John A. Brussa
Partner and Chair
Experience
John's focus is on:
- Resource taxation
- Corporate reorganizations, both public and private
- Cross-border and international transactions
- Tax-deferred financing
- Taxation of non-residents
- Structured finance
Community involvement
John is a Fellow, Jarislowsky Fellowship in Business Management, Haskayne School of Business and also a member, Calgarians Committed to Change Cabinet, RESOLVE Campaign, Calgary Homeless Foundation.
Professional involvement
Board memberships
John serves as the Chair of BD&P.
He is also a board member of Cardinal Energy Ltd., Crew Energy Inc. (Chairman), Crown Capital Partners Inc., Leucrotta Exploration Inc. and Titanium Corporation Inc.
Professional associations
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
- Former Governor, Member of Executive Committee, Canadian Tax Foundation
Representative work
$5.2 billion acquisition of Progress Energy Resources Corp.
Counsel to Progress Energy Resources Corp. in the $5.2 billion acquisition by PETRONAS, the Malaysian national oil company.
Progress Energy Resources Corp.'s sale and joint venture with PETRONAS
Counsel to Progress in the $1.1 billion sale of 50% working interest in Montney shale assets in Foothills of north eastern British Columbia to PETRONAS, the Malaysian national oil company, and the formation of an upstream joint venture to develop the gas assets as well as a downstream LNG Export Project Joint Venture pursuant to which they plan to build and operate a major LNG export facility.
Awards
Recent honours and recognition
Named in Lexpert's Special Edition: Energy and Mining 2024
Leading lawyer in Corporate Tax and Oil & Gas (2023 - 2025) by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Leading lawyer in the Legal 500 Canada (2018-2022)
Named in the Lexpert American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, in the area of corporate tax (2002-2016, 2018-2019)
Recognized by Chambers Global Canada as a leading tax lawyer (2002-2016)
Named in Lexpert's Special Edition's on Canada's leading corporate lawyers and energy lawyers (annually since 2013)
Named in Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of tax law (annually since 2006)
Leading corporate tax lawyer in Who's Who Legal Canada (annually since 2010)
Publications
March 24, 2020
Distress preferred shares are an option for borrowers to avoid insolvency or bankruptcy
News
December 1, 2025
BD&P Celebrates New Rankings in the 2026 Edition of The Legal 500 Canada
March 11, 2025
26 BD&P Lawyers included in the 2025 Edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
September 9, 2024
Lexpert Special Edition: Energy & Mining
March 6, 2024
24 BD&P lawyers recognized as recommended leaders in Canada
March 1, 2023
Recognition from Lexpert celebrates BD&P lawyers as recommended leaders in Canada
April 23, 2021
Twenty BD&P lawyers recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2021
October 27, 2020
Lexpert ranks a record number of BD&P partners and counsel among Canada's leading energy lawyers
August 27, 2020
Thirty-four lawyers recognized in the 2021 edition of the Best Lawyers in Canada guide
April 29, 2020
Twenty-three lawyers ranked in 2020 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
December 5, 2019
BD&P lawyers recognized for their expertise in the Legal 500 Canada 2020
August 21, 2019
31 BD&P lawyers included in 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada
May 3, 2019
Twenty-one lawyers ranked across seventeen practice areas in 2019 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
April 29, 2019
Eight partners recognized as leading lawyers in Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Corporate Lawyers
December 18, 2018
BD&P Lawyers named in the 2019 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
November 29, 2018
Legal 500 Canada recognizes the expertise of fifteen BD&P lawyers
November 2, 2018
BD&P lawyers named in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2018
August 21, 2018