Robert G.S. Hull

Robert G.S. Hull

Partner at Gowling WLG
(416) 369-7313
(416) 862-7661
100 King St W, Suite 1600, 1 First Cdn Pl, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1981 (ON)
Robert Hull is a partner in the Gowling WLG Toronto office, practising corporate, commercial and securities law with a focus on real estate and infrastructure securities and fund formation, M&A, and corporate governance. He works extensively in structuring private equity, real estate, energy and infrastructure asset class investment products on behalf of major Canadian pension and endowment funds, asset managers, investment dealers and global investors in the Canadian marketplace. Bob represents business concerns active in the energy, infrastructure supply chain, steel, waste management, transportation, distribution, healthcare and institutional real estate sectors contributing to their growth through their M&A and debt and equity capital transactions. Bob advises market participants in creating investment structures to maximize returns and minimize risk for institutional domestic and foreign investors, establishing syndications, joint ventures, limited partnerships, co-ownerships and pension realty and investment corporations on behalf of many of Canada’s leading pension funds and asset managers. Bob has been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Best Lawyers in Canada and the Legal 500 Canada and named in the Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers 2023 list
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