Rob Wortzman
Overview
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 2024 for Corporate Finance & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions and is recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Agribusiness and Cannabis 2020.
He is also recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 for his work in Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities Law and is ranked in the 2024 Chambers Canada guide for Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded in Ontario.
Outside of the office, Rob enjoys time in Clarksburg, Ontario.
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Education
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1992 H.B.A. , Richard Ivey School of Business, 1989 -
Affiliations
Law Society of Ontario -
Bar Admissions
Called to the Ontario Bar 1994
Awards & Honours
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2021-2024
Chambers Canada Guide
Rob is recognized in the Chambers Canada Guide for Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded in Ontario.
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2016-2024
The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
Rob is recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for Corporate Finance & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions.
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2015-2025
The Best Lawyers in Canada™
Rob is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ for work in Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities Law.
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2023
The Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A
Rob is included as a Lexpert-ranked lawyer in the Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers.
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2020
Lexpert Special Edition: Agribusiness and Cannabis
Rob is recognized in the 2020 Lexpert Special Edition: Agribusiness and Cannabis.