181 Bay St, Suite 1800, Brookfield Pl, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1997
Richard is Co-Chair of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Group and a member of the Capital Markets and Corporate/Commercial Groups. He is the Founder and Chair of the firm's Capital Pool Company/Reverse Takeover Group as well as the Founder and Co-Chair of the Cannabis Group and Life Sciences Group. Richard is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Richard has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (cross-border and domestic) of both public and private corporations, public offerings (both initial and secondary), private placement financings (including debt and equity offerings), the formation and completion of qualifying transactions for companies established under the TSX Venture Exchange Capital Pool Company (CPC) Program, corporate governance, and ongoing general corporate and commercial activities. Richard advises a wide range of domestic and international clients with a particular focus on the United States, South America, Europe and Africa. He acts as corporate counsel and serves as a director or officer for numerous publicly listed companies.
On March 18, 2015, Chesswood Group Limited (“Chesswood”) announced that it had completed the acquisition of all of the shares in the capital of, and certain shareholder loan receivables in respect of, Blue Chip Leasing Corporation (“Blue Chip”) and EcoHome Financial Inc. (“EcoHome”) pursuant to a share purchase agreement between Chesswood, CB Leaseco Holdings Inc. (the “Vendor”), and the principals of the Vendor made as of February 25, 2015.
