Adam Rock

Adam Rock is a partner in the Calgary office of MLT Aikins LLP, where he focuses on private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, and complex commercial arrangements. He also advises clients involved in contested shareholder matters, including shareholder proposals and requisitions, proxy contests and unsolicited take-over bids. Adam is industry agnostic, but has particular experience in the energy and technology sectors. He is recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada for his work in corporate law.

Adam serves on the board of Calgary Housing, which provides affordable housing solutions to more than 25,000 low- and moderate-income Calgarians on behalf of The City of Calgary and the Province of Alberta. He is also the director or officer of several private energy and technology companies.

Adam holds a law degree from the University of Toronto.

Since joining MLT Aikins, Adam has represented:

• SC2 Inc., a strategic investor, on its acquisition of a minority stake in, and subsequent shareholder engagement with, Sherritt International Corporation
• Expander Energy Inc., a clean technologies company, on its shareholder engagement and settlement agreement with Cielo Waste Solutions Corp.
• Vitalist Inc., a consumer technologies company, on its novel private placement of investment contracts that entitle investors to revenues from the sale of smartwatches on the VitalOS operating system
• Black Seal Resources Corp., an upstream oil and gas company, on its shareholder engagement with, and minority investment from, affiliates of Kier Asset Management Inc.
• SC2 Inc., a strategic investor, on its widely-disseminated offer to acquire shares of Sherritt International Corporation at a premium to the market price
• Expander Energy Inc., a clean technologies company, on its C$45 million disposition of renewable energy assets to and strategic investment in Cielo Waste Solutions Corp.
• CE Brands Inc., a consumer technologies company, on a series of debt recapitalization transactions and its majority investment from funds managed by Vesta Wealth Partners Ltd.
• Expander Energy Inc., a clean technologies company, on its joint venture with Rocky Mountain Clean Fuels Inc. to construct the world’s first biomass-to-biosyndiesel® facility
• Metiquity Ventures Fund LP, a venture capital fund, on its minority investments in Mastrius Marketplace, Inc. and Runnr Delivery Inc.

• Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, MLT Aikins LLP (2025-present)
• Corporate Secretary, Expander Energy Inc. (2025-present)
• Director, Larch Energy Inc. (2024-present)
• Director, Calhome Properties Ltd. o/a Calgary Housing (2024-present)
• Corporate Secretary, Vitalist Inc. (2023-present)
• Member, Canadian Bar Association (2006-present)
• Member, Calgary Bar Association (2006-present)
• Member, Law Society of Alberta (2006-present)

• Recognized in the 2025 edition of the Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law)

• Presenter, “Proxy Contests: The Basics,” Alberta Securities Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (2025)
• Presenter, “Introduction to Securities Law,” Alberta Business Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (2025)