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 Quebec, 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, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, mining facilities in Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, and various environmental remediation projects.
