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
- Creating the structure and leading the team for the approximately $125 million capital raise and listing of a Bitcoin treasury corporation
- 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.
- Creating the structure and leading the team for the approximately $125 million capital raise and listing of a Bitcoin treasury corporation
- 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.