Richard Johnston is a partner of Fasken Martineau who primarily practises pensions and employment benefits law. Clients and colleagues appreciate his ability to put pensions and benefits issues in a business context. Richard has over 20 years of wide-ranging corporate/commercial and transaction experience, which allows him to offer pensions and benefits advice that meshes with a client's deal. He provides advice regarding pension regulatory matters, securities law compliance, governance issues, structuring investments, investment management contracts and executive compensation plans. Richard is a member of the Prudent Investment and Funding Industry Advisory Group to the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (the coordinating body for Canadian pension regulators).
Richard has developed long-term relationships with clients, some of whom he has worked with for over 20 years. For example, he has worked with Upper Lakes Group Inc. and its affiliates since 1983, gaining extensive experience in shipping and marine matters.
Richard joined Fasken Martineau as an articling student in 1981, returned as an associate in 1983 and became a partner in 1988. He has served as Fasken Martineau's national director of the corporate/commercial law group and vice chair of the business law department in Toronto.