Frank Turner

Practice Areas

Frank is Co-head of Osler’s Asia Pacific initiative and is the former National Co-Chair of the firm’s Corporate Group. Frank currently practices from the firm’s Calgary office in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He also serves as a leader of Osler’s emerging company practice in Alberta. Frank routinely advises companies and other enterprises in the resource, financial services and technology sectors on matters involving acquisitions, dispositions, strategic alliances, governance and corporate finance. Frank has particular expertise advising clients in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and other parts of the world, including sovereign wealth funds, state-owned enterprises and public and private companies, on acquisitions and investments in Canada. Frank has previously worked in the firm’s New York and Toronto offices and has served on secondment with investment banks in both those cities (Morgan Stanley and BMO Nesbitt Burns). Frank serves as a director on the boards of a number of public and private entities. Frank has published numerous articles on investing in Canada and the Canadian Energy sector and often speaks on those topics. His leading expertise has been recognized by numerous publications including Chambers, Lexpert, International Financial Law Review (IFLR), and Best Lawyers.

Career

University of Victoria, LL.B.

University of Toronto, B.A.

Bar Admission: Alberta, 2002 | Ontario, 1993

Professional Memberships

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

Canadian Bar Association

Law Society of Alberta

Law Society of Ontario

International Bar Association

Inter Pacific Bar Association