Practice Focus
- Energy and Commercial Transactions
- Acquisitions, mergers and divestitures
- Oil sands and other energy-related project developments, including wind power, multi-billion dollar joint ventures, partnerships, limited partnerships and other business combination structures with a focus on unconventional resources development and participation with foreign investors
- Commercial and corporate reorganizations and restructurings
- Commercial agreements, with a focus on agreements pertaining to pipelines and related facilities, natural gas storage, processing and other upstream and midstream facilities
- Competition Law and Foreign Investment
- Securing regulatory approvals for mergers from the Competition Bureau, Investment Canada and other regulatory agencies
- Advising on Competition Act compliance matters in a number of industries, including the upstream and midstream energy sectors, the energy service sector, power, petrochemicals, the airline industry and the grain industry, among others
Practice Areas
Education
- Institute of Corporate Directors, Director's Education Program, ICD.D Designation, 2017
- University of Ottawa, Master of Laws, International Trade Law, 1994
- Queen's University, Bachelor of Laws, 1993
- University of Calgary, Master of Arts, International Relations, 1989
- University of Lethbridge, Bachelor of Arts, 1987
Bar Admission
Professional Associations
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
Honours & Recognition
- Named in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in the area of Energy (Oil & Gas) annually since 2014, in Corporate Commercial annually since 2015 and in Competition Law, 2018-2019
- Named in The Legal 500 Canada, as a Leading Lawyer in Canada in Energy and Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, 2016-2019
- Named in Chambers Canada as a leading lawyer in Energy: Oil & Gas, 2016-2019 and in Corporate Commercial (Alberta), 2018 & 2019
- Named in Chamber's Global Clients' Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional), annually since 2006
- Named in Lexpert/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2017-2019
- Named as Best Lawyers in Canada's Calgary Lawyer of the Year in Natural Resource Law, 2018
- Named in Who's Who Legal, the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers in the area of Energy Law, annually since 2010
- Named in Lexpert's Special Edition on Canada's Leading Corporate Lawyers, annually since 2014
- Named in Who's Who Legal, Canada in the area of Energy Law, annually since 2010
- Named in Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Natural Resources Law, annually since 2013
- Named in Lexpert's Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, 2014-2016, 2018
- Named in Lexpert's Special Edition of Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers, annually since 2013
- Named in Legal Media's Expert Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, in Energy and Natural Resources and in Women in Business Law, 2013-2017
- Named as Best Lawyers in Canada's Calgary Lawyer of the Year in Natural Resource Law, 2016
Presentations
- Panel Member, Supply, Demand and Differentials, The Price of Crude oil in Canada, Southern Land Agents Lunch, March 2019
- Panel Member, The Commercialization Challenge, The Future of Oil and Gas 2017, Conference sponsored by the Future Economy (Milestone GRP), January 2017
- Panel Moderator, A View From Alberta, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), 2016 Model Contracts Workshop, June 2016
- Panel Member, Current Issues in Oil & Gas Transactions: a Panel Discussion on Commercial Oil & Gas Agreements, University of Calgary: Assentio Mentium Program, February 2015
- Panel Member, Finding a Way Forward with Foreign Investors: A Conversation about the Internationalization of Canadian Resource Development Agreements, Canadian Bar Association, Alberta Branch, January 2015
- Co-Presenter, An Overview of the Changing Nature of Petroleum Joint Ventures in Canada, at the GPAC/PJVA Joint Conference, Connecting the Dots: The New Reality of Energy and Markets in Canada, November 2014
- Panel Member, Examining How Government Bodies, LNG Terminal Developers, Asian Buyers, First Nations & Pipeline Companies Can Collaborate to Expedite the Establishment of a Canadian LNG Export Industry Whilst the Opportunity is Still There, Canadian LNG Exports Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Initiative, June 2014, Vancouver, B.C.
- Panel Chair, The Great Policy Debate on Managing FDI and SOE Activity in the New Landscape, University of Calgary's School of Public Policy Conference, Proceed With Caution? State-Owned Enterprises and the Need for a New Approach to Investment Policy, December 2013
- Panel Member, At the Crossroads: The Uncertainty of SOE Investment in Canada's Resources Sector, BD&P Client Seminar, November 2013
- Panel Member, Investment Canada Act: Investor Confidence or More Uncertainty, Canadian Bar Association Federal Investment Review Conference, Toronto, June 2013
- Presenter, Omers Decision, Canadian Energy Law Foundation, June 2012
- Panel Member, Doing Business with Pacific Rim Participants, BD&P Client Seminar, May 2012
- Presenter, Competitor Collaborations: Strategic Alliance, Criminal Conspiracy or Agreement to Lessen Competition, BD&P Client Seminar, June 2010
Community Involvement
- Director, Wings of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation
- Director, SOS Children's Villages Canada
Professional & Firm Involvement
- Member, Executive Committee, BD&P
- Member, Compensation Committee, BD&P
- Member, Partnership Admission Committee
- Editor, BD&P Energy Newsletter
- Director, Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation (now the Canadian Energy Law Foundation), 2000-2006 and Chair, 2006
