Robert B.
PLETCH, Q.C.
Chairman

Business Law
Natural Resources Law
Securities

Rob Pletch, MLT's Chairman, has extensive experience in corporate and commercial matters. He advises entrepreneurs, closely-held corporations and partnerships, public companies, government departments and Crown corporations on matters ranging from deal structure to governance. Rob has acted for many of the firm's large corporate clients on acquisitions, financing arrangements and development strategies, and has provided advice on virtually all of the major privatizations that have occurred in Saskatchewan during the past 25 years.

Rob is experienced in the area of corporate finance and securities, in which he has acted for numerous private and public sector corporations and underwriters to develop financing structures, particularly privatizations and public offerings. He has extensive experience drafting prospectuses, offering memoranda and related documents for offerings on the TSX and on the NYSE. His experience with special financing includes his acting as senior securities advisor for two large Crown corporations and underwriters on the issue of exchangeable bonds, savings bonds and credit bonds valued at in excess of $1 billion. Rob regularly provides advice on compliance issues and has acted as counsel for the largest Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Fund in Saskatchewan.

Rob's core practice areas extend to the natural resources sector, where he has acted as counsel to several international uranium mining corporations and their joint ventures. He has negotiated many project development agreements for clients in the mining and industrial sectors.
Rob has been actively involved with the Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club for a number of years, and has recently served as Chair of the Club's Board of Directors since April, 2007. Since August, 2007 Rob has held the position of director of Canada Post Corporation, Canada’s largest Crown corporation, where he also serves on the Audit and Governance Committees of the Board.

• Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar
• LL.B. (Queen's, 1971)
• B.A. (Great Distinction, History, Saskatchewan, 1967)

• Featured in The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Top 500 Lawyers in Canada
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law - 2008)
• "Leading Practitioner" (Corporate Commercial Law: Lexpert Legal Directory, since 2006)
• "Leading Practitioner" (Corporate Commercial Law, Project Finance: Lexpert Legal Directory, 2006)
• Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law - 2006, 2008)

• Law Society of Saskatchewan - President (1992)
• SaskEnergy - Chair
• Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club Inc. - Board of Directors (since 2004); Chairman of the Board (since 2007)
• Canada Post Corporation – Board of Directors (since 2007)
• United Way - Volunteer Leader (since 1988)
• Hospitals of Regina Foundation - Director (2000 - 2006)
• Assiniboia Club - President (1993)
• Canadian Bar Association - Executive Council Member (SK Branch, 1991 - 1992)
• Canadian Bar Association - Chairman (Securities Section, SK Branch, 1989 - 1991)

• Counsel to the Largest Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Fund in Saskatchewan
• Advisor to two major uranium joint ventures in negotiating and documenting an innovative co-ownership and toll-milling transaction
• Senior Securities Advisor to two large crown corporations and underwriters respecting exchangeable bonds, savings bonds and credit bonds, offerings of which totalled in excess of $1 billion
• Securities Law/Privatizations Counsel - Acted for numerous private and public sector corporations and underwriters in developing financing structures, particularly privatization and initial public offering structures
• Governance advisory work for Boards and Committees of provincial and federal Crown corporations and major Saskatchewan-based public corporations