Lawrence E. Ritchie

Mr. Ritchie is a highly respected and accomplished lawyer.  He is a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP where he chairs the firm’s national, cross-disciplinary Risk Management and Crisis Response practice and co-leads its Securities Regulatory Enforcement and Broker-Dealer Litigation practice.

With more than 30 years in private practice at Osler, Mr. Ritchie has served on several management committees, including the firm’s governing Partnership Board. He also took a leave from private practice to serve as Vice Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), contributing to its Board of Directors, Executive Management Committee and Adjudicative Committee, and acting as a tribunal adjudicator on complex capital markets matters.  During his time at the OSC, Mr. Ritchie was seconded to the Canadian Securities Transition Office as Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor. 

Mr. Ritchie is also an active educator and speaker. He teaches at Osgoode Hall Law School, Queen’s University Faculty of Law, and has instructed  in the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Director Education Program at the Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto.