Rima Ramchandani

Rima advises on a wide range of clients’ strategic mandates, including financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, with a practical approach informed by a long history of corporate and capital markets experience.

Co-head of the Capital Markets Practice, Rima is a leading securities lawyer with a broad practice advising clients on corporate finance, public mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. With over 20 years of capital markets and public M&A experience, Rima has played key roles in a number of significant and novel transactions involving leading Canadian public companies, purchasers, institutional investors, and investment banks.

A trusted advisor who is known for her business-minded approach and exceptional client service, Rima is well-connected with securities regulators and stock exchanges and is a prolific commentator on policy developments impacting the Canadian capital markets.

Rima has her ICD.D designation from the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program. Rima serves on the board of directors of Plan International Canada and on the University of Toronto’s Audit Committee and Business Board. She previously served as the Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission’s Securities Advisory Committee and was a member of the Ontario Government’s Women in Business Steering Committee.