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Ted's focus is on securities and corporate law, including:
Ted is a member of the Advisory Board, Canada Action Coalition.
Ted is the co-leader of BD&P's Business Law Group, and a member of the Partnership Admission Committee and Student Committee.
Ted has also presented at various conferences, panels, seminars, and other events, including:
In 2006, Ted was seconded to the Alberta Securities Commission, where he worked on several policy initiatives including making amendments to the oil and gas reserve and resource disclosure regime in Canada.
Counsel to Buhler Industries Inc., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed Canadian manufacturer of agricultural equipment, including Farm King and Versatile products, in a going private transaction that valued the company at CAD$182,500,000
Counsel to Gear Energy Ltd. for its acquisition by Cenovus Energy Inc. pursuant to a plan of arrangement and in the spin-out of certain assets into Lotus Creek Exploration Inc. for a total deal value of $170 million
Counsel to Buhler Industries Inc., a leading Toronto Stock Exchange listed Canadian manufacturer of agricultural equipment, in the acquisition of a 97% interest in the company by ASKO Holding, a large publicly listed Turkish equipment manufacturer.
Counsel to Greenfire Resources Inc. in its filing of a Canadian non-offering prospectus resulting in the listing of its common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Canadian Counsel to Freehold Royalties Ltd. in its $112 million of royalty assets in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico.
Counsel to Greenfire Resources Inc. in its US$950 million business combination with M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp., a New York Stock Exchange listed special purpose acquisition corporation and related contemplated $100 million equity and convertible note private placement.
Counsel to Huron Resources Corp. in the sale of assets to Aspenleaf Energy Limited and corporate sale to Deltastream Energy Corporation.
Counsel to Sitka Exploration Ltd., a portfolio company of ARC Financial Corp., in its sale to Certus Oil & Gas Inc. for $83 million.
Counsel to DIALOG Group Berhad, a fully-integrated Malaysian oil and gas company, in its acquisition of Pan Orient Energy Corp. by plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta).
Counsel to Greenfire Resources Inc. on its US$300 million note offering
Counsel to Grassland Energy Corp. in its $175 million funding by Heritage Royalty through a Drilling Program Agreement and related agreements.
Counsel to Headwater Exploration Inc. in the sale by Cenovus Energy Inc. by way of a bought deal secondary prospectus offering of 50,000,000 shares of Headwater for gross proceeds of $227,500,000 through a syndicate of underwriters.
Counsel to Freehold Royalties Ltd. in its bought deal prospectus financing of 19,067,000 subscription receipts for gross proceeds of approximately $173 million through a syndicate of underwriters.
Counsel to Freehold Royalties Ltd. in a public offering of approximately 9.9 million subscription proceeds for gross proceeds of approximately $47 million.
Counsel to the special committee of the board of directors of CE Franklin Ltd. in the $240 million acquisition by National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
Counsel to Kulczyk Investments S.A. in respect to their various investments in Serinus Energy Inc. including the funding by Kulczyk of the cash portion of the purchase price of the acquisition of Winstar Resources Ltd. by Serinus.
Counsel to TriOil Resources Ltd. in the $240 million acquisition by ORLEN Upstream S.p. z o.o.
Counsel to Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. in its $576 million acquisition of Angle Energy Inc. pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement.
Counsel to Longview Oil Corp. in the $430 million acquisition by Surge Energy Inc. pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement.
Counsel to Gear Energy Ltd. in the $63.7 million acquisition of Striker Exploration Corp. pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement.
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 Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. in its divestiture of substantially all of its assets to Winslow Resources Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Return Energy Inc. (renamed Spartan Delta Corp.), in the context of Bellatrix’s proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
Counsel to Headwater Exploration Inc. management team in the $50 million recapitalization and reconstitution of management of Corridor Resources Inc.
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 Freehold Royalties Ltd. in the $165 million acquisition of royalty production and lands from Husky Energy Inc.
Counsel to Raging River Exploration Inc. in a public offering of 12,500,000 common shares, inclusive of an over-allotment of 1,500,000 common shares, for approximate total proceeds of $108 million.
Counsel to Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. in a US$250 million public offering of senior unsecured notes.
Counsel to Freehold Royalties Ltd.in its $373 million public offering of 20,700,000 common shares and the $33 million private placement of 1,833,334 common shares.
Counsel to Freehold Royalties Ltd. in the $321 million acquisition of two royalty packages from Penn West Petroleum Ltd.
Counsel to Sitka Exploration Ltd. in a private equity investment by ARC Financial Corp. and certain other investors.
Counsel to Raging River Exploration Inc. in the $109 million acquisition of Rock Energy Inc. pursuant to a plan of arrangement.
Counsel to West Valley Energy Corp. in the private equity investment by Warburg Pincus and Kayne Anderson Energy Funds.
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada in Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Law (2023, 2024, 2025)
Named in The Legal 500 Canada as a recommended lawyer in Capital Markets (2023) and Corporate and M&A (2023)
Leading lawyer in Corporate Finance (2023 - 2025) and Corporate Commercial (2024) by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
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