Ritchie Smyth Lawyers
3 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 764 handling Business & Corporate Law.
About Ritchie Smyth Lawyers
Ritchie Smyth Lawyers is a small firm based in Etobicoke, serving business and personal clients across the Toronto area. Co-founders Amanda Smyth and Carrie Ritchie launched the practice in 2023, after each had spent a number of years at a downtown Toronto firm, choosing to bring their work back to the Etobicoke community where they both live. The office sits in the Bloor Islington Place complex on Bloor Street West. On the business side, the partners handle company incorporation, partnership and joint venture formation, commercial real estate and financing, corporate reorganization, mergers and acquisitions, and privacy law.
On the personal side, the firm handles residential real estate purchases and sales, mortgage refinancing, wills and powers of attorney, and estate administration. Clients work directly with one of the two partners. Carrie Ritchie, the firm's managing partner, graduated from the Dalhousie Schulich School of Law in 2015 and focuses on business, real estate, and estate planning work. The Law Society of Ontario recognized the managing partner as a Certified Specialist in Corporate Commercial Law in 2025. Amanda Smyth graduated from Bond University's law school in Australia in 2008 and has practiced real estate and wills and estates law for over a decade, after growing up in nearby Mississauga.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Ritchie Smyth Lawyers launched in 2023, when co-founders Amanda Smyth and Carrie Ritchie left a downtown Toronto firm to open a practice in the Etobicoke community where they both live.
- In 2025, the Law Society of Ontario recognized managing partner Carrie Ritchie as a Certified Specialist in Corporate Commercial Law, a designation for lawyers who meet set standards of experience and knowledge and show leadership in the legal community.
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- Law schools
- Bond University, Dalhousie Schulich School of Law, Queen's University 3 of 3 lawyers
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
The firm works out of Bloor Islington Place, an office complex on Bloor Street West in Etobicoke. Both partners had practiced downtown before choosing to move their work into the Etobicoke community where they live, describing the move as bringing the practice home.
Etobicoke's client base leans toward entrepreneurs and family owned businesses, and the firm's own materials point to work like passing a business on to the next generation, alongside the everyday residential real estate and estate planning work that comes with an established neighbourhood. The office itself is wheelchair accessible, and clients who can't get to Bloor Street West because of a disability or illness can meet with a lawyer by phone, email, or at home or a care facility instead.
Frequently asked questions
- I'm starting a business in Etobicoke, can Ritchie Smyth Lawyers help me incorporate it?
- Yes. The firm's business law work includes company incorporation and organization, along with partnership and joint venture formation, for entrepreneurs, small and medium enterprises, and family owned businesses.
- Can Ritchie Smyth Lawyers help me buy or sell a home?
- Yes, residential real estate purchases and sales are part of the firm's personal law practice, along with mortgage refinancing.
- Does the firm prepare wills and powers of attorney?
- Yes. Wills, powers of attorney, and estate administration are part of the firm's personal law services.
- My family business is being passed down to the next generation, can Ritchie Smyth Lawyers help with succession?
- The firm works with family owned and owner managed businesses on matters that include passing a business on to the next generation, alongside its broader corporate reorganization and mergers and acquisitions work.
- Does Ritchie Smyth Lawyers offer a way to estimate Ontario land transfer tax?
- Yes. The firm's website includes a land transfer tax calculator that estimates the tax owing on an Ontario property purchase.
- Is the office accessible if I have a disability or can't travel to Bloor Street West?
- The office is wheelchair accessible. For clients who can't attend in person because of a disability, illness, or infirmity, the firm offers phone and email meetings or visits at home or a care facility. The firm's accessibility policy states that out-of-office meetings are not charged a higher fee for persons with a disability than for other clients, though there are generally additional fees and disbursements for this kind of service, which clients should discuss with one of the firm's lawyers.
Where to find them
Ritchie Smyth Lawyers, Bloor Islington Place, West Tower, 3300 Bloor Street West, Suite 670, Toronto, Ontario, M8X 2X2 · 437-293-8750
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