Robert Frazer Associate | Toronto

About Bobby

Robert is a member of the award-winning Corporate & Commercial group at Blakes, recognized as a Band 1 practice for Corporate/M&A and Corporate/Commercial: The Elite in the 2026 edition of Chambers Canada, Law Firm of the Year in Mergers & Acquisitions Law by Best Lawyers 2026, and a top M&A and Corporate & Commercial practice in The Globe and Mail's 2025 edition of "Canada's Best Law Firms."

Robert's focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, representing both strategic and private equity clients (domestic and international) across a range of industries. He has acted for award-winning emerging and growth-stage companies, advises clients on bespoke corporate governance matters, complex corporate restructurings and sophisticated commercial transactions.

Robert advises clients on day-to-day corporate and commercial matters and regularly collaborates with Blakes specialists across a range of practice areas to deliver tailored advice to clients operating in diverse industries. He also routinely provides pro bono legal advice to community and non-profit organizations.

Robert joined Blakes as a summer student in 2015 and completed his articles with the Firm in 2016/2017. During his articles, he was seconded to an international bank, where he worked on a variety of corporate governance and regulatory matters.

Select Experience

Financial Services

BDC Capital on various transactions
Financeit Canada on its acquisition of the Simply Group Financial
InterVest Capital Partners on its acquisition of leading point-of-sale financing provider Financeit Canada from Goldman Sachs
InterVest Capital Partners on its C$200-million investment into a residential mortgage loan origination and securitization business
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

Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Cox Enterprises on its strategic investments in controlled environment agriculture
Nestlé S.A. on the sale of Nestlé Waters North America to One Rock Capital Partners and Metropoulos & Co.

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 & Telecommunications

Bell Canada on the sale of Northwestel Inc. for up to C$1-billion
Northwestel Inc. on its acquisition of telecommunications assets in northern British Columbia
GoEngineer on its acquisition of CAD MicroSolutions
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

Fund Investments

Starlight Investments in connection with the establishment of a Canadian residential real estate fund

Other Recent M&A

GEF Capital Partners on its acquisition of McMillan-McGee Corp.
BDC Capital on its investment in a leading network of electrical engineering firms
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
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
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