Rob Wortzman

Rob’s practice is focused on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Rob has significant experience on a wide range of public equity and debt offerings, private placements and M&A transactions, and regularly assists issuers, investment dealers, and institutional and private investors on equity and debt financing transactions, ranging from start-up investments and venture capital and private equity investments, to larger public offerings, including cross-border offerings across diverse industries such as technology, life sciences, industrial, automotive and consumer product goods.

Rob counsels corporations in all aspects of corporate and commercial activity, including listings on stock exchanges and dealings with provincial securities commissions. He also advises reporting issuers in connection with securities compliance and corporate governance matters.

Rob is a former member of the Registration Advisory Committee and the Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission. He is the past chair of the board of directors of Variety Village and sits on a number of board of directors of companies in the life sciences industry.

Rob is recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for Corporate Finance & Securities, Corporate Mid-Market and Mergers & Acquisitions, and is recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Agribusiness and Cannabis.

He is also recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for his work in Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities Law, and is ranked in the Chambers Canada guide for Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded in Ontario.