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Richard’s corporate and commercial practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and securities transactions, with particular experience in cross-border matters and the financial services sector. His mergers and acquisitions experience includes advising on private acquisitions and divestitures (often in an auction context), leveraged buyout transactions, tender offers and joint ventures. His securities transactions experience includes acting for issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of equity, debt and derivative securities.

Richard practised in the Torys office in London, England from 1989 to 1992, where he advised on international merger and acquisition transactions and Euromarket financings. Richard was based in the firm’s New York office from 2000 to 2008 and has since been based in Toronto.

Richard is an Old Boy from the class of 1980 and the parent of Robert '11 and Andrew '15.

Jessica Chutter is Managing Director and Chairman of Biotechnology Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley. Jessica has helped build Morgan Stanley's biotechnology franchise during her 27 year career through advising companies in $65Bn of advisory transactions and $25Bn of capital raising. 

Jessica has a BA in Commerce and Honours Economics from McGill University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the Board of Directors of MaRS Innovation. 

Jessica and her husband, Derek, live in Toronto with their three children, Andrew 2014, Jennifer and Kevin 2019. 

Andrew is managing partner and chief operating officer at Altas Partners, a private equity firm he co-founded with Andrew Sheiner following a 27-year career with Deloitte. Altas Partners focuses on acquiring and operating outstanding North American-based businesses with stable cash flow and great market positioning.

Named one of Canada’s leading advisors by the International Tax Review, Andrew was managing partner of tax and most recently vice-chair of Deloitte Canada and chair of its client cabinet, responsible for the firm’s largest clients and government relationships. Andrew led Deloitte's vision and efforts to make Canada more globally competitive, most recently as co-author of "The Future of Productivity" research aimed at improving business productivity. Andrew has delivered expert testimony before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance and the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.

Andrew was educated at the University of Waterloo (bachelor of arts, 1986; master of accounting, 1987) and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He's a founding member and co-chair of the Deloitte Centre for Tax Education and Research at the University of Waterloo, a governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, a director of the Children’s Aid Foundation and a trustee of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

Andrew and his wife Christine live in Toronto with their two sons, Charlie '16 and Liam '18.

Doug Guzman is Head of Global Investment Banking of RBC Capital Markets. He is responsible for the firm's Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets teams globally, as well as U.S. Municipal Finance. In addition, Doug has senior client coverage responsibility for a number of RBC Capital Markets' most important clients. Doug is a member of the firm's Operating Committee and Loan Commitments Committee. Doug has led client transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings and restructurings in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Before joining RBC in 2005, Doug was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in New York and Toronto, where he had co-head responsibility for each of the Global Metals and Mining and the Canadian Investment Banking businesses.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the St. Michael's Hospital Foundation and the Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business Administration at The University of Western Ontario. Doug has an Honours BA (Business Administration) from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School.

Doug and his wife Sheila Brown are the parents of Davis, class of 2017.