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Perry, Chrysten E. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(403) 266-9010 cperry@stikeman.com
Ms. Perry is Managing Partner of the Calgary office and Co-head of the Energy
Group. She has over 30 years' experience practising corporate, commercial
and mergers and acquisitions law related to oil and gas projects, spanning
several industry sectors including conventional petroleum and natural gas,
LNG, NGLs, heavy oil, shale and coal-bed methane.
Paul, Sacha R. Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
(204) 934-2571 srp@tdslaw.com
Mr. Paul practises primarily in the areas of Indigenous law and civil litigation
with an emphasis on business development on Indigenous territory. He is
a member of the Manitoba, Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories Law
Societies. He has taught at the University of Manitoba Law School in the past.
Osler, William S. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3426 oslerw@bennettjones.com
Mr. Osler's practice includes securities law and M&A, commercial trans-
actions and corporate governance, with a particular focus on the energy
sector. He has significant experience in IPOs and other public offerings for
issuers and underwriters, as well as Canadian and international take-over
bids and plans of arrangement, corporate reorganizations, divestitures,
joint ventures and partnerships.
Olynyk, John M. Lawson Lundell LLP
(403) 781-9472 jolynyk@lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Olynyk advises oil sands developers, renewable energy developers,
railways, mining and forestry companies, utilities and clients on environ-
mental and regulatory matters and on Indigenous law matters, including
consultations with Indigenous groups, negotiation of cooperation protocols
and impact benefit agreements, ESTMA reporting requirements and related
commercial and property tax matters.
O'Leary, Dean A. FARRIS LLP
(604) 661-9316 doleary@farris.com
Mr. O'Leary's practice focuses on commercial transactions in a variety of
industry sectors including energy and infrastructure. His experience includes
reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures, power supply arrangements,
power project financing and development and power project-related commer-
cial and real estate matters, including expropriations.
Nixon, Christopher W. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(403) 266-9017 cnixon@stikeman.com
Mr. Nixon is a partner in the Corporate Group and Head of the China Group.
His practice focuses on business law, with an emphasis on mergers and
acquisitions, corporate finance, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations
and corporate governance.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
Infrastructure with a core team led by Jonathan
See, Jake Irwin and Isabel Henkelman that in-
cluded Cameron Belsher, Robert Richardson,
Scott Bergen and Nicole Chiarelli, and including
Patrick McCay and Yaroslavna Nosikova (Tax),
Ian Mak and Noel Chow (Financial Services),
Sarit Pandya and Andrejs Mistiouk (Real Prop-
erty and Planning), Catherine Samuel, Andrew
Armstrong, Shauvik Shah, Paulina Bogdanova
and Andrea Schneider (Corporate), Oliver Borg-
ers and Jonathan Bitran (Competition/Anti-
trust), George Vegh and Heloise Apestéguy-Reux
(Energy Regulatory), Joanna Rosengarten (En-
vironmental), Adam Ship and Paul Kunynetz
(Franchise and Distribution), Nancy Carroll
(Insurance), Trevor Lawson, Patrick Pