Fortis Inc.
Acting for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million public offering of 4.431% senior unsecured notes due May 31, 2029.
Partner
Partner
Clients rely on Robin for insightful advice to get their deals done.
Robin’s broad practice focuses on advising public companies on their capital market transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Clients trust her clear-cut solutions for their significant transactional matters and regularly choose her for guidance. Robin has considerable experience in cross-border transactions in many industries in North America, Latin America and Europe. Her significant capital market experience includes public offerings and private placements in both Canada and the U.S. Robin’s unflappable manner and client-focused approach have earned the trust of several public companies.
A frequent writer on corporate and capital market issues, Robin is co-author of the Canadian chapter of Mergers & Acquisitions – Jurisdictional Comparisons (the European Lawyer Reference series). Additionally, she teaches the corporate transactions course at Osgoode Hall Law School’s Professional Development LLM program.
Robin is a member of the Ontario Securities Commission’s Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee and a member of the firm’s Professional Development Committee in Toronto.
Partner
Clients rely on Robin for insightful advice to get their deals done.
Robin’s broad practice focuses on advising public companies on their capital market transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Clients trust her clear-cut solutions for their significant transactional matters and regularly choose her for guidance. Robin has considerable experience in cross-border transactions in many industries in North America, Latin America and Europe. Her significant capital market experience includes public offerings and private placements in both Canada and the U.S. Robin’s unflappable manner and client-focused approach have earned the trust of several public companies.
A frequent writer on corporate and capital market issues, Robin is co-author of the Canadian chapter of Mergers & Acquisitions – Jurisdictional Comparisons (the European Lawyer Reference series). Additionally, she teaches the corporate transactions course at Osgoode Hall Law School’s Professional Development LLM program.
Robin is a member of the Ontario Securities Commission’s Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee and a member of the firm’s Professional Development Committee in Toronto.
Fortis Inc.
Acting for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million public offering of 4.431% senior unsecured notes due May 31, 2029.
Centerra Gold Inc.
Acting for the special committee of independent directors of Centerra Gold Inc. in connection with its evaluation of strategic alternatives following the imposition by the Kyrgyz Republic of external management over the Kumtor Mine in May 2021.
AirBoss of America Corp.
Acted for AirBoss of America Corp. to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to C$200 million of securities in Canada.
Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.
Acted for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in the acquisition by Sprott Private Resource Stream Fund and its joint venture partner, Electric Royalties Ltd., of a gross metal royalty on the Mid-Tennessee Zinc mine located in Smith County, Tennessee from Globex Mining Enterprises Inc.
Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Kartesia Securities IV S.A.
Acted as Canadian counsel to Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Kartesia Securities IV S.A. in the debt restructuring of TSX-listed Foraco International SA, a leading global provider of mineral drilling services incorporated in France, pursuant to which Oaktree and Kartesia received repayment of their senior secured notes, exchanged certain subordinated notes for an equity position in Foraco and entered into a related investor rights agreement.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$4 billion of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million public offering of 2.18% senior unsecured notes due May 15, 2028.
Kansas City Southern
Acted as Canadian counsel to Kansas City Southern in its transformative US$31-billion merger with Canada Pacific Railway to create the first U.S.-Mexico-Canada rail network.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$2 billion of future public offerings of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in an integrated transaction involving (i) the sale by Barrick of all of the shares of Bullfrog Mines LLC to Bullfrog Gold Corp., a U.S.-based gold and silver exploration company; and (ii) a concurrent $22 million equity investment in Bullfrog Gold by Augusta Investments Inc. and certain individuals identified by Augusta.
Fortis Energy Bermuda Limited
Acted for Fortis Inc. subsidiary, Fortis Energy Bermuda Limited, in connection with its agreement to provide a standby commitment for the US$48-million rights offering of Class A ordinary shares by Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.
New Gold Inc.
Acted for New Gold Inc. in its sale of the Blackwater Project in British Columbia to Artemis Gold Inc. for $210-million and an 8% gold stream.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. with concurrent offerings of common shares for aggregate proceeds of approximately $1.2 billion. The offerings included a $690-million bought deal in Canada and the U.S. using the multijurisdictional disclosure system, including the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option, and a concurrent $500-million registered direct offering to an institutional investor. Each of the offerings was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement under Fortis' existing base shelf prospectus.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its US$428-million acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Acacia Mining plc (Acacia) not already owned by Barrick by way of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (United Kingdom).
