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Robb McNaughton

Partner

Calgary
RMcNaughton@blg.com
403.232.9689

Expertise

Vanessa Vu

Practice Assistant

Calgary
vvu@blg.com
403.266.1395
403.232.9767

Robb is a partner at the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in the M&A and Capital Markets Group.

Robb is recognized by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a top attorney in Canada and his recognitions include the Canadian Law Awards Mid-market M&A Deal of the Year. Robb is a national leader in public listings on CBOE Canada and the TSX. He has been a leader in innovation and his accomplishments include RTO structures for CBOE Canada listings, and the first trust and international capital pool companies, among other things. Robb is a member of the National Advisory Committee of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Robb's professional experience includes working as the vice-president of Strategy and Corporate Operations at Assante Corporation, a financial services company formerly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange that was sold to CI Financial for approximately $850 million. He was previously an executive of a large private company in Japan.

Robb sits on multiple public and private company boards of directors and has a large shareholder activism practice specializing in hostile and special situations.

Robb provides legal services through a Law Corporation.

Experience

  • Leading the legal team on the sale of a one of Canada's largest developers of carbon offset credits to a Canadian national bank
  • Leading the legal team on the approximately $70 million acquisition of a private Canadian lithium company by an ASX listed corporation
  • Advising a boutique investment bank on its $56 million bought deal financing of a TSX listed uranium company with assets in Africa
  • Advising on the concurrent financing of $20,000,000 and listing on the NEO Exchange of a decentralized finance infrastructure and technology company.
  • Advising on a subscription receipt financing of $34,000,000 and listing on the TSXV of a copper and gold mine located in the Yukon.
  • Advising an underwriter on a bought deal private placement of $35,000,000 of a TSX listed uranium corporation.
  • Advising a Swiss bank on the structuring and implementation of an opportunistic real estate fund.
  • Advising on the dual listing of an Australian mining listed corporation on the TSX Venture Exchange.
  • Advising on the three-cornered amalgamation of a gold streaming company with a capital pool company as its public listing and qualifying transaction.
  • Advising on the prospectus offering and listing of a Hong Kong company with resource assets in Mali.
  • Representing a B.C. hedge fund in a successful dissident proxy battle that defeated an entrenched management team.
  • Representing the dissident team in a successful proxy battle that replaced the incumbent board.
  • Representing management in a successful proxy battle that defended the existing management team.
  • Designing and structuring oil and gas product for the New York office of a leading global investment bank.
  • Advising on the share exchange, financing and listing of an infrastructure group that operates across Canada.
  • Advising on the $125 million long-form prospectus offering of subscription receipts to acquire oil assets in Saskatchewan.
  • Advising on the management buy-out of a Canadian-based retailer for $89 million.
  • Advising on the prospectus rights offering of an energy company with a market capitalization of $115 million.
  • Advising on the $5 million subscription receipt financing and listing of an oil and gas play with properties in Jamaica and Guyana.
  • Working with a transaction team on a $45 million merger and reorganization of periodical wholesalers.
  • Advising on the three-cornered amalgamation and $25 million subscription receipt offering of a mining play with properties in Serbia.
  • Drafting documents for a tax-driven reorganization of a uniform provider with $2 billion dollars in revenues.
  • Drafting the investment policy statement, authorization guidelines and unanimous shareholders agreement for a large private financial services corporation.

Beyond our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Member, National Advisory Committee of the TSX Venture Exchange.
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Law Society of Alberta
  • Member, Calgary Bar Association

Community Involvement

  • Past Director, Ivey Alumni Association

Awards & Recognitions

  • Recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada® (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law, Corporate Law) and since 2023 (Cannabis Law)
  • Recognized in the 2024 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Finance & Securities, Corporate Mid-Market; Mining) and in the 2023 edition (and since 2021) (Corporate Mid-Market; Mining)
  • Recognized in the 2024 edition of Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining
  • Recognized in the 2024 edition (and since 2022) of Lexpert Special Edition: Technology & Health Sciences
  • Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2022) of Lexpert Special Edition: Mining 
  • Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2022) of Lexpert Special Edition: Energy
  • Recognized in the 2022 edition of Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A
  • Recognized in the 2021 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (a top attorney in Canada).
  • Recognized by the Canada Law Awards for Mid-Market M&A Deal of the Year.

Bar Admission & Education

  • Alberta, 2005
  • Ontario, 2002
  • MBA (Dean's list), University of Western Ontario, 2000
  • LLB, University of Western Ontario, 2000
  • BA (Hons.), Queen's University, 1991
  • Canadian Securities Course, 1998