Robert Seidel, Q.C.

Firm Managing Partner, Edmonton

Robert Seidel, Q.C., is the Firm Managing Partner of Davis LLP. He has deep experience in all aspects of energy law, environmental law, natural resource law, corporate/commercial and M&A law, real estate law, forestry law, commercial lending and infrastructure & project finance.

Profile
Experience
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Recognition

Robert works with clients in both the private and public sectors, with an emphasis on providing legal and strategic business advice to senior executives, boards of directors and elected officials.

The establishment of board governance and accountability frameworks in the private and public sectors is an important segment of Robert’s practice. He regularly provides opinions to elected and senior public officials in all levels of government relating to their obligations and duties as representatives of government, as well as advice on other matters including land assembly, energy, environment and natural resource matters. Robert regularly provides guidance on decision-making, judicial challenges and strategies including the development and analysis of public policy. Robert is a member of the Board of Public and Private Corporations.

Robert advises clients in the oil and gas industry regularly, including matters ranging from heavy oil and oil sands extraction, to the acquisition and management of former petroleum distribution sites, contaminated sites, to other conventional oil and gas upstream and downstream issues and environmental matters. He has advised Canada's largest integrated oil company on all areas of business, as well as some of Canada's largest companies involved in the fields of energy, environment and natural resources.

Robert's experience includes advising clients on rights, liabilities and obligations concerning environmental issues arising in business transactions and the use of property. He counsels clients on the establishment of strategic frameworks for new business initiatives and the establishment of new methods and vehicles for delivering environmental outcomes and services. Other environmental matters counsel includes climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, use and management of water resources, waste management and recycling, as well as the conservation of natural resources including forestry and wildlife.

Selected Experiences

Professional Associations & Activities

Chair, Board of Alberta Innovates Health Solutions
Member, Board of the Alberta Medical Research Heritage Foundation
Member, Board of Directors of the Certified Management Accountants of Alberta
Member, Board of Public and Private Corporations
Former Chair, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Fund Raising Committee
Former Member, Board of Governors of Grant MacEwan College
Former Chair, Audit Committee of the Board of Grant MacEwan College
Former Chair, Grant MacEwan College Foundation
Former Member, Board of the Edmonton Art Gallery
Former Vice-Chair, Trustees of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Member, Law Society of Alberta
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Edmonton Bar Association

Community Involvement

Former chair, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Fund Raising Committee
Trustee, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

Publications

Events

Alberta Bar Admission Course
Rob Seidel Former instructor, Corporation Law Former instructor, Commercial Law [more]
2011
2011

In The News

Davis LLP Lawyers Recognized in the List of Best Lawyers in Canada 2013
Davis LLP is pleased to announce that, continuing the firm's tradition of excellence, 33 of our lawyers have recently been selected by their peers for inclusion in the list of Best Lawyers in Canada [more]
Friday, 31 August 2012
Davis Lawyers Recognized in the 2012 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Continuing the tradition of excellence at Davis LLP, 32 lawyers have been named top practitioners in Canada by Lexpert Davis LLP is pleased to announce that 32 of the firm's lawyers have been [more]
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Mark Schmidt: New Managing Partner of Davis LLP Vancouver
Davis LLP announced today that Mark Schmidt has been appointed Managing Partner of the Vancouver office effective January 1, 2012. Mark has a successful corporate and commercial-law practice, with [more]
Friday, 16 December 2011
Robert Seidel Appointed Honorary Consul of Denmark
Davis LLP is pleased to announce that the firm’s Managing Partner, Robert Seidel, Q.C., has been appointed Honorary Consul of Denmark for Edmonton and Acting Vice Consul for Calgary. The honorary [more]
Monday, 21 November 2011
Davis LLP works with the Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation to support launch of clean electricity project
On November 1, 2011, NRGreen Power and GE announced plans for a new recovered-energy project that will produce power without additional emissions, using the first global application of GE's ORegen [more]
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Merging into the future
Firm Managing Partner, Robert Seidel, Q.C., Quoted in Canadian Lawyer on Current Law Firm Trends In the February issue of Canadian Lawyer, Robert Seidel, Q.C., is quoted in the cover story, "Merging [more]
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Davis' client Alberta Innovates - Bio Solutions provides $4.5M to University of Alberta for agricultural research
Rob Seidel, Firm Managing Partner, and Jennifer Cleall, Partner, of Davis' Edmonton office, acted for Alberta Innovates - Bio Solutions, negotiating the $4.5-million funding agreements to Livestock [more]
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Robert Seidel Interviewed on New Model for Medical Research in Alberta
Robert Seidel, Q.C., is the firm's national managing partner and the chair of the board of Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. He was recently interviewed by the Edmonton Journal regarding the province' [more]
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Robert A. Seidel, Q.C. announces new CEO of Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions
Robert A. Seidel, Q.C., announced that Dr. Jacques Magnan was appointed CEO of Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions, effective April 1, 2010. Robert is Chair of Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions, [more]
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Robert Seidel interviewed on Alberta Primetime with Minister Doug Horner
The firm's National Managing Partner, Robert Seidel, Q.C., recently appeared on Alberta Primetime to discuss the province's new research and innovation initiative. "Alberta Innovates" [more]
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Robert Seidel Appears in "Alberta Innovates" Video
Davis LLP's National Managing Partner, Robert Seidel, Q.C., was recently appointed Chair of Health Solutions for Alberta Innovates. The province's research and innovation system was launched [more]
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Robert Seidel, Q.C., appointed Chair of Health Solutions for Alberta Innovates
November 18, 2009 - Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, Doug Horner, has announced the names of five people chosen to lead Alberta's research and innovation system beginning [more]
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Otoka receives $25 million grant for development of clean energy project in Alberta
Davis client, the Otoka Energy Corporation, has received a $25 million grant from the government of Alberta to turn forestry waste into clean electricity. Located in Drayton Valley, the first-of-its-kind [more]
Monday, 19 October 2009
Davis LLP's National Managing Partner, Robert Seidel, Q.C., Appointed Transition Advisor to the Health Corporation in support of Alberta's New Research & Innovation System
Recently, the Alberta legislature passed the Alberta Research and Innovation Act, an important catalyst to strengthen Alberta's research and innovation system. The system involves a transition and [more]
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Robert Seidel, Q.C., National Managing Partner of Davis LLP, and Jennifer Cleall are legal advisors to Alberta's new Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation
Alberta Environment announced today that the Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation will manage and administer the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund. The CCEMC is an arm's-le [more]
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Davis LLP Sponsorship of Olympic Athlete Lauren Groves Mentioned in National Law Journal Article
Robert Seidel, Q.C., National Managing Partner was quoted in the March 17th article in the National Law Journal entitled "Canadian firms look for Olympic marketing gold". The article provides [more]
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Davis LLP Announces Robert A. Seidel, Q.C. as New National Managing Partner
Davis LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert A. Seidel, Q.C. as National Managing Partner. Mr. Seidel has recently held leadership positions at Davis, most recently as Edmonton Managing [more]
Monday, 8 October 2007
$650 Million Calgary Ring Road P3 Project Closes
he Davis Projects team effected commercial and financial close of the $650 million Calgary Ring Road project for Stoney Trail Group (STG), the Bilfinger Berger BOT Inc. consortium. STG was selected as [more]
Thursday, 15 February 2007