In his tax practice, Rob focuses on international taxation, public company transactions, and investment funds.
His expertise includes:
- Mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and refinancing involving Canadian corporations and their foreign subsidiaries;
- Structures for non-resident corporations conducting business in Canada;
- Tax effective structuring of investment funds.
Experience
- Occidental Petroleum Corp. in the acquisition of Carbon Engineering for US$1.1 billion, August 2023.
- Lumina Gold Corp. in respect of a US$300M Metal Streaming Agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals, May 2023.
- Pan American Silver Corp. in the acquisition of Yamana Gold Inc. for $4.8 billion and the concurrent sale of its Canadian mining Assets to Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. for $2.4 billion, March 2023.
- IFS in its acquisition of Clevest Solutions Inc., a provider of mobile workforce management and advanced network deployment solutions in the utilities vertical, October 2020.
- Aimia Loyalty Solutions in its merger with Kognitiv Corporation to form a technology-forward loyalty solutions provider, April 2020.
- Pan American Silver Corp. in its acquisition of Tahoe Resources Inc. for $1.288 billion, February 2019.
- Occidental Petroleum Corp. in the acquisition of Carbon Engineering for US$1.1 billion, August 2023.
- Lumina Gold Corp. in respect of a US$300M Metal Streaming Agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals, May 2023.
- Pan American Silver Corp. in the acquisition of Yamana Gold Inc. for $4.8 billion and the concurrent sale of its Canadian mining Assets to Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. for $2.4 billion, March 2023.
- IFS in its acquisition of Clevest Solutions Inc., a provider of mobile workforce management and advanced network deployment solutions in the utilities vertical, October 2020.
- Aimia Loyalty Solutions in its merger with Kognitiv Corporation to form a technology-forward loyalty solutions provider, April 2020.
- Pan American Silver Corp. in its acquisition of Tahoe Resources Inc. for $1.288 billion, February 2019.
