Robert "Rob" Wortzman

Rob’s practice is focused on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

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, venture capital and private equity investments, to larger public offerings including cross-border offerings in diverse industries including technology, cannabis, life sciences, 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. Rob also advises reporting issuers in connection with securities compliance and corporate governance matters.

Rob was a former member of the Registration Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission and was a former member of 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 2023 for Corporate Mid-Market and Corporate Finance & Securities and is recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Agribusiness and Cannabis 2020.

He is also recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 for his work in Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities Law and is ranked in the 2023 Chambers Canada guide for Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded in Ontario.