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Year called to bar: 1997 (ON)
Richard Leblanc is a partner in the firm’s national financial services group and is leader of the firm’s franchise and distribution law specialty group. His work is in transactional law focusing on franchising and distribution, secured financings, and private company mergers and acquisitions. He is a member of the Ontario Bar Association business law section and franchise law section and of the legal and legislative affairs committee of the Canadian Franchise Association. He is a frequent speaker and contributor in the areas of commercial and franchising law issues and co-author of the Canadian chapter "Franchising" in The International Comparative Legal Guide. He authored "Franchising" in Business Laws of Canada published by Thomson Reuters. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association business law section and the American Bar Association business law section and forum on franchising. He was clerk to former Justice Robert Décary at the Federal Court of Appeal from 1995–1996.