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$4 billion of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its recommended US$18.3-billion share-for-share merger with Randgold Resources Limited. This complex and multijurisdictional transaction created an industry-leading gold company with the greatest concentration of tier one gold assets in the industry and a diversified asset portfolio positioned for growth.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$2.5 billion of future public offerings of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
TD Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Acted as Canadian counsel for the dealer managers, TD Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in Thomson Reuters' substantial issuer bid/tender offer for up to US$9 billion of its common shares and the subsequent US$2 billion return of capital by Thomson Reuters' effected by way of plan of arrangement.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its strategic equity investment in Midas Gold Corp., which is advancing the Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho, and the negotiation of a related investor rights agreement.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million at-the-market public offering of common shares, which will be sold through the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or on any other marketplace in Canada or the United States on which the common shares are traded.
Breton Hill Capital Ltd.
Acted for Breton Hill Capital Ltd., a Canadian investment firm managing approximately US$2 billion in client assets, in its sale to Neuberger Berman Group LLC, a global, independent, employee-owned investment manager.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its strategic equity investment in Reunion Gold Corporation and the negotiation of a related investor rights agreement.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its strategic equity investment in Royal Road Minerals Limited and the negotiation of a related investor rights agreement.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in connection with its issuance of an aggregate principal amount of approximately US$2 billion of registered notes in exchange for notes previously issued to U.S. investors on a private placement basis. The new notes issued as a result of the exchange offer were qualified by a prospectus supplement under a cross-border shelf prospectus filed under the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million public offering, by way of prospectus supplement, of 2.85% senior unsecured notes due 2023. Fortis established its first cross-border shelf prospectus on November 30, 2016, using the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its US$2 billion notes offering under Rule 144A with registration rights in the United States. The net proceeds were used to finance a portion of the cash consideration for the previously announced acquisition of ITC Holdings Corp.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in the US$1.2-billion sale of a 19.9% interest in ITC Holdings Corp. to GIC, a sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Singapore.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its US$610-million gold and silver streaming agreement with Royal Gold Inc. for production linked to Barrick's 60 percent interest in the Pueblo Viejo mine.
Reuters Group PLC
Acted as Canadian counsel for Reuters Group PLC in its dual-listed company merger with The Thomson Corporation to create Thomson-Reuters in a transaction valued at US$17.6 billion, creating the first Canadian dual-listed company structure.
CSA Proposes New At-the-Market Distribution Regime
May 16, 2019 - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published a notice and request for comment that proposes amendments (Proposed Amendments) to Part 9 of National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions (NI 44-102). The Proposed Amendments, when adopted, will provide a new regime for...
Significant Amendments to CBCA Proposed in 2019 Federal Budget
Apr. 24, 2019 - The 2019 federal budget, announced on March 19, 2019, includes significant proposed changes to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). The proposed amendments include: codification of key elements of the 2008 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in BCE Inc. v 1976...
TSX Launches Sandbox Initiative for Issuers That Do Not Satisfy Standard Listing Conditions
Apr. 17, 2019 - In its April 12, 2019 Staff Notice (2019-0002), the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) announced a framework to govern the exercise of its discretion to accept listing applications that do not satisfy the TSX’s listing conditions. The guidance in Staff Notice 2019-0002 covers both initial applications...
Feb. 02, 2018 - As noted in our bulletin TSX Amends Disclosure Requirements, effective April 1, 2018, TSX-listed issuers other than Eligible Interlisted Issuers, Eligible International Interlisted Issuers and Non-Corporate Issuers will be required to have posted to their publicly accessible website...
TSX Amends Disclosure Requirements
Oct. 23, 2017 - The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has adopted amendments to the TSX Company Manual that require listed issuers to post certain corporate governance documents on their websites and alter, in certain respects, the disclosure relating to security based compensation arrangements required to be...
