Lauren Crosby

Lauren is a partner at Torkin Manes in our Not-for-Profit & Charities Group who is a trusted advisor to a diverse range of charities, non-profits, and social enterprises. She provides proactive, practical, and insightful advice to clients on matters such as director and membership disputes, tax audits, mergers, internal investigations, directors’ and officers’ liability, corporate governance, obtaining and maintaining charitable registration, charitable fundraising, gifting arrangements, regulatory compliance, and risk management. She has extensive experience working with registered charities that operate internationally, helping them to navigate the legal and regulatory environment and structure arrangements with their partner organizations.  

Lauren serves clients in a broad range of sectors, including health and long-term care, religion, education and research, sports and recreation, social services, and industry and professional associations and unions. With service excellence at the core of her practice, Lauren invests substantial time at the outset of every engagement to ensure the advice that she provides helps clients to achieve their desired objectives.

Lauren is dedicated to giving back to the profession and the communities in which she lives and works. She is a sought-after speaker at the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations on topics related to charity and non-profit law, and devotes significant time volunteering with several outreach organizations with both legal and non-legal needs, including Lawyers Feed the Hungry, Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund, and Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC). Since the spring of 2021, Lauren has been proud to serve on the board of directors of Hand Up Toronto, a charity that works to alleviate food insecurity in the Greater Toronto Area.