Robert graduated from the faculty of Political Science and International Relations at the University of British Columbia and earned his law degree from the University of Oxford. He has been practicing law since 2006, and is recognized as an accomplished lawyer, international consultant, and public speaker.
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Ad Lucem Law Corporation
Legal Practice - Consulting - Public Speaking
Ad Lucem Law Corporation was founded in 2013 by Robert W.E. Laurie. Robert’s legal practice focuses on commercial business, government, regulatory issues, and charter and constitutional legalities.
He has a unique expertise in emerging a regulated industries which spans cannabis, psychedelic access, plant medicines, and cryptocurrency. In addition to legal advice and representation, Robert offers consulting and public speaking services.
Robert W.E. Laurie, Solicitor & Barrister
Founder & President, Ad Lucem Law Corporation
Robert graduated from the faculty of Political Science and International Relations at the University of British Columbia and earned his law degree from the University of Oxford. He has been practicing law since 2006, and is recognized as an accomplished lawyer, international consultant, and public speaker.
Part of Robert’s practice is committed to improving medical patient access and facilitate drug laws for cannabis, psychedelics, and sacred plant medicines. Robert advised Dr. Bruce Tobin and the TheraPsil Alliance litigation team (first Section 56 CDSA medical exemption for psilocybin in Canada). He was one of the Decriminalize Nature Canada Petition drafters, part of a national campaign to decriminalize restricted plant medicines and fungi in Canada. His goal is to help provide more options for doctors and treatments for anxiety, depression, addiction, and PTSD.
Robert is a Special Advisor to Gateway Proven Strategies (GPS Global), [JB1] a Denver-based cannabis management consultancy firm operating globally, and serves as a board advisor to MAPS Canada, the Last Prisoner Project, and the Psychedelic Association of Canada. He is an advisor to the Heroic Hearts Project UK, a founder in the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy, and a director with the Ecuador Amazon Restoration Project.
Background
Professional Designations and Education
The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
Barrister and Solicitor, Notary Public
(Law Society of British Columbia), December 2011.
Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Certificate of Qualification
Federation of Law Societies of Canada, National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) (University of Ottawa), March 2010.
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Qualification and Admission to Roll of Solicitors
(Supreme Court, England & Wales), September 2006.
University of Oxford
Oxford Institute of Legal Practice
Capital Markets, Debt Finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Private Acquisitions, City Takeover Code, Accounting, FSA Listing Rules, and LSE Compliance, June 2004.
St Edmund Hall University of Oxford
Master of Arts (Honours) Jurisprudence
the University of Oxford (St. Edmund Hall), October 2000 – May 2003.
The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Political Science and International Relations
University of British Columbia (UBC), September 1996 – April 2000.
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"Legal problems are rarely defined and compartmentalized within a given practice area, hence the value of having specific and general insights across many industries and jurisdictions.”
-Robert W.E. Laurie, Founder & President, Ad Lucem Law Corporation