Susan Newell

Partner, Health

Toronto

(416) 862-6797 

[email protected]

Bar Admission: Ontario, 2010 |

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As a corporate, commercial and regulatory lawyer in Osler’s Health group, Susan is the primary trusted advisor to many health industry participants navigating highly complex and innovative healthcare issues. These participants include public hospitals, telehealth and virtual care providers, executive health and wellness providers, multi-disciplinary and vertically integrated private healthcare clinics, pharmacies, veterinary and dental service organizations and other diagnostic and surgical centres, healthcare service providers, not-for-profits and registered charities. 

Susan also regularly advises clients on commercial and regulatory issues relating to regulated products, such as drugs, natural health products, medical devices (including software as a medical device), cosmetics, cannabis and food. This includes regulatory compliance, licensing, packaging and labelling, advertising and promotion, recalls and crisis management. Susan frequently assists clients engaging with Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and other federal and provincial regulators.

Leveraging her experience advising on healthcare products and services, Susan works with clients in both the public and private sectors. She regularly assists clients from the emerging and high-growth stage through to highly sophisticated health industry participants across Canada.

In her practice, Susan often helps Canadian and global healthcare and regulated product clients entering the Canadian market by providing relevant and practical legal advice. This includes providing regulatory opinions and legal advice relating to federal and provincial healthcare and regulated products laws, commercial agreements, clinical trials, outsourcing arrangements, the corporate practice of medicine, the delivery of private healthcare services, and health privacy matters.

Susan is recognized for her expertise by numerous industry publications including Chambers Canada in Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory, where one participant was quoted as stating, “Powerhouse legal counsel and a strategic, business-minded individual. Highly capable and exceeds expectations throughout.” Further, she is recognized by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as Leading Lawyers to Watch: Life Sciences & Health, listed in the Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health Sciences and in Best Lawyers in Canada (Healthcare).

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Awards and Recognition

  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in Health Care Law
  • Lexpert Special Edition: Recognized in Technology and Health Sciences as a “Lawyer to Watch”

Media Mentions

  • Media Mentions Jun 17, 2024

    Health law lawyers advising clients on legal requirements arising from virtual care, AI, big data — Lexpert

    Like most sectors right now, healthcare is facing its own unique challenges when it comes to the adoption of artificial intelligence. In a Lexpert...

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    Health law lawyers advising clients on legal requirements arising from virtual care, AI, big data — Lexpert
  • Osler News Jun 26, 2023

    Virtual healthcare and collaborative research project raising privacy law issues – Lexpert

    Osler partner Susan Newell discusses new regulatory requirements and privacy law risks regarding virtual healthcare technologies in a recent Lexpert...

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  • Osler News Jun 15, 2022

    Roll up in health care sector grows as private equity, strategic players see opportunity – Lexpert

    From veterinary and dental services to the emerging field of virtual care and beyond, investors are finding significant opportunity in the Canadian...

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  • Osler News Feb 16, 2021

    Osler welcomes 12 new partners and 2 new counsel in 2021

    Osler is proud to announce the addition of 12 new partners and two new counsel across five of our offices, effective March 1, 2021.

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Credentials

Education

  • University of Toronto, J.D.
  • McMaster University, B. Kin. (Hons.)

Languages

  • English

Professional Affiliations

  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association

Osler is a leading business law firm practising internationally from offices across Canada and in New York. Our clients include industry and business leaders in all segments of the market and at various stages in the growth of their businesses. We have built our reputation on our commitment to our clients' success and the experience, expertise and collaborative approach for which we are recognized. We believe that our success is a reflection of our clients' success.