With more than 25 years of experience, Richard’s practice is focused on industrial, commercial and institutional project development across various industry sectors, including energy, technology, municipal infrastructure, transportation, defence, and critical minerals. He manages private and public sector contractual, procurement and project development issues on behalf of owners, engineers, contractors and subcontractors on Canadian and international capital projects.
In particular, Richard has led the procurement, development and negotiation of various forms of multi-party collaborative contracts for complex infrastructure projects in Canada, including Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Progressive Design-Build (PDB) contracts.
Richard is the current Chair of the Contract Documents Committee of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, and is past-Chair of the International Construction Division of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law. He is also a Board member of the Korean Canadian Lawyers Association, and a prior speaker at the International Association of Korean Lawyers International Conference in 2024 regarding Korean companies and the Green Energy Transition.
Areas of Expertise
ConstructionDefence, Security and AerospaceE-mobilityElectric Vehicle Supply ChainGovernment and Public SectorHydrogen and Alternative FuelsInfrastructureMajor ProjectsManufacturingMining and Natural ResourcesNuclear EnergyPharmaceuticals and Life SciencesPower and UtilitiesProcurementRenewable Energy
Representative Work
- Nuclear Waste Management Organization
Osler is advising Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) regarding Canadian Integrated Project Delivery and collaborative agreements for the Deep Geological Reserve Project (DGR), which is an ambitious multi-billion-dollar program to develop Canada’s largest nuclear waste storage facility, involving expertise in construction of mining and nuclear-related projects. The DGR is also currently the largest dollar value project in Canada using the relatively new Integrated Project Delivery collaborative contracting model.
- TransCanada Energy Ltd.
Osler is advising TransCanada Energy on design and construction aspects of the proposed Ontario Pumped Storage project in Meaford, Ontario. The 1,000 MW project, significant in its size, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions while providing clean, reliable and affordable energy to power Ontario homes and businesses.
- City of Toronto – FIFA World Cup 2026
Osler is advising the City of Toronto, as a host city of FIFA World Cup 2026, in connection with construction, development and sponsorship matters to be completed prior to the event.
- Vale Canada Limited
Osler is representing Vale Canada, one of the largest mining companies in the world, in developing and maintaining major capital projects in Canada. This is important since mining is critical infrastructure for the industrial supply chain not just in Canada, but globally. Osler has advised Vale in major capital project construction contract and equipment fabrication and installation contract negotiation in Canada. Notable projects include contracting for certain construction and operation roles under a fast-tracked smaller deposits program.
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
Osler has been providing construction and development-related advice to Air Products in relation to the building of multiple new hydrogen production facilities in Canada, with each one representing more than $1 billion dollars in capital cost. The development of these facilities reflects the clean energy transition currently under way in Canada. Our country is well positioned to be a global hydrogen leader, which will help create thousands of jobs, grow the economy, reduce emissions, and put Canada on a path to achieving net-zero by 2050. This project will reduce Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions.
- Global Technology
Osler is advising a major global technology company in Canada with multiple mandates relating to the development and construction of a series of data centres located across Canada. This includes the development, construction, and contracting for the required electricity infrastructure to supply the data centres. - 5C Group
5C Group in its US$835-million capital raise from Brookfield and Deutsche Bank - First Quality Enterprises LLC
First Quality Enterprises in its acquisition of Domtar’s Pulp and Paper Mill in Dryden, Ontario - Cordoba Minerals Corp
Cordoba Minerals in its definitive agreements with JCHX to develop the Alacran Project in Colombia - Ventas, Inc.
