Canada - Canada • Energy and natural resources
Dentons
Dentons’ strong skill sets in the midstream, CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) and petrochemical sectors continues to pay dividends and the team is routinely engaged to handle major development projects for multinational energy clients. Among its recent highlights in this space, department co-head and transactional specialist George Antonopoulos is spearheading the group’s advice to Enbridge on the corporate, commercial and regulatory aspects of its proposed multibillion-dollar CCUS project. The Calgary-based team also draws on experienced counsel Michael Hurst, who is noted for transactional work, as well as regulatory experts Bernard J. Roth and Laura K. Estep.
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Key clients
- Enbridge
- Pembina Pipeline Corporation
- Kingston Midstream (formerly Tundra Energy Marketing)
- Cenovus Energy
- Enhance Energy
- BP Canada Energy Group
- Suncor Energy
- Syncrude Canada
- Shell Canada
- PETRONAS Canada
- Carbon Engineering
- ERCE
- Saturn Oil and Gas
- IPC Canada
Work highlights
- Advising BMO Capital Markets, as the agent, on a project-finance style offering of approximately C$865.2m of fixed-rate senior secured amortizing bonds.
- Advising Enbridge on all corporate, commercial and regulatory aspects of its proposed Carbon Capture Utilization Storage project.
- Advising the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Inter Pipeline on its response to an unsolicited takeover bid by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, involving an auction process that concluded with Brookfield increasing its offer at a valuation of approximately C$15bn.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michael Hurst, George Antonopoulos, Bernard J. Roth