Thoburn (Toby) B. Allan is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault LLP’s Business Law group in Calgary. His practice focuses on both private and public mergers and acquisitions. He also specializes in corporate finance and general corporate and securities law matters. Toby advises cross-border and domestic clients with plans of arrangement, takeover bids and share and asset purchases and sales. In addition, Toby helps issuers and dealers through varied debt and equity financing, including public and private, and domestic and cross border financing. He has worked on medium term note financings, sustainability-linked note financings, hybrid debt, and common and preferred share offerings. Along with this, Toby advises public issuers with securities reporting and compliance obligations as well as corporate governance issues. He has acted as a corporate secretary for a variety of companies. Toby was called to the Alberta Bar in 2002.