Canada, co-author
Dec. 31, 2012 - Mergers & Acquisitions – Jurisdictional Comparisons (London: Thomson Reuters)
Shareholder Rights Plans in Canada - A Future for the “Just Say No” Defence in Canada?
Dec. 31, 2012 - Thomas Reuters
Lexpert Special Edition: Mining
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Finance and Securities
Newfoundland and Labrador, 2017
Ontario, 2005
Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB, 2004
Memorial University, BSc (Chemistry), 2000
Memorial University, BA (Hons) (History), 2001
Ontario Securities Commission, Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee
Clients rely on Robin for insightful advice to get their deals done.
Robin’s broad practice focuses on advising public companies on their capital market transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Clients trust her clear-cut solutions for their significant transactional matters and regularly choose her for guidance. Robin has considerable experience in cross-border transactions in many industries in North America, Latin America and Europe. Her significant capital market experience includes public offerings and private placements in both Canada and the U.S. Robin’s unflappable manner and client-focused approach have earned the trust of several public companies.
A frequent writer on corporate and capital market issues, Robin is co-author of the Canadian chapter of Mergers & Acquisitions – Jurisdictional Comparisons (the European Lawyer Reference series). Additionally, she teaches the corporate transactions course at Osgoode Hall Law School’s Professional Development LLM program.
Robin is a member of the Ontario Securities Commission’s Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee and a member of the firm’s Professional Development Committee in Toronto.
Fortis Inc.
Acting for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million public offering of 4.431% senior unsecured notes due May 31, 2029.
Centerra Gold Inc.
Acting for the special committee of independent directors of Centerra Gold Inc. in connection with its evaluation of strategic alternatives following the imposition by the Kyrgyz Republic of external management over the Kumtor Mine in May 2021.
AirBoss of America Corp.
Acted for AirBoss of America Corp. to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to C$200 million of securities in Canada.
Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.
Acted for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in the acquisition by Sprott Private Resource Stream Fund and its joint venture partner, Electric Royalties Ltd., of a gross metal royalty on the Mid-Tennessee Zinc mine located in Smith County, Tennessee from Globex Mining Enterprises Inc.
Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Kartesia Securities IV S.A.
Acted as Canadian counsel to Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Kartesia Securities IV S.A. in the debt restructuring of TSX-listed Foraco International SA, a leading global provider of mineral drilling services incorporated in France, pursuant to which Oaktree and Kartesia received repayment of their senior secured notes, exchanged certain subordinated notes for an equity position in Foraco and entered into a related investor rights agreement.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$4 billion of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million public offering of 2.18% senior unsecured notes due May 15, 2028.
Kansas City Southern
Acted as Canadian counsel to Kansas City Southern in its transformative US$31-billion merger with Canada Pacific Railway to create the first U.S.-Mexico-Canada rail network.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$2 billion of future public offerings of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in an integrated transaction involving (i) the sale by Barrick of all of the shares of Bullfrog Mines LLC to Bullfrog Gold Corp., a U.S.-based gold and silver exploration company; and (ii) a concurrent $22 million equity investment in Bullfrog Gold by Augusta Investments Inc. and certain individuals identified by Augusta.
Fortis Energy Bermuda Limited
Acted for Fortis Inc. subsidiary, Fortis Energy Bermuda Limited, in connection with its agreement to provide a standby commitment for the US$48-million rights offering of Class A ordinary shares by Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.
New Gold Inc.
Acted for New Gold Inc. in its sale of the Blackwater Project in British Columbia to Artemis Gold Inc. for $210-million and an 8% gold stream.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. with concurrent offerings of common shares for aggregate proceeds of approximately $1.2 billion. The offerings included a $690-million bought deal in Canada and the U.S. using the multijurisdictional disclosure system, including the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option, and a concurrent $500-million registered direct offering to an institutional investor. Each of the offerings was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement under Fortis' existing base shelf prospectus.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its US$428-million acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Acacia Mining plc (Acacia) not already owned by Barrick by way of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (United Kingdom).
