F&D – Focus and Determination
Bio
Mr. Leitch is an independent consultant and a retired lawyer since February 2022. Prior thereto he was senior Partner with a global law firm, and is the former Managing Partner of the Calgary office of that Firm and a former member of the Firm's National Management Committee. Mr. Leitch’s practice over four decades focused on securities, business, and energy law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and reorganizations, corporate governance, and private equity. He was named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 in the area of Private Funds Law in Calgary. He was also recognized by Best Lawyers for a number of years for his work in Corporate Law, Energy Law and Mining Law. Mr. Leitch is a former member of the Calgary Advisory Committee for the TSX Venture Exchange and is a former member of a national literacy foundation. Mr. Leitch has also been an officer or director of a number of private and public companies and is a past president of the Calgary Winter Club and currently acts as the Chairman of the Board for a public, non-listed real estate investment trust which holds commercial and industrial properties across Western Canada and is on the board of a second public, non listed real estate investment trust which holds development lands near Calgary.