Ventas in its acquisition of a high quality Canadian seniors housing portfolio valued at $2.4 billion in partnership with Le Groupe Maurice - Henvey Inlet Wind LP
Henvey Inlet Wind LP in the $1 billion financing and construction of the Henvey Inlet Wind Farm - Hydro One Limited in its $1.83 billion Initial Public Offering
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited with respect to the design and creation of procurement documentation and construction contracts for various projects relating to the disposition and handling of nuclear waste, including the Waste Storage System (WSS), a Fuel Packaging and Storage (FPS) Building, and Retrieval and Transfer Systems and other custom equipment for the Liquid Waste Transfer and Storage (LWTS) Project at Chalk River Laboratories, as well as a Shielded Modular Above-Ground Storage (SMAGs) Building at Whiteshell Laboratories, Manitoba
- City of Toronto with respect to the Union Station Revitalization Project, involving project structuring, RFP design and procurement advice, and development and negotiation of the Master Contract and Phase Agreement for construction and construction management services
- Northland Power in the negotiation of the EPC Contract and TSA for the North Battleford Energy Centre in Saskatchewan, and advising with respect to potential projects in Québec
- Ontario Ministry of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority in its Request for Proposals for 2,500 MW of New Clean Generation and Demand-side Projects for the procurement of 2,235 MW of new gas-fuelled combined cycle generating facilities in various locations throughout Ontario under the terms of the Clean Energy Supply (CES) Contract, including the development of the restricted transmission sub-zones in the evaluation model, as well as the procurement of various wind farms and renewable developments under the Renewables I RFP (395 MW) and Renewables II RFP (955 MW); and in its development, in conjunction with the IESO, of the Program Rules and associated Contract for the procurement of Demand Response under the DR3 component of the OPA’s Demand Response Program; and with respect to the procurement and contract documents for a number of infrastructure projects in the power industry, including the Oakville Generating Station by TC Energy (900 MW), various co-generation projects under the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) III Request for Proposals, and the Halton Hills Generating Station by TC Energy (600 MW)
- Target Canada on drafting various procurement, construction, and development contracts for retail developments in Canada
- Vale Canada in connection with a number of capital projects for mining operations in Canada, including the drafting and negotiation of the procurement and related engineering, procurement and construction management agreement, and the various trade contracts, for the nickel mine, concentrator and related facilities at Voisey’s Bay, Labrador, the Sudbury Atmospheric Emissions Reduction (AER) project, the Kronau potash project in Saskatchewan and logistics arrangements for the transportation of ore and other materials
Osler is advising Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) regarding Canadian Integrated Project Delivery and collaborative agreements for the Deep Geological Reserve Project (DGR), which is an ambitious multi-billion-dollar program to develop Canada’s largest nuclear waste storage facility, involving expertise in construction of mining and nuclear-related projects. The DGR is also currently the largest dollar value project in Canada using the relatively new Integrated Project Delivery collaborative contracting model.
Osler is advising TransCanada Energy on design and construction aspects of the proposed Ontario Pumped Storage project in Meaford, Ontario. The 1,000 MW project, significant in its size, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions while providing clean, reliable and affordable energy to power Ontario homes and businesses.
Osler is advising the City of Toronto, as a host city of FIFA World Cup 2026, in connection with construction, development and sponsorship matters to be completed prior to the event.
Osler is representing Vale Canada, one of the largest mining companies in the world, in developing and maintaining major capital projects in Canada. This is important since mining is critical infrastructure for the industrial supply chain not just in Canada, but globally. Osler has advised Vale in major capital project construction contract and equipment fabrication and installation contract negotiation in Canada. Notable projects include contracting for certain construction and operation roles under a fast-tracked smaller deposits program.
Osler has been providing construction and development-related advice to Air Products in relation to the building of multiple new hydrogen production facilities in Canada, with each one representing more than $1 billion dollars in capital cost. The development of these facilities reflects the clean energy transition currently under way in Canada. Our country is well positioned to be a global hydrogen leader, which will help create thousands of jobs, grow the economy, reduce emissions, and put Canada on a path to achieving net-zero by 2050. This project will reduce Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions.
- Global Technology
Osler is advising a major global technology company in Canada with multiple mandates relating to the development and construction of a series of data centres located across Canada. This includes the development, construction, and contracting for the required electricity infrastructure to supply the data centres. - 5C Group
5C Group in its US$835-million capital raise from Brookfield and Deutsche Bank - First Quality Enterprises LLC
First Quality Enterprises in its acquisition of Domtar’s Pulp and Paper Mill in Dryden, Ontario - Cordoba Minerals Corp
Cordoba Minerals in its definitive agreements with JCHX to develop the Alacran Project in Colombia - Ventas, Inc.
