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McCarthy Tétrault

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McCarthy Tétrault’s transaction-focused oil and gas practice acts for a wide range of industry stakeholders, from emerging producers and operators through to leading industry players, such as Shell Canada and Suncor Energy. Department co-head Brian Bidyk handles an array of oil and gas and power deals, with experience in the upstream, midstream and service spheres. Fellow co-head Kerri Howard also specializes in transactional oil and gas, including M&A, intellectual property and finance-related issues. The Calgary-based group additionally draws on the regulatory, environmental and Aboriginal law expertise of Kimberly Howard, while Douglas Yoshida handles energy litigation.

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Key clients

  • Shell Canada
  • Crescent Point Resources Partnership
  • Suncor Energy
  • Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
  • Surge Energy
  • Ridgeback Resources
  • Journey Energy
  • BHE Canada, a Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
  • Pipestone Energy Corp
  • Paramount Resources

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Brian Bidyk

McCarthy Tétrault

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.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Brian Bidyk, Kerri Howard

Other key lawyers

Kimberly Howard, Douglas Yoshida