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Reid, David A. Cox & Palmer
(902) 491-4131 dreid@coxandpalmer.com
Mr. Reid provides corporate, commercial and regulatory advice to major oil &
gas projects, exploration and production companies, government and renew-
able energy projects including wind and tidal generation. His experience
includes acquisitions of energy service companies in Atlantic Canada and
Alberta, negotiation of service agreements and the development of the Play
Fairway Analysis for offshore Nova Scotia.
Rautenberg, L. Alan Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-2067 rautenberga@bennettjones.com
Mr. Rautenberg provides tax planning advice for domestic and cross-border
investment, mergers & acquisitions, debt & equity financing, reorganizations
and securities offerings. He acts for public corporations, large, closely held
companies and private-equity funds.
Pritchard, Andrew Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(613) 780-8607 andrew.pritchard@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Pritchard practises corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on
energy-related projects including real estate, land use and development and
regulatory matters. He has extensive experience in acquisitions, dispositions,
financings and development of energy projects, including the structuring
of ownership and management projects.
Prete, Jana Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-4478 pretej@bennettjones.com
Ms. Prete, a partner in the firm's Energy practice, advises clients on corporate
commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and energy-related mat-
ters, including conventional and non-conventional oil & gas, electricity and wind.
She negotiates and drafts asset and share purchase and sale agreements, joint-
venture agreements, project agreements, and other industry-specific agreements.
Piasta, John E. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3333 piastaj@bennettjones.com
Mr. Piasta is Co-head of Corporate Finance and M&A at Bennett Jones and
his practice focuses on securities law, commercial transactions, corporate
finance and M&A. He acts for issuers and agents/underwriters on private and
public debt and equity offerings, including cross-border financings,
and in connection with domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
Peterson, Darrell R. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3316 petersond@bennettjones.com
Mr. Peterson's practice focuses principally on transactions for natural resource
industry participants, including companies engaged in oil and gas exploration
and production, midstream activities, upgrading and refining, and oilfield ser-
vices. He has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures;
equity and debt financings; and private-equity investments.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
heavy oil exploration and production company
with production primarily from conventional,
steam assisted gravity drainage and enhanced oil
recovery heavy crude oil projects.
Bennett Jones LLP represented BlackPearl
Resources Inc. with a team that included Re-
nee Ratke, Kahlan Mills, Eric Chernin and
Jordan Primeau (M&A/Corporate), Darcy
Moch and Anu Nijhawan (Tax), Denise Bright
(Financial Services), Beth Riley (Competi-
tion), Justin Lambert (Litigation) and John
Batzel (Employment).
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP was legal
counsel for the acquirer, International Petro-
leum Corporation. eir team included Dan
McLeod, Markus Viirland, Peter O'Callaghan,
Kris Simard, Mike Proudfoot and Valerie Si-
mion (M&A/Corporate), Nancy Diep and
Monica Cheng (Tax), Julie Soloway and Fra-
ser Malcolm (Competition), Vanessa Williams
(Litigation) and Birch Miller and de Lobe
Lederman (Employment).
INNERGEX ACQUIRES 62%
INTEREST IN FIVE WIND
FARMS FROM TRANSCANADA
FOR $620M
On October 24, 2018, Innergex Renewable
Energy Inc. completed the acquisition of the
62% undivided co-ownership participation of
TransCanada Corporation in five wind energy
farms in Quebec ("Cartier Wind Farms"), as
well as TransCanada's 50% interest in the op-
erating entities of the Cartier Wind Farms, for
approximately $620 million. Innergex already
owned the remaining interests in the Cartier
Wind Farms and its operating entities. e
transaction will increase Innergex's net capac-
ity by 366MW.
In connection with the acquisition, Innergex
has obtained two short-term credit facilities of
$400 million and $228 million to cover the pur-
chase price and transaction costs in its entirety.
Innergex is a global renewable energy company
that develops, acquires, owns and operates run-
of-river hydroelectric facilities, wind farms, solar
photovoltaic farms and geothermal power gen-
eration plants.
TransCanada is a leading developer and opera-
tor of North American energy infrastructure in-
cluding natural gas and liquids pipelines, power
generation and gas storage facilities.
Innergex was represented by an in-house legal
team led by Nathalie éberge, Vice President
– Corporate Legal Affairs and Secretary, that
included Anabela Sousa, senior paralegal and
by McCarthy Tétrault LLP with a team that in-
cluded Marc Dorion, Philippe Fortier, Hadrien
Montagne and Isabelle Nazon (Corporate),
