Rob Granatstein has practised business law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP since 1987. His practice focuses on general corporate matters, venture capital and merchant banking transactions, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, and on the preparation and negotiation of a broad variety of commercial contracts. Rob acts for many non-Canadian companies with business interests in Canada, and in the past few years, he has been very involved in the health and technology sectors, representing a number of the Firm's clients. Rob has also practised in the financial services area.
In recent years, Rob has also been very involved in the Firm's procurement practice, representing public authorities and the private sector in all facets of procurement, including preparing and responding to requests for proposals, developing selection criteria, advising on the selection of successful respondents and preparing and negotiating contract documentation.
Rob has published articles and given numerous talks on topics in the areas of financial services, structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, and procurement. For the past two years, he has been the course leader of a mergers and acquisitions course offered in Toronto.
Rob is currently the Firm Managing Partner of Blakes, and in prior years, he served on various committees of the Firm. Rob was the Deputy Managing Partner of Blakes from 1999 to 2001.
Rob received his bachelor of arts degree from McGill University in 1977, his common and civil law degrees from McGill University in 1981 and a master's degree in law from Harvard University in 1986. Before joining Blakes, he practised law with major law firms in Toronto and Boston and with a major international bank headquartered in Boston.
