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Bennett Jones LLP
Energy powerhouse Bennett Jones LLP is widely recognized as a leader in the oil and gas space, where it routinely represents key industry stakeholders (both private and public sector participants) on the full life cycle of matters. Fielding a deep bench of specialists, including regulatory, environmental law and transactional-focused experts, the Calgary-based group brings to bear deep expertise in each of the upstream, midstream and downstream spheres. Firm vice chair and Calgary managing partner Patrick Maguire remains a go-to name for commercial matters and recently represented Canada Oil Sands Co on the sale of its equity interest in Japan Canada Oil Sands to a special purpose acquisition vehicle owned by Greenfire Acquisition Corporation. Other recommended transactional names include up-and-coming partner Luke Morrison and practice co-head Ashley White. On the regulatory side, department co-head Shawn Munro is highly regarded. Additional regulatory specialists include Lawrence Smith KC, Brad Gilmour and Martin Ignasiak, who recently joined from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Vivek Warrier recently left for Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
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Key clients
- Pembina Pipeline Corporation
- Pacific Northern Gas
- Repsol Oil & Gas Canada
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- NEP Canada Corp
- Gibson Energy
- ATCO Pipelines
- Areti Energy
- ATCO
- Whitecap Resources
- Ovintiv Canada
Work highlights
- Advising ATCO on the early stage design and engineering for a potential clean hydrogen project near Fort Saskatchewan, which it is proposing in collaboration with Suncor Energy.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Shawn Munro, Ashley White