Financial Services

• Financeit on its acquisition of the Simply Group of companies

• InterVest Capital Partners on its acquisition of leading point-of-sale financing provider Financeit Inc.

• Pacific Equity Partners on its C$165-million divestiture of AST Investor Services Inc. (Canada) and AST Trust Company (Canada) to the TMX Group Limited

• CI Financial on its C$780-million purchase of Sentry Investments

• A multinational bank in connection with multiple corporate reorganizations

Private Equity

• Gemspring Capital Management, LLC on its acquisition of pipe, valve and fitting distributor, Midland Industries

• J.F. Lehman & Company on its sale of BEI Precision Systems & Space Company, Inc.

• Solamere Capital Partners on its equity investment in Daley Seafoods
  

Life Sciences

• A private equity firm in connection with the establishment of a dental service organization and its continuing consolidation of specialist dental and orthodontist practices across Canada

• L Catterton on its minority equity investment in FYidoctors

Technology

• Northwestel Inc. on its acquisition of telecommunications assets in northern British Columbia

• Upchain Inc., a cloud based product life cycle management (PLM) service, on its sale to Autodesk Inc.

• A major shareholder of Mazooma Technical Services Inc. in connection with its sale to Nuvei Corporation for as much as US$315-million

• A leading software company in sales performance management on its acquisition of revenue operations assets

Oil & Gas

• Superior Plus LP on its strategic divestiture of propane assets in Northern Ontario

Other Recent M&A

• Cox Enterprises on its strategic investment in Mucci Farms

• Canadian Pacific Railway Company on its US$312-million acquisition of OMERS Infrastructure's 83.5% interest in the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership

• GMS Inc. on its C$800-million acquisition of WSB Titan from TorQuest Partners

• Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc. on its acquisition of GM BluePlan Engineering Inc.

• United Star Suites Inc. on the sale of its business to Starline Group Inc.

• ByTheOwner Inc. on the sale of its business to Yellow Pages

Infrastructure

• Bridging North America General Partnership on a C$3.8-billion public-private partnership project to design, construct, finance, operate, maintain and rehabilitate the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a new publicly owned international bridge crossing between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan

• EllisDon on its C$288-million project to design, build, finance and maintain a new Patient Care Tower at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, British Columbia

Robert provides advice to a number of organizations on a pro-bono basis, including Right To Play,  Pro Bono Ontario and Pro Bono Students Canada. He also sits on the board of directors of the Canadian Art Song Project.

Robert is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association.

• Co-author : Private Mergers and Acquisitions in Canada: Overview
  Practical Law UK, Thomson Reuters, December 1, 2022.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2017
JD, University of Windsor – 2016
JD (Magna Cum Laude), University of Detroit Mercy, School of Law – 2016
BA (Hon., With Distinction), Wilfrid Laurier University – 2013