Biography: Capital Markets

Practising primarily M&A, corporate and securities law, Bob has extensive experience as lead counsel providing advice on a wide variety of significant M&A transactions, reorganisations and related party transactions. Bob's practice includes advising boards of directors and special committees on substantive M&A transactions.

Bob also brings a wealth of experience on a broad range of matters in the area of corporate finance and has represented issuers and underwriters in a variety of public and private financing matters, nationally and internationally. He is corporate secretary or director of a number of public and private corporations.

Bob's extensive M&A experience includes acting for Petro-Canada in its merger with Suncor Energy. Valued at approximately C$55 billion, this merger represented one of the largest in Canadian history. Other experience includes acting for Western Oil Sands Inc on its $6.5 billion sale to Marathon Oil Corporation for cash, shares, and exchangeable shares of Marathon - a transaction which also included the spin out of Western Oil Sands' Kurdistan exploration business by way of a Plan of Arrangement.

While his practise primarily includes the natural resources and energy areas - including considerable experience in the oil sands sector - Bob acts for a number of clients and on transactions in other industries as well.

Bob has been recognised as a Corporate Lawyer of the Year, 2010 by Best Lawyers in Canada, along with ongoing recognition as a Leading Practitioner in the areas of corporate, mergers and acquisitions, natural resources, energy and securities law. Also, in addition to his recognition as one of Canada's top 30 corporate deal makers, Bob has been recognised as a leading lawyer in the areas of both mergers & acquisitions and oil & gas lawyers by The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.

Biography: Oil and Gas

Practising primarily M&A, corporate and securities law, Bob has extensive experience as lead counsel providing advice on a wide variety of significant M&A transactions, reorganisations and related party transactions. Bob's practice includes advising boards of directors and special committees on substantive transactions.

Bob has considerable experience on a broad range of matters in the area of corporate finance and has represented issuers and underwriters in a variety of public and private financing matters, nationally and internationally. He is corporate secretary or director of a number of public and private corporations.

Bob's extensive M&A experience includes acting for Petro-Canada in its merger with Suncor Energy. Valued at approximately C$55 billion, this merger represented one of the largest in Canadian history. Other experience includes acting for Western Oil Sands Inc on its $7.1 billion sale to Marathon Oil Corporation for cash, shares, and exchangeable shares of Marathon - a transaction which also included the spin out of Western Oil Sands' Kurdistan exploration business by way of a Plan of Arrangement.

While his practise focuses on the natural resources and energy areas - including considerable experience in the oil sands and renewable energy sectors - Bob acts for a number of clients and on transactions in other industries as well.

Bob has been recognised by Best Lawyers 2011 in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, natural resources law and securities law; Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011, Most Frequently Recommended in the areas of corporate commercial law, corporate finance & securities, energy (oil & gas), mergers & acquisitions; Repeatedly Recommended in the area of private equity; Chambers Global 2011 (Canada) in the area of corporate/M&A (Band 5); Expert Guide 2009 Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers; The International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers 2011; The International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers 2011; and Who's Who Legal: Canada 2011 in the areas of capital markets, M&A and oil and gas.

Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions

Bob Engbloom is a partner in the Calgary office of Norton Rose Canada. He practises primarily M&A, corporate and securities law and acts for a number of businesses. Mr Engbloom also acts as lead counsel on a wide variety of significant transactions and has extensive experience in providing advice on mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations and related party transactions. His practice includes advising boards of directors and special committees on both governance matters and substantive transactions.

Mr Engbloom also has considerable experience on a broad range of corporate finance matters, representing issuers and underwriters in a variety of public and private financing matters, nationally and internationally. He is a corporate secretary or director of a number of public and private corporations.

Natural resources, energy and the increasingly important oil sands industries are the primary sectors where Bob has acted for clients such as Petro-Canada in its merger with Suncor Energy. Valued at approximately C$55 billion, this transaction is considered to be one of the largest in the history of Canadian mergers. Other experience includes representing Western Oil Sands Inc in its C$6.5 billion sale to Marathon Oil Corporation for cash, shares, and exchangeable shares of Marathon and which included the spin out of Western Oil Sands' Kurdistan exploration business by way of a plan of arrangement. In 2011, Bob advised the special committee of the board of directors of the Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc on the acquisition of the Enbridge Ontario Wind Project and the Sarnia Solar Facility valued at C$1.3 billion.

Bob Engbloom is ranked by Best Lawyer, Lexpert and Chambers for his expertise in the field of M&A law and is also recognised in The International Who's Who of Oil and Gas Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers.