Richard Cherney Bio

Richard Cherney sees the big picture while remaining focused on the details. That’s why clients such as Alimentation Couche-Tard and Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust regularly entrust him with their most important transactions. For more than three decades, Richard has been an indispensable legal partner to some of Canada’s most important public and private companies and financial institutions, advising on acquisitions, divestitures, investments, public offerings and private placements. Richard has served as a director of several public companies and is often called upon to advise boards of directors regarding their strategic choices. Richard served as Managing Partner from 2000 to 2015 and was a member of our Management Committee until 2019. He is chairman of the Montréal General Hospital Foundation and a director of and counsel to New Look Vision Group Inc.