Lawyer Profile
Robin Upshall
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
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.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its disposition to The Government of Belize of its interests in Fortis Belize Limited, an operator of three major hydroelectric facilities in Belize, and Belize Electricity Limited, a primary electricity distributor in Belize.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its C$750-million private placement of fixed-to-fixed rate subordinated notes.
Acted for Barrick Mining 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.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its C$600-million private placement offering of senior unsecured notes.
Acted for Patriot Battery Metals, a lithium exploration and development company, in the C$69-million strategic investment, offtake and strategic partnership with Volkswagen and PowerCo, to supply Volkswagen’s battery subsidiary PowerCo's battery cell production activities in Europe and North America.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2005 (ON)