Oil and gas

Gino Bruni

Senior associate

Peter Danner

Involved in some of the most significant recent M&A transactions in the midstream space in Western Canada, Peter brings experienced corporate counsel, industry insight and technical ability to help clients navigate their most important transactions. A leading corporate and M&A lawyer, Peter regularly advises on strategic investments, private equity transactions, joint ventures and complex commercial arrangements in the energy and mining sectors. He works closely with operating companies and investors on a wide variety of transactions in the oil and gas exploration and production, midstream infrastructure, refining, retail and other energy-related sectors. Peter also works with clients in the mining and metals industry on their transactional matters, including offtake, royalty and streaming transactions.

Christine Milliken

Christine's practice focuses primarily on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and project development within the oil and gas and renewable energy industries. She has been involved in a broad range of transactions for private and public entities, including domestic and cross border M&A transactions, share and asset purchase and sale transactions, joint ventures, pipeline and midstream facility development and commercial arrangements and corporate reorganizations. Christine has significant experience advising clients with general corporate and commercial matters and all aspects of conventional and unconventional oil and gas matters, including liquefied natural gas (including all project development agreements and LNG offtake arrangements). She also advises on pipeline and other midstream project matters, share and asset purchase and sale transactions and reorganizations. Christine also has an active technology practice, assisting start-up technology companies (in various stages) with various commercial transactions (including mergers, acquisition and divestitures), private equity and venture capital investments, licensing and general commercial matters. She has a strong working knowledge of French, Cantonese and Mandarin. Christine is co-head of the Firm's Corporate Commercial group in Calgary.

George Antonopoulos

Partner

Brian Bidyk

Head of the firms oil and gas practice group. Practice encompasses a variety of corporate/commercial matters, with a specialization in M&A and divestitures in the oil and gas, electricity and renewable power industries. Advises major oil and gas corporations in the upstream, midstream and service sectors, as well as electricity developers, generators and transmission companies in respect of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and partnerships, as well as the operation, development and construction of energy projects. He currently acts as corporate secretary for several of his clients and has developed corporate finance experience through his work with both public and private companies in equity and loan financing.

Chris Christopher

Chris’ counsel to clients in the infrastructure, energy and oil and gas sectors is backed by deep experience and industry background, bringing knowledge and perspective to clients’ corporate and commercial priorities, strategies and objectives. Chris guides oil and gas and power companies through a wide range of their commercial projects and transactions. He regularly works with clients in their acquisitions and divestitures of energy assets, as well as the full spectrum of energy project development, from joint ventures, construction, operation and maintenance to logistics and transportation, processing and marketing arrangements as they relate to LNG, oil sands, shale gas and power projects. Chris’ industry experience includes a business background working with various oil and gas companies, giving him market insight and a commercial mindset.

Don Davies

Counsel

Wayne W. Fedun

Senior Partner

Derek Flaman

With deep experience in transactions in the energy and oil and gas sectors, Derek provides clients with business-focused advice to guide their deal-making and other strategic objectives. A member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Derek practises commercial law in the energy sector, with an emphasis on M&A, joint ventures and project development in the energy and infrastructure industry. He works closely with clients spanning the sector, including E&P companies, midstream and downstream companies, and private equity funds on transactions involving the acquisition and divesture, joint venturing, and equity financing of energy and infrastructure assets and companies, as well as the marketing of energy and energy-related products.

Robert Froehlich

Partner, Canadian Head of Energy

Mungo Hardwicke-Brown

Mungo advises primarily on M&A, joint ventures, corporate finance and major energy infrastructure industries with experience across all sectors, including petroleum, natural gas, oil sands, electricity, potash and other commodities, pipelines, storage, LNG terminalling and supply arrangements, power generation and transmission. Over half of these were international and cross-border and involved many specialized practice areas, including tax, regulatory, trade and competition, employment, pensions and litigation.  

Terri-Lee Oleniuk

Terri-Lee’s practice focuses on project-related issues concerning natural-resource development with a specialization in regulatory, environmental and Aboriginal law issues. She acts for a variety of companies in environmental assessments and regulatory proceedings to obtain approvals for major developments in the oil and gas, pipeline, mining (including metal, potash and diamond), natural-gas processing, petrochemical, electricity transmission, hydro, solar, wind and storage sectors. Terri-Lee has appeared before the Canada Energy Regulator, the Alberta Energy Regulator, the Alberta Utilities Commission, the British Columbia Utilities Commission, the Alberta Natural Resources Conservation Board, the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, and federal-provincial joint review panels in respect of environmental assessment proceedings.

Lars Olthafer

Lars advises and represents upstream oil and gas producers, pipeline and midstream companies, and electrical generation and transmission companies on regulatory and environmental compliance and facility approval processes, tolls and tariffs, public and aboriginal consultation, and land rights acquisition and compensation, in the context of both provincially and federally regulated projects. Lars regularly appears before energy and utilities boards and commissions in Alberta and B.C. (including the Canada Energy Regulator) as well as all levels of the Alberta and Federal Courts.

Ben Rogers

Ben is Office Managing Partner of Blakes Calgary office and Co-Practice Group Leader of the Energy - Oil & Gas group, and acts for energy companies on all types of commercial matters across Canada and internationally. He has considerable experience in a diverse range of energy-related matters, including acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, the structuring of joint venture agreements, midstream matters, project development, and the management of the legal aspects of day-to-day oil and gas and commercial matters. Ben also has considerable experience in both conventional and non-conventional oil and gas development, as well as in the East Coast offshore.