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Richard
Epstein

Partner
  • repstein@airdberlis.com
  • 416.865.3437
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  • Toronto Office
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 1992
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Prior to joining Aird & Berlis, Richard was an entrepreneur, operating various car leasing, automotive and light manufacturing businesses in the Toronto area. Drawing on this experience, Richard provides his clients practical, strategic advice beyond the scope of traditional legal services. As a corporate/commercial advisor, he offers guidance on a wide range of matters and issues, including acquisitions and divestures, financings, restructurings and general growth strategy.  An effective listener and creative thinker, Richard delivers innovative solutions that his clients can trust.

Richard is a member of the firm's Financial Services Group. He practises in the areas of insolvency and corporate/commercial law, focusing on reorganizations, restructurings and liquidations with emphasis in the areas of secured financing, creditors' rights, bankruptcy and insolvency.

He has also developed a growing practice involving private businesses, in which he advises entrepreneurs on a wide range of matters. In this capacity, Richard often provides legal and strategic advice to clients.

Expertise

  • Private Equity
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Banking & Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Financial Services
  • Corporate

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

XTM and Everyday People Payments Obtain CCAA Protection

Aird & Berlis is acting for Pateno Payments Inc. and Digital Commerce Bank with a team including Richard Epstein and Shaun Parsons (Financial Services).

February 27, 2026

Representative Matter

Venzee Technologies Acquires Rights to Digital Commerce Payments’ New E-Commerce Shelf Capability Software

On August 22, 2024, Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSXV: VENZ) completed the acquisition of the exclusive right to use new e-commerce shelf capability software from Digital Commerce Payments Inc. (“DCP”) for a purchase price of $4.25 million, pursuant to the terms of a software right-of-use agreement.

August 22, 2024

Representative Matter

Juno Pharmaceuticals Acquires Omega Laboratories

Juno Pharmaceuticals Corp., a leader in the commercialization of specialty pharmaceutical products, announced its acquisition of Omega Laboratories.

May 18, 2023

Representative Matter

Signet Healthcare Partners Completes Growth Equity Investment in Juno Pharmaceuticals Corp.

Juno Pharmaceuticals Corp., a Canadian specialty generics pharmaceuticals company, announced that it had received a strategic growth investment from Signet Healthcare Partners, a New York-based healthcare growth equity firm.

February 25, 2022

Representative Matter

Chesswood Group Limited Completes Acquisition

On March 18, 2015, Chesswood Group Limited announced that it had completed the acquisition of all of the shares in the capital of, and certain shareholder loan receivables in respect of, Blue Chip Leasing Corporation and EcoHome Financial Inc.

March 18, 2015

Professional Involvement

Professional Activities

  • Board of Directors, Weizmann Canada

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Aird & Berlis Recognized in 2026 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

March 17, 2026

Education

  • Mediating Disputes Program, Harvard Negotiation Institute, 2017
  • LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1990
  • B.Sc., McGill University, 1986
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