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James L. Kidd

Partner

403.260.0181
jlk@bdplaw.com
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Education:

University of Alberta, Bachelor of Laws, 2001 Bishops University, Bachelor of Arts (Honours, Philosophy), 1998 Bar admission: Alberta 2002

Industries:

Agribusiness, food and beverage, Financial services, Life sciences, Oil and gas, Power, Renewables and energy transition, Start-up and early-stage companies, Technology

Practice areas:

Capital markets, Mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions

Experience

James is a corporate securities and M&A lawyer who represents a range of public and private corporations, trusts, limited partnerships and national and regional investment dealers. His clients live in a variety of industries, including in the oil and gas, pipeline, real estate, industrial, finance and mining businesses sectors.

His focus is on:

Public and private brokered and non-brokered offerings of equity and debt securities
Initial public offerings and short form prospectus offerings
Takeover bids (hostile and friendly), issuer bids (normal course and substantial), mergers, arrangements, amalgamations, acquisitions, reorganizations, reverse takeovers, share exchanges and other business combinations
Going public and private transactions
Debenture amendments
Private and public company start-ups
Stock exchange listing and compliance and reporting matters
Securities regulatory reporting and compliance
Related party transactions
Proxy contests and securityholder activism
Board and committee advisory and corporate governance matters
Security-based compensation arrangements
General corporate, partnership and trust matters

Professional involvement

Professional associations

Member, Law Society of Alberta
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Calgary Bar Association

Representative work

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P's $6.8 billion acquisition of Inter Pipeline Ltd.

Counsel to Inter Pipeline Ltd. in its acquisition by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P pursuant to a statutory plan of arrangement for $6.8 billion.

Inter Pipeline Ltd.'s $500 million note offering

Counsel to Inter Pipeline Ltd. in a public offering of $500 million senior unsecured medium-term notes.

Tourmaline Oil Corp.'s $1.3 billion acquisition of energy assets

Counsel to Tourmaline Oil Corp. in the $1.37 billion acquisition of strategic assets located in the Alberta Deep Basin and the north east British Columbia Gundy area from Shell Canada Energy.

Tourmaline Oil Corp.'s $750 million financing

Counsel to Tourmaline Oil Corp in the $750 million financing comprising a $115 million public offering of 3,309,700 subscription receipts and the concurrent private placement offering of 18,274,000 subscription receipts with certain institutional investors for gross proceeds of approximately $635 million

Inter Pipeline Ltd.'s $600 million public offering

Counsel to Inter Pipeline Ltd. in a $600 million public offering of 22,430,000 subscription receipts.

Perpetual Energy Inc.'s restructuring and settlement of convertible debentures

Counsel to Perpetual Energy Inc. regarding recapitalization transactions, including a $25 million backstopped rights offering, settlement of 7.00% convertible debentures and a successfully contested Alberta Securities Commission hearing. (Re Perpetual Energy Inc., 2015 ABASC 2)

Inter Pipeline Fund conversion to Inter Pipeline Ltd.

Counsel to Inter Pipeline Fund in its conversion to Inter Pipeline Ltd., a dividend paying corporation.

Decisive Farming Corp.'s private placement of preferred shares

Counsel to Decisive Farming Corp. regarding the private placement of Class B, Series 1 preferred shares.

Decisive Farming Corp.'s private placement of notes

Counsel to Decisive Farming Corp. regarding the private placement of 10.00% unsecured convertible redeemable notes

Awards

Recent honours and recognition

Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada in M&A and Securities Law (2023, 2024, 2025)

Recognized by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, as a leading lawyer in Corporate Commercial (2024) and Corporate Finance (2024, 2025)

Named in The Legal 500 Canada as a recommended lawyer in Capital Markets (2023)

Named by Lexpert Magazine as one of Canada’s Rising Stars – Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2012)

News

March 11, 2025