Michael Geoffrey Watts

Michael is a corporate commercial lawyer with a focus on AI, Corporate Governance and the health industry. Michael is Chair of Osler’s Health Industry Group.

Michael is routinely called upon to provide highly complex and strategic advice to Osler’s health industry clients. He advises clients in respect of a wide spectrum of matters, including commercial agreements, corporate governance, digital health regulatory opinions and structuring solutions, corporate restructuring and integrations, privacy and data security, health industry regulatory compliance and related business structuring advice and purchase and sale transactions.

Michael is the co-author of Osler’s AI Guide for Ontario Hospital Boards of Directors (2026).

Michael also designs enterprise risk management frameworks, including recently EMR extensions relating to AI.da’s Leading Lawyers for Business as Band 1 in Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory and is also recognized by Best Lawyers (Healthcare).

Practical guidance for Ontario hospital boards on AI governance, oversight, risk management, compliance and implementation planning.

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