Ted Betts

Ted Betts is a lawyer and partner in Gowling WLG’s Toronto office. He practises construction and infrastructure law with more than 25 years of experience in the construction and infrastructure sectors. Ted is the Head of the firm’s Infrastructure and Construction Sector Group. He is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Construction Law. Ted is recognized as a leading construction, infrastructure and projects lawyer by Chambers, Canadian Legal Lexpert and Legal 500 Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Acritas Stars and Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer. Ted acts on all aspects of tendering, negotiating and drafting of construction contracts, structuring, project management, financing and commercial contracting. His practice focuses on large-scale construction, infrastructure and development projects, particularly power generation, transportation, urban development, housing, city-building projects and public-private partnerships (PPP). Risk is an inherent aspect of ev