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$4 billion of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its recommended US$18.3-billion share-for-share merger with Randgold Resources Limited. This complex and multijurisdictional transaction created an industry-leading gold company with the greatest concentration of tier one gold assets in the industry and a diversified asset portfolio positioned for growth.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$2.5 billion of future public offerings of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
TD Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Acted as Canadian counsel for the dealer managers, TD Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in Thomson Reuters' substantial issuer bid/tender offer for up to US$9 billion of its common shares and the subsequent US$2 billion return of capital by Thomson Reuters' effected by way of plan of arrangement.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its strategic equity investment in Midas Gold Corp., which is advancing the Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho, and the negotiation of a related investor rights agreement.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million at-the-market public offering of common shares, which will be sold through the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or on any other marketplace in Canada or the United States on which the common shares are traded.
Breton Hill Capital Ltd.
Acted for Breton Hill Capital Ltd., a Canadian investment firm managing approximately US$2 billion in client assets, in its sale to Neuberger Berman Group LLC, a global, independent, employee-owned investment manager.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its strategic equity investment in Reunion Gold Corporation and the negotiation of a related investor rights agreement.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its strategic equity investment in Royal Road Minerals Limited and the negotiation of a related investor rights agreement.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in connection with its issuance of an aggregate principal amount of approximately US$2 billion of registered notes in exchange for notes previously issued to U.S. investors on a private placement basis. The new notes issued as a result of the exchange offer were qualified by a prospectus supplement under a cross-border shelf prospectus filed under the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $500-million public offering, by way of prospectus supplement, of 2.85% senior unsecured notes due 2023. Fortis established its first cross-border shelf prospectus on November 30, 2016, using the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its US$2 billion notes offering under Rule 144A with registration rights in the United States. The net proceeds were used to finance a portion of the cash consideration for the previously announced acquisition of ITC Holdings Corp.
Fortis Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in the US$1.2-billion sale of a 19.9% interest in ITC Holdings Corp. to GIC, a sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Singapore.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its US$610-million gold and silver streaming agreement with Royal Gold Inc. for production linked to Barrick's 60 percent interest in the Pueblo Viejo mine.
Reuters Group PLC
Acted as Canadian counsel for Reuters Group PLC in its dual-listed company merger with The Thomson Corporation to create Thomson-Reuters in a transaction valued at US$17.6 billion, creating the first Canadian dual-listed company structure.
CSA Proposes New At-the-Market Distribution Regime
May 16, 2019 - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published a notice and request for comment that proposes amendments (Proposed Amendments) to Part 9 of National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions (NI 44-102). The Proposed Amendments, when adopted, will provide a new regime for...
Significant Amendments to CBCA Proposed in 2019 Federal Budget
Apr. 24, 2019 - The 2019 federal budget, announced on March 19, 2019, includes significant proposed changes to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). The proposed amendments include: codification of key elements of the 2008 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in BCE Inc. v 1976...
TSX Launches Sandbox Initiative for Issuers That Do Not Satisfy Standard Listing Conditions
Apr. 17, 2019 - In its April 12, 2019 Staff Notice (2019-0002), the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) announced a framework to govern the exercise of its discretion to accept listing applications that do not satisfy the TSX’s listing conditions. The guidance in Staff Notice 2019-0002 covers both initial applications...
Feb. 02, 2018 - As noted in our bulletin TSX Amends Disclosure Requirements, effective April 1, 2018, TSX-listed issuers other than Eligible Interlisted Issuers, Eligible International Interlisted Issuers and Non-Corporate Issuers will be required to have posted to their publicly accessible website...
TSX Amends Disclosure Requirements
Oct. 23, 2017 - The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has adopted amendments to the TSX Company Manual that require listed issuers to post certain corporate governance documents on their websites and alter, in certain respects, the disclosure relating to security based compensation arrangements required to be...
Canada, co-author
Dec. 31, 2012 - Mergers & Acquisitions – Jurisdictional Comparisons (London: Thomson Reuters)
Shareholder Rights Plans in Canada - A Future for the “Just Say No” Defence in Canada?
Dec. 31, 2012 - Thomas Reuters
Lexpert Special Edition: Mining
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Finance and Securities
Newfoundland and Labrador, 2017
Ontario, 2005
Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB, 2004
Memorial University, BSc (Chemistry), 2000
Memorial University, BA (Hons) (History), 2001
Ontario Securities Commission, Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee
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