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Mr (Ricco) A.S. Bhasin

416.865.7329 rbhasin@torys.com View profile

Work Department

Corporate and M&A

Position

Co-head of the firm’s Financial Services Transactions group, Ricco focuses on public and private M&A, private equity, joint ventures and partnerships, supporting clients in domestic, cross-border and international transactions. Ricco has extensive experience acting in the financial services and technology sectors for banks, private equity/pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers and other financial sector participants. Ricco works with clients on some of their highest-profile and most significant transactions, including domestic, U.S. and international loyalty programs, partnerships, asset and wealth management, insurance, bank and bancassurance transactions. He regularly advises senior management and boards on governance and sensitive matters, including proxy, activist and ESG issues. Ricco additionally acts for clients spanning a wide range of other industries, including industrials, diversified, food and beverage and mining.

With a dual call in New York and Ontario, Ricco routinely acts for clients in material cross-border and international deals involving New York or other U.S. or international laws. Ricco is co-head of the firm’s Asian Lawyers Group and conversant in Punjabi and Hindi.

Career

• Ontario, 2006
• New York, 2009

Memberships

Ricco completed a Business Leadership program at the Rotman Business School of U of T and obtained his ICD.D from the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program. Ricco completed a secondment at the Ontario Securities Commission in the Investment Funds branch. He also volunteered for the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) program, which mentors high school students in Toronto.

In the community, Ricco is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the William Osler Health System. He is active in other charity and diversity initiatives, including with the Heart & Stroke Foundation and ERG Roundtables on diversity. He serves as a mentor in the Western Law BIPOC Mentorship Program.

Education

• ICD.D, 2023, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• JD, 2005, Queen’s University
• BBA, with Honours, 2002, Schulich School of Business, York University
• Canadian Investment Funds Course (CIFC), 2002, The Investment Funds Institute of Canada