Martin Mix is a partner in Gowling WLG's Calgary office and a member of the firm's Corporate Finance and M&A Group. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions transactions, as well as private equity transactions. Martin also acts for public and private issuers, as well as underwriters on a range of transactional matters, including public and private debt and equity offerings, reorganizations, and recapitalizations. Martin also regularly provides advice on corporate governance and securities regulatory compliance matters to various issuers. He has been recognized in both The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Best Lawyers in Canada and was named an Acritas Star from 2017 to 2020.
Petroamerica Oil Corp. and Suroco Energy Inc. fended off a hostile bid by Vetra Holding S.a.r.l. and Vetra Acquisition Ltd. and completed a plan of arrangement pursuant to which Petroamerica acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of Suroco for an approximate total value of $108.6 million.