Rob is a leading special situations advisor and has been centrally involved in directing high profile shareholder disputes, proxy contests, M&A transactions, special committee mandates, internal and independent corporate investigations and complex restructurings. Rob regularly serves as a trusted strategic advisor to institutional and other significant stakeholders, boards of directors and executive management teams to address their most important opportunities and crisis situations. In 2023, Rob was appointed to the OSC's Securities Advisory Committee, a committee of leading securities practitioners and other industry experts established to advise the OSC and its staff on a variety of matters including policy initiatives and capital markets trends. Previously, Rob practised securities law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and, in 2015, completed a secondment with the Office of M&A at the OSC. Rob received his JD from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University with a specialization in corporate law, his International Business Law Certification from the Global Law Program at the Bader International Study Centre, and his Bachelor of Commerce from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. Rob has also completed Levels I and II of the CFA Program.
