10060 Jasper Ave, Suite 1201, Scotia Tower 2, Edmonton, AB
Year called to bar: 1984 (AB)
Rob provides legal and strategic business advice to senior executives and boards of directors in both the private and public sectors. He regularly provides advice on matters including land assembly, energy, environment and natural resource matters. Rob provides guidance on decision-making, judicial challenges and strategies, including the development and analysis of public policy. He has advised Canada's largest integrated oil company on all areas of business, as well as some of Canada's largest companies involved in the fields of energy, environment and natural resources. Rob also advises clients on rights, liabilities and obligations concerning environmental issues arising in business transactions and the use of property. He counsels clients on the establishment of strategic frameworks for new business initiatives including the establishment of new methods and vehicles for delivering environmental outcomes and services. He is a member of the Board of Public and Private Corporations.
Western Forest Products Inc. (Western) and Brookfield Special Situations Management Limited (Brookfield), a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, closed a $230 million bought deal secondary offering. The common shares were offered by way of a short form prospectus filed in all of the provinces of Canada pursuant to National Instrument 44-101 - Short Form Prospectus Distributions and in the United States pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act).