Terence S. Dobbin

Biography

Terence S. Dobbin focuses on mergers and acquisitions and public financings. He regularly advises acquirors and target companies in connection with negotiated transactions and unsolicited take-over bids. Mr. Dobbin has extensive experience with large, multijurisdictional transactions, including cross-border acquisitions and financings. Mr. Dobbin advises boards of directors and their committees on a variety of issues, including corporate governance matters. In his public financing practice, Mr. Dobbin acts for both issuers and underwriters.

Mr. Dobbin is qualified to practise both in Ontario and Alberta and has practised in both of those provinces. He is a member of our Executive Committee.

Year of Call

• Alberta Bar 1996
• Ontario Bar 1986

Law School

• LL.B., University of Toronto, 1984

Selected Client Work

• CHC Helicopter Corporation in connection with its $3.7 billion acquisition by an affiliate of a fund managed by First Reserve Corporation
• Petrochemical Industries Company (Kuwait) in connection with its joint venture with The Dow Chemical Company for the manufacture and sale of monoethylene glycol and diethylene glycol (EG)
• Diageo plc in connection with its acquisition of the Seagram spirits and wine business
• Activant Solutions Inc. and Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst Incorporated in connection with a cash take-over bid for Speedware Corporation
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Shell Canada Limited in connection with the acquisition by Royal Dutch Shell plc of the minority interest in Shell Canada

Publications

• Canada's Foreign Investment Policy Review: Staying out of the Pumpkin Patch, Financier Worldwide, November 2007.

Speaking Engagements

• Lectured on various corporate law topics

Rankings and Recognitions

• Practical Law Company: Which Lawyer? Canada (Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions) 
• The Lexpert/American Media Guide to the Top 500 Lawyers in Canada (Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers 2008 (Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions)

Memberships and Activities

• Canadian Bar Association