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Keough, Loyola G. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3429 keoughl@bennettjones.com
Mr. Keough is a partner in the firm's Regulatory Department. He has particu-
lar experience in oil, gas, electricity, LNG, rates, facilities and environmental
matters. His clients include utilities, pipelines, buyers, producers, shippers
and banks.
Kennedy, Jennifer K. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(403) 267-8188 jennifer.kennedy@nortonrosefulbright.com
Ms. Kennedy's practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters,
with a focus on public and private financings, mergers & acquisitions, corporate
reorganizations and related-party transactions. She has acted for issuers,
selling shareholders, independent committees of boards of directors and
investment dealers in a variety of debt and equity capital market transactions.
Keen, Matthew Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(604) 641-4913 matthew.keen@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Keen is an energy and environmental lawyer whose practice spans the
interrelated areas of energy regulation (including tolls and tariffs, and project
development), environmental assessment, environmental permitting and
compliance, and Indigenous law. He regularly appears before a variety
of tribunals on behalf of clients, and leads our national power team.
Junger, Robin M. McMillan LLP
(778) 329-7523 robin.junger@mcmillan.ca
Mr. Junger advises clients on environmental, Aboriginal and regulatory matters,
and has helped proponents of energy, infrastructure and other major projects
secure approvals. He previously served as BC's Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines
& Petroleum Resources, Chair of the BC Oil & Gas Commission, head of the BC
Environmental Assessment Office and a Provincial Chief Treaty Negotiator.
Johnston, Chip Stikeman Elliott LLP
(403) 266-9020 cjohnston@stikeman.com
Mr. Johnston is a partner in Stikeman Elliott's Calgary office. His practice fo-
cuses on M&A and equity financings. He has particular expertise representing
US-based entities in their acquisitions and operations in Canada. His practice
provides a unique service offering within Stikeman Elliott, ensuring that the
firm can represent energy clients in all stages of their growth.
Johnson, QC, Kevin E. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(403) 267-8250 kevin.johnson@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Johnson's practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters,
acting for a variety of participants in capital markets transactions. He has
acted for issuers, selling shareholders, independent committees of boards
of directors and investment dealers in public and private offerings of securities,
related-party transactions, corporate reorganizations and mergers
& acquisitions.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
opposed to substantive and concrete ways to
improve the regulatory process."
Although Marie Buchinski, a partner in the
Calgary office of Bennett Jones LLP, said she be-
lieves some changes were required, she adds Bill
69 "has some real, significant implications for
Canadian energy projects." e impetus to cre-
ate "a modern environmental and regulatory re-
view process that [is] inclusive and open and that
will get good resource projects built, is the tail-
wind driving the proposed legislation." But she
is concerned that the Bill "has the real potential
to create regulatory headwinds for projects going
through the development stage."
Although the Bill proposes quicker legislated
timelines for the government to make decisions
on major projects — the current maximum of
365 days for assessments led by the review agency
would drop to 300 and the current maximum
of 720 days for assessments led by a review panel
would be 600 days — there is no guarantee the
process will actually be faster, says Martin Igna-
siak, a partner in the Regulatory, Environmental,
Aboriginal and Land practice at Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP.
"e government has hung its hat on the
timelines," he says. "e reality is that the time-
lines in many cases are extended and under this
proposed legislation there is an ability to extend
them. For example, the timelines stop when the
proponent is providing information. And what
we have seen recently on a number of projects is
that a regulator would review the material filed
and then submit an information request, which
may take several months to respond to. ey
[might] provide 50 [or as many as] 300 informa-
tion requests. I don't think the timelines will
shorten the review periods. I think that in reality
they will get longer."
Matthew Keen, a partner in the Vancouver
office of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP,
