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Brittney's focus is on:
Energy
Commercial transactions
Competition law and foreign investment
Since 2019, Brittney has served as the Director of the Heritage Park Society. She is also a member of the Heritage Park Society Governance and Nomination Committee and the Historical, Interpretive and Education Committee. She was also Director and Chair of Pacekids Society for Children with Special Needs from 2013-2018.
Since 2019, Brittney has been the Director-at-Large of the Petroleum Joint Venture Association. She is also:
Professional associations
Bill C-69: Introducing the Canadian Energy Regulator and the Impact Assessment Agency, Energy Regulation Quarterly (January 2020)
Brittney has also presented at various conferences, panels, seminars, and other events, including:
Counsel for Maxim Power Corp. in respect to the sale of Summit Coal Inc. and Summit Coal Limited Partnership to Valory Resources Inc. for $14.2 million. Concurrent with the sale, Maxim and Summit entered into an agreement such that Maxim receives a 3% royalty on any raw coal produced from the coal lease currently owned by Summit, and Maxim through its subsidiary Milner Power Inc. entered into a ground lease, with a nominee of Valory for the construction and operation of a coal processing facility.
Represented Obsidian Energy Ltd. in the successful closing of its $80.5 million acquisition of Clearwater production assets and 148 net sections of land in the Peace River region. The transaction, effective May 1, 2024, adds approximately 1,700 boe/d of 100% oil production to Obsidian's portfolio.
Represented Advantage Energy Ltd. in its $445 million acquisition of Charlie Lake and Montney assets from a private seller.
Counsel to Whitecap Resources Inc. for the sale of a 50% interest in its Musreau facility to Topaz Energy for gross proceeds of $100 million and a strategic partnership with Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. for gross proceeds of $420 million involving the sale of a 50% stake in its Kaybob complex, a commitment by PGI to fund the development of a new battery in the Lator area and related agreements for downstream transportation and processing
Lead counsel for Ovintiv Canada ULC (OVV) in its negotiation, execution and closing of an agreement to sell its interests in the Simonette and Duvernay areas of Alberta to a private purchaser for $263 million
Lead counsel to Whitecap Resources in its $52M disposition of oil and gas assets located in south east Saskatchewan to a private issuer purchaser.
Lead counsel to a private issuer in its $225 million acquisition of oil and gas assets located in south east Saskatchewan from Vermilion Energy.
Lead counsel to LNG Canada on its negotiation of revised agreement with Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited Partnership to allow for the continued execution of the approximately C$11.2 billion pipeline project.
Counsel to ARC Resources Ltd. in its $8.1 billion strategic Montney combination with Seven Generations Energy, resulting in ARC becoming Canada's largest condensate producer, third-largest natural gas producer and sixth-largest upstream energy company.
Counsel to Obsidian Energy Ltd. in its $44 million acquisition of a 45% interest in the Peace River Oil Partnership from its partner (now 100% owned)
Counsel to the Graham Group of Companies in the acquisition of the North American assets of AECOM’s Energy Operations and Maintenance Division. The acquisition positions the Graham Group as the third largest construction company in Canada and Western Canada’s largest industrial services company.
Counsel to TransAlta Corporation in connection with the sale by TransAlta and its partner, Tidewater Midstream & Infrastructure Ltd., of the 131 km Pioneer Pipeline to NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of TC Energy Corporation, for a purchase price of $255 million.
Counsel to Tourmaline Oil Corp. in the $205 million strategic acquisition of 50% of the assets of Saguaro Resources Ltd. in the Laprise-Conroy North Montney area of British Columbia. The companies entered into a joint venture agreement to develop the assets, with Tourmaline operating the joint venture and related facilities.
Counsel to Whitecap Resources Inc. in its indirect acquisition of Kicking Horse Oil & Gas Ltd., a portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners, for $300 million.
Counsel to Whitecap Resources Inc. in its strategic business combination with TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and others for approximately $560 million.
Lead counsel for Reserve Royalty Management Inc. and Reserve Royalty Management Inc. in the negotiation, execution and closing of an agreement to sell all issued and outstanding units of Reserve Royalty Commercial Trust and related entities to Topaz Energy Corp. for approximately $26 million, payable through the issuance of 1,794,886 Topaz shares.
Counsel to Headwater Exploration Inc. in the $100 million acquisition of Cenovus Energy Inc.'s Marten Hills upstream assets. The transaction comprised $35 million in cash, $50 million common shares of Headwater Exploration Inc. and $15 million purchase warrants.