Ventas in its acquisition of a high quality Canadian seniors housing portfolio valued at $2.4 billion in partnership with Le Groupe Maurice - Henvey Inlet Wind LP
Henvey Inlet Wind LP in the $1 billion financing and construction of the Henvey Inlet Wind Farm - Hydro One Limited in its $1.83 billion Initial Public Offering
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited with respect to the design and creation of procurement documentation and construction contracts for various projects relating to the disposition and handling of nuclear waste, including the Waste Storage System (WSS), a Fuel Packaging and Storage (FPS) Building, and Retrieval and Transfer Systems and other custom equipment for the Liquid Waste Transfer and Storage (LWTS) Project at Chalk River Laboratories, as well as a Shielded Modular Above-Ground Storage (SMAGs) Building at Whiteshell Laboratories, Manitoba
- City of Toronto with respect to the Union Station Revitalization Project, involving project structuring, RFP design and procurement advice, and development and negotiation of the Master Contract and Phase Agreement for construction and construction management services
- Northland Power in the negotiation of the EPC Contract and TSA for the North Battleford Energy Centre in Saskatchewan, and advising with respect to potential projects in Québec
- Ontario Ministry of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority in its Request for Proposals for 2,500 MW of New Clean Generation and Demand-side Projects for the procurement of 2,235 MW of new gas-fuelled combined cycle generating facilities in various locations throughout Ontario under the terms of the Clean Energy Supply (CES) Contract, including the development of the restricted transmission sub-zones in the evaluation model, as well as the procurement of various wind farms and renewable developments under the Renewables I RFP (395 MW) and Renewables II RFP (955 MW); and in its development, in conjunction with the IESO, of the Program Rules and associated Contract for the procurement of Demand Response under the DR3 component of the OPA’s Demand Response Program; and with respect to the procurement and contract documents for a number of infrastructure projects in the power industry, including the Oakville Generating Station by TC Energy (900 MW), various co-generation projects under the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) III Request for Proposals, and the Halton Hills Generating Station by TC Energy (600 MW)
- Target Canada on drafting various procurement, construction, and development contracts for retail developments in Canada
- Vale Canada in connection with a number of capital projects for mining operations in Canada, including the drafting and negotiation of the procurement and related engineering, procurement and construction management agreement, and the various trade contracts, for the nickel mine, concentrator and related facilities at Voisey’s Bay, Labrador, the Sudbury Atmospheric Emissions Reduction (AER) project, the Kronau potash project in Saskatchewan and logistics arrangements for the transportation of ore and other materials
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Awards and Recognition
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Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Construction (Band 1)
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Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Business Lawyers: Recognized in Construction
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The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Recognized in Construction Law; Energy (Electricity); Infrastructure Law; Recognized in Lexpert/Report on Business Special Edition – Canada’s Leading Energy Lawyers as a Leading Lawyer in Canada
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Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in Construction Law; Energy Law
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IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms: Recognized in Project Development (Highly Regarded)
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Who’s Who Legal: Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: International: Energy; Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Canada: Energy
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Lexpert Special Edition: Recognized in Energy
Media Mentions
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Osler News August 6, 2025
Osler lawyers recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Energy 2025
This prestigious publication highlights Canada’s leading lawyers in energy-related practices.
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Osler News April 30, 2025
14 Osler lawyers recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2025
Osler is pleased to announce that 14 of our lawyers are featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2025.
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Osler News September 25, 2023
22 Osler lawyers recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Energy 2023
Osler is proud to announce that 22 of our lawyers are featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Energy 2023, recognizing leading lawyers in the oil...
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Osler News June 6, 2023
16 Osler lawyers recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2023
Congratulations to 16 of our lawyers for their inclusion in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2023.
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Community Involvement
- Working Group Member, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada, regarding the development of the Lawson Centre for Sustainability
- Co-Host partner with Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL), Annual Speed Mentoring Event
- Partner support for the Asia-Pacific Affinity Network at Osler, mentoring Asian legal professionals within Osler, and guiding the growth of the network
- National Board Member of the Korean Canadian Lawyers Association
- Mentor, Ascend Canada, to develop and advance Pan-Asian business leaders in Canada
- Past Chair of the International Construction Division of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law
Speaking and Writing
Speaking Engagements
- LLM Instructor, “The Law of Procurement”, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto.
- Annual Lead Speaker on Construction Project Delivery and Construction Contracts for the Osgoode Certificate of Construction Law.
- Annual Speaker on Mining Project Delivery and Contracts for the Osgoode Certificate of Mining Law.
- Speaker at the Canada Korea Business Council (CKBC) Industry Event at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, with the Consul General of Korea in Toronto.
- Panel Speaker at the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers Annual Conference in Victoria, BC regarding Opportunities in the Canadian Hydrogen Sector.
- Speaker at the International Association of Korean Lawyers 2024 International Conference in Toronto, Canada on the topic of the “Roles Played by Korean Companies in the Green Energy Transition”.
Published Work
- Prepared course materials and lectures on Procurement Law for the Construction Law LLM at Osgoode Hall Law School
- Prepared remarks for Construction Project Delivery and Construction Contracts for the Osgoode Certificate of Construction Law
- Prepared remarks for Mining Project Delivery and Contracts for the Osgoode Certificate of Mining Law
- Prepared remarks for Canadian College of Construction Lawyers Annual Conference
- Prepared remarks for International Association of Korean Lawyers 2024 International Conference
Credentials
Education
- University of Toronto, J.D.
- University of Toronto, B.A.
Languages
- English
Professional Affiliations
- 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
