is a project development lawyer, ranked in Chambers Canada Construction, and Co-Chair of Osler’s Band 1-ranked National Construction and Infrastructure Practice.

With over 25 years of experience, Richard manages contractual, procurement, and project development issues on behalf of owners, engineers, contractors, and subcontractors on Canadian and international capital projects in various industry sectors including alternative fuels, renewable energy, real estate, construction, PPP/infrastructure, mining, and health care.

Recent mandates include giving strategic and practical advice on a number of hydrogen, pharmaceutical, and data centre projects in Québec, the City of Toronto on the Union Station Revitalization Project, revisions to construction contracts for compliance with prompt payment legislation, EPC and equipment supply contracts for transmission, wind, and solar generation projects in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Québec, and Nova Scotia, mining facilities in Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, and various environmental remediation projects.

Richard is a frequent speaker and on the Faculty of the Osgoode Certificate of Construction Law covering Advanced Issues in Construction Contracts, past executive of the Ontario Bar Association where he developed infrastructure/PPP legal education programs, past consultant to Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) to evaluate P.Eng Professional Practice Examinations, and immediate past Chair of the International Construction Division of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law. He was invited to be a fellow of the prestigious Canadian College of Construction Lawyers in 2022.

Career

University of Toronto, J.D.

University of Toronto, B.A.

Bar Admission: New York, 2000 | Ontario, 1997

Professional Memberships

Law Society of Ontario

Canadian Bar Association

Ontario Bar Association

American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law

New York State Bar Association

Korean Canadian Lawyers Association

Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers

Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Canada Guide

Construction - Nationwide - Canada

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Richard Wong of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt is a regular feature on construction projects in Toronto and is frequently mandated on front-end matters such as contract drafting and negotiations, risk allocation and project structuring. He has significant expertise in relation to power and renewable energy developments, as well as nuclear waste projects.

Learn more about this team View ranking table

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

There was one time I had to ping them at an unusual time and Richard was able to talk to me, even though he was on vacation.
ConstructionChambers Canada Guide
Richard is an exceptional lawyer. He is brilliant, insightful, pragmatic, unflappable and a nice guy to boot. He tackles very complex problems and comes up with palatable solutions for all parties.
ConstructionChambers Canada Guide
Richard is always very analytical and able to provide high quality work relative to development of agreements. He also speaks five languages, which comes in very handy in international law.
ConstructionChambers Canada Guide