Practice Focus
- Energy
- Oil & gas transactions including asset and share acquisitions and dispositions, mergers, amalgamations and the formation and organization of corporations, partnerships and joint ventures
- Negotiating and drafting oil & gas-related agreements
- Advice regarding joint ownership and the conduct of joint operations
- Oil & gas due diligence, including title review and drilling opinions
- International oil and gas transactions
- Energy projects
- Commercial Transactions
- Asset and share acquisitions, mergers and divestitures
- Corporate reorganizations
- Negotiating and drafting commercial agreements
- Corporate governance
- Corporate and asset due diligence
- General corporate and commercial matters
- Competition Law and Foreign Investment
- Securing regulatory approvals for mergers from the Competition Bureau, Investment Canada and other regulatory agencies
- Start-Up and Early-Stage Companies
Practice Areas
Education
- University of Alberta, Bachelor of Laws, 2011
- University of Lethbridge, Bachelor of Arts (with Great Distinction), 2008
Bar Admission
Professional Associations
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
Presentations
- Co-presenter, Understanding the New Canadian Energy Regulator and Impact Assessment Agency, Petroleum Accountants Society of Canada, Insights 2020, March 2020
- Presenter, Competitor Collaborations: Competition Act (Canada), BD&P Client Seminar, February 2020
- Co-presenter, Supply, Demand and Differentials: The Price of Canadian Crude, Southern Land Agents Meeting, March 2019
- Co-presenter, Shattering Conventional Notions: The New Reality of Unconventional Resources, PJVA Conference, October 2015
- Co-presenter, Competition Act, Canada Transportation Act and Investment Canada Act, BD&P Client Seminar, July 2015
- Co-presenter, Legal Strategies in Private Mergers and Acquisitions, Legal Education Society of Alberta Seminar, May 2015
- Panel Member, At the Crossroads: The Uncertainty of SOE Investment in Canada's Resources Sector, BD&P Client Seminar, November 2013
Community Involvement
- Director, Heritage Park Society (2019 to present)
- Committee Member, Heritage Park, Governance and Nomination Committee and Historical, Interpretive & Education Committee
Professional Involvement
- Chair and Executive Member, Natural Resources South Section of the Canadian Bar Association
- Executive Member, Environmental, Energy and Resource Law National Section (2019 to present)
- Director, Petroleum Joint Venture Association (2019 to present)
- Committee Member, CBA Environmental, Energy and Resource Law Section (2018 to present)
- Committee Member, Organizing Committee for the Canadian Energy Law Foundation Energy Research Seminar, Jasper, Alberta (2018 to present)
