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Sebastiano, Rocco M. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5859 rsebastiano@osler.com
Mr. Sebastiano, also a professional engineer, is Co-Chair of Osler's Energy
Group. His practice concentrates on engineering, procurement, construction,
development, project financing, operation, maintenance and other energy
project matters. He has advised on major projects such as Maritime Link,
Lower Mattagami, Bruce Nuclear Refurbishment, York Energy Centre,
East Windsor Cogen and South Kent Wind.
Schyven, Melissa Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5232 mschyven@stikeman.com
Ms. Schyven is a partner in the Real Estate, Energy-Power and Banking
& Finance Groups. Her practice includes a variety of commercial real estate
and financing transactions. She acts for developers and lenders with
respect to power generation matters, with a focus on renewable energy
and project finance.
Sanderson, QC, Chris W. Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9183 csanderson@lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Sanderson focuses on regulation and government relations regarding
project development and transportation infrastructure primarily in the energy
sector. Clients include utilities, pipelines, shippers and governments. He
has appeared frequently before diverse energy regulators and at all levels of
Courts including the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a Director of BC Hydro
and Power Authority.
Sadikman, Jacob Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-4931 jsadikman@osler.com
Mr. Sadikman's practice focuses on commercial aspects of the electricity
sector, specializing in renewable energy. He advises clients on power genera-
tion projects and related assets across multiple technologies and on other
electricity infrastructure across Canada. He also maintains a specialty advis-
ing on regulatory aspects of commodities and derivatives trading
and marketplace matters.
Ruby, Peter D. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4184 pruby@goodmans.ca
Mr. Ruby's energy practice focuses on energy-related proceedings before the
courts, including the SCC, the arbitration of private disputes among energy
players and matters before the OEB and other provincial regulators regarding
generation, transmission and distribution issues. Has acted for the Canadian
Electricity Association and represented electricity utilities and renewable
energy developers.
Roth, Robert R. Dentons Canada LLP
(780) 423-7228 robert.roth@dentons.com
Mr. Roth advises power generation, transmission, oil & gas, and oilfield ser-
vice clients on planning, structuring and implementing acquisition, divestiture
and mergers; project, joint venture and other commercial agreements;
and governance and policy. He is the Canada National Partner, Strategic
Transactions and Commercial Development.
increased from $225 million to $700 million.
With the acquisition, Innergex is now the larg-
est independent renewable energy producer in
British Columbia and among the largest in Can-
ada. e acquisition will also enable Innergex to
leverage Alterra's US development expertise and
expand its presence in the US market, as well as
Canada, Latin America and Europe. e acqui-
sition also brings Innergex an extensive pipeline
of prospective projects in preliminary stages or in
progress, with an estimated net capacity of more
than 5,000 MW.
Innergex was represented by an in-house
team led by Nathalie éberge, Vice-President -
Corporate Legal Affairs and Secretary, and was
supported by McCarthy Tétrault LLP with
a team led by Philippe Fortier and Hadrien
Montagne that included Marc Dorion, Patrick
Boucher, Sven Milelli, Morgan Troke, Xin Gao
and omas Etienne (corporate), Ryley Men-
nie (labour & employment), Cameron Whyte
and Parisa Gerami (real property & planning),
Angelo Discepola (tax), François Dupuis (litiga-
tion) and Selina Lee-Andersen (environmental).
McCarthy Tétrault LLP, with a team led by
Richard O'Doherty, also advised Innergex on the
financing of the acquisition.
Alterra was represented by an in-house team
led by Shannon Webber, General Counsel of
Alterra, and was supported by Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP with a team led by Fred Pletcher
that included Kent Kufeldt, Tom Ladner and
Lauren DeGoey (securities and capital markets),
Randy Morphy and Danielle Lewchuk (tax),
Steve Warnett and Gordon Johnson (litigation),
and Subrata Bhattacharjee and Denes Roths-
child (competition).
e special committee of Alterra was advised
by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team
led by Bob Wooder that included Riley Graydon.
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORP.
ACQUIRES ASSETS FROM
CENOVUS ENERGY INC.
On January 5, 2018, International Petroleum
Corp. (IPC) closed the previously announced
acquisition of oil & natural gas assets in the Suff-
ield and Alderson areas of southern Alberta from
Cenovus Energy Inc. (Cenovus), an integrated
Canadian oil company, for $512 million plus ad-
ditional deferred contingent amounts of up to
$36 million. IPC is a publicly traded (TSX and
Nasdaq First North) international oil and gas ex-
ploration and production company with a port-
folio of assets located in Europe and South East
Asia. e Lundin family is IPC's major share-
holder. is is IPC's first acquisition in Canada.
IPC was represented in-house by its General
Counsel Jeffrey Fountain and externally by Bur-
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