Summary
Wayne Lewis is a Senior Legal Counsel with a decade of experience advising on corporate, commercial, technology and intellectual property matters, currently supporting procurement at RBC. A registered trade-mark agent, he routinely drafts and negotiates complex commercial agreements, IP licenses, and trademark oppositions for start-ups and midsize companies as well as large institutional clients. His background includes in-house research counsel roles at major universities and hospitals, where he handled collaborative research, data-sharing and government-funded agreements—giving him a rare blend of academic, commercial and tech-sector IP experience. Wayne also mentors junior procurement lawyers and has operated in senior legal roles at PwC and boutique firms, demonstrating both advisory depth and team leadership. Outside law, he runs a beachfront vacation rental, reflecting an entrepreneurial bent and an eye for operations and hospitality. Based in Old Toronto, he pairs a J.D. from Osgoode Hall with an undergraduate foundation in neuroscience and psychology from the University of Toronto, supporting a pragmatic, multidisciplinary approach to legal problem-solving.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
J.D, Law, J.D, Law at Osgoode Hall Law School
Honors Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Honors Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience, Psychology at University of Toronto