Brendan Downey

Energy
- Oil and gas transactions, including asset- and share-based transactions, mergers, and amalgamations
- Negotiating and drafting oil and gas-related agreements
- Oil and gas contract and lease interpretation
- Advice regarding joint ownership and the conduct of joint operations
- Corporate and asset-based due diligence, including title review
- International oil and gas transactions
- Power purchase agreements
- Project development
- Commercial and project risk management
Commercial Transactions
- Commercial acquisitions and dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, financings, and other transactions in a broad range of sectors
- The formation and organization of corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, and other co-ownership structures, including the preparation of related shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements and other governance documents
- Corporate reorganizations and restructurings
- Drafting a wide variety of corporate and commercial contracts
- Corporate and asset-based due diligence
Energy Regulatory
- Regulatory due diligence
- Constitutional, administrative and regulatory advocacy

University of Alberta, Juris Doctor (Distinction) Law, 2017
University of Victoria, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Writing (Distinction), 2014

Federalism in the Patch: Canada's Energy Industry and the Constitutional Division of Powers, Alberta Law Review, Volume 58, Issue 2, 2020
Canadian chapter in Pereira et al, eds, The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Reuse Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry: From Obligation to Opportunities (Wolters Kluwer, 2020) [forthcoming]
Let’s talk about royalties: the continued uncertainty surrounding the creation and legal status of the overriding royalty, Alberta Law Review, Volume 57, Issue 2, 2019
Uncertain Succession: The Past, Present and Future of Royalties and Vesting in Canadian Insolvency Law, Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2018