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Warren, Robert B. WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5075 rwarren@weirfoulds.com
Mr. Warren is a recognized expert in the areas of regulatory advocacy and the
regulation of the energy sector. He has appeared as counsel in proceedings
before the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) and in appeals from decisions of the
OEB. He advises clients in both the public and private sectors on compliance
with energy sector regulations, and on best practices in matters of energy
sector governance.
Vogel, Grant Dentons Canada LLP
(780) 423-7272 grant.vogel@dentons.com
Mr. Vogel's practice includes a focus on public and private oilfield service
businesses in domestic and cross-border transactions. His expertise
embraces corporate commercial matters, M&A and financial services
for lenders and borrowers.
Vermeersch, Pam Gowling WLG
(905) 540-3247 pam.vermeersch@gowlingwlg.com
Ms. Vermeersch has a wide-ranging practice focused on M&A, corporate
and commercial law. Her experience includes advising on the acquisition
of a provider of nuclear products to the global health sciences market; advis-
ing on the potential sale of a nuclear power station in Canada; negotiating
supply, distribution and other commercial agreements; and advising
on community energy projects.
Umar-Khitab, Faran Gowling WLG
(416) 862-3582 faran.umar-khitab@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Umar-Khitab has an active M&A, corporate finance, corporate governance
and commercial law practice. He advises institutional investors, private
equity funds, venture capital funds and strategic purchasers on complex
investments, acquisitions and dispositions across a number of industries.
He also advises a number of TSX and TSXV-listed issuers and provides
general counsel services.
Turcotte, Maxime Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-2421 mturcotte@stikeman.com
Mr. Turcotte's energy practice focuses on advising clients in the context
of the development of energy projects, project finance and M&A and other
monetization opportunities, in particular on wind power and hydro projects.
Recent mandates include: Boralex Inc. in the acquisition of the economic
interest of ENERCON Canada Inc. for $232.4M in the 230MW Niagara Region
Wind Farm project.
Sutin, Richard S. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(416) 216-4821 richard.sutin@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Sutin handles capital market transactions and mergers & acquisitions
for private and publicly traded corporations, provides ongoing corporate
and securities law advice to issuers and financial intermediaries, advises
boards of directors and special board committees, and works closely
with technology start-ups.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
and Ledya Yohannes (corporate/securities) and
Jon Northup and Ken Saddington (tax). Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP served as US
counsel to Atlantic Power with a team that in-
cluded Craig Brod, Pam Marcogliese, Elizabeth
Chang, Arisa Manawapat and Matthew Munte-
an (corporate/securities) and Bill McRae, Kylie
Barza and Nawal Maalouf (tax).
e underwriters were represented in Canada
by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, with a team
that included Richard Turner, Brendan Reay,
Stefania Zilinskas and Jonathan York (securi-
ties) and Chris Van Loan and Casey Richardson-
Scott (tax). e underwriters were represented in
the US by Paul, Weiss, Riind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP, with a team that included Chris-
topher Cummings, Stephen Centa, Harrison
Cruikshank and ea Winterton-Perks (corpo-
rate/securities) and David Mayo (tax).
CENTRICA PLC COMPLETES
SALE OF ITS CANADIAN
E&P BUSINESS
On September 29, 2017, Centrica plc (Centrica)
and a certain state-owned enterprise (SOE)
completed the $722-million disposition of its
majority-owned Canadian oil and gas explora-
tion and production business by way of sale of
100 per cent of the partnership interests of CQ
Energy Canada Partnership. CQ Energy Canada
Partnership was a partnership between Direct
Energy Resources Partnership (60 per cent) and
an undisclosed body corporate (40 per cent).
e purchaser was Canlin Energy Corporation
(Canlin), a consortium of two Hong Kong-based
companies MIE Holdings Corp., Can-China
Global Resource Fund, and Geneva-based Mer-
curia Energy Group.
Centrica was represented by a legal team led by
Lisa McDowell, Vice President Legal, Centrica
Energy Canada, with assistance from Stikeman
Elliott LLP. e Stikeman Elliott team included
Fred Erickson, Kurtis Reed, Chris Nixon, Chrys-
ten Perry, Edie Gillespie and Brandon Leitch (en-
ergy M&A), Julie D'Avignon and Kevin Guen-
ther (tax), Geoffrey Holub and David Price (liti-
gation), Allison Sears (energy regulatory), Gary
Clarke, Kris Noonan, Cheryl Rea and Natasha
VandenHoven (employment) and Michael Kilby
(competition & foreign investment).
e SOE was represented by Wayne Fedun,
Ryan Keays (energy M&A), Dion Legge (tax),
Rujuta Patel (competition) and Bernette Ho
(employment) of Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP.
Canlin was represented by Toby Allan, Court-
ney Burton, Byron Reynolds, Kim Martyn (en-
ergy M&A), Barry Zalmanowitz (competition),
Sandy Walker (foreign investment), Dan Collins