Counsel to Ovintiv Canada for the termination of their 2012 Duvernay shale joint venture and partition of assets.
Counsel to Athabasca in the upsizing of the completed bitumen royalty with Burgess Energy Holdings LLC for an extra cash consideration of $70 million.
Counsel to TransAlta Corporation in respect of the agreement with Kineticor Holdings Limited Partnership #2 to acquire the Limited Partnership responsible for developing the Three Creeks Power Project (two 230 MW Siemens F class gas turbines and related equipment) for $84 million.
Counsel to Bonavista Energy Corporation in the acquisition of certain oil and natural gas assets located in West Central Alberta for $53.3 million.
Acted as local transactional agent counsel in regard to the cross border, Chapter 11 driven, restructuring of Westmorland Coal Company and its Alberta mining operations through its Alberta subsidiary corporations. This engagement involved several stages of debt restructuring, a complex tax structured credit bid purchase of all the shares of Westmoreland's Alberta subsidiaries, and various transactional logistics necessitated by Westmoreland's convoluted international corporate structure and Alberta's regulatory environment.
Counsel to the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission in connection with the Alberta Government's publicly announced 120,000 bbls/d, $3.7 billion crude by rail (CBR) initiative for the transportation of Alberta crude oil by rail car to markets in the U.S. and Canada.
Counsel to MEG, a Canadian oil sands producer, and its board of directors in response to the unsolicited tender offer by Husky Energy. Husky sought to acquire the entire share capital of MEG for approximately $6 billion.
Counsel to Gear Energy Ltd. regarding a $70 million plan of arrangement acquisition of Steppe Resources Inc.
Counsel to Raging River Exploration Inc., a Canadian oil producer, in the $2.8 billion strategic acquisition.
Counsel to NuVista in the $625 million acquisition of the Cenovus Pipestone Partnership, which holds assets in the Pipestone area of Northwest Alberta.
Counsel to NewAlta in the $1 billion merger with Tervita Corporation, a Canadian environmental solutions provider, in a stock swap transaction.
Counsel to MEG in the $1.5 billion disposition of a 50% interest in Access Pipeline and 100% interest in Stonefell Terminal to Wolf Midstream Inc.
Counsel to Whitecap Resources Inc. in the $940 million strategic acquisition of light oil assets in southeast Saskatchewan.
Counsel to Murphy Oil Canada Ltd., Canadian subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation, in the $937 million sale of its 5% non-operated working interest in the Syncrude oil sands joint venture to Suncor Energy Inc.
Counsel to Freehold Royalties Ltd. in the $165 million acquisition of royalty production and lands from Husky Energy Inc.
Counsel to Murphy Oil Canada Ltd., Canadian subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation, in the $538 million disposition of the Tupper Main and Tupper West gas plants and associated pipelines in northeastern British Columbia to Enbridge G and P Canada Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc.
Counsel to PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. in $1.8 billion acquisition of royalty assets from Canadian Natural Resources Limited.
Counsel to Ag Growth International Inc. in the $221 million acquisition of the Westeel division of Vicwest Inc.
Counsel to Freehold Royalties Ltd. in the $321 million acquisition of two royalty packages from Penn West Petroleum Ltd.
Counsel to Suncor Energy in relation to competition and Investment Canada matters in the $1 billion sale by Suncor Energy Inc. of a majority of its conventional natural gas business to CQ Energy, a newly established partnership between Centrica plc and Qatar Petroleum International.
Counsel to Encana Corporation (now Ovintiv Inc.) in the $2.9 billion partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation whereby Mitsubishi acquired a 40% interest in Encana's natural gas assets in the Cutbank Ridge area in BC.
Counsel to Suncor Energy in relation to competition and Investment Canada matters in the $1 billion sale by Suncor Energy Inc. of a majority of its conventional natural gas business to CQ Energy, a newly established partnership between Centrica plc and Qatar Petroleum International.
Counsel to TriWest Capital Partners, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, in connection with its equity investment in Northern Mat & Bridge Ltd.
Advising a power development company on its due diligence and bid to acquire Regional Power Inc., a corporate group with 106 MW of hydroelectric assets in BC and Ontario from ManuLife Financial Corporation.
Counsel to a developer in connection with the acquisition and on-going project finance of five solar projects in Alberta.
Recognized by Legal 500 as a Next Generation partner (2025)
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada in Energy Law and Competition / Antitrust Law (2023, 2024, 2025)
Named in the Legal 500 Canada as a Next Generation Partner (2024) and a Recommended Lawyer (2023) in Energy and Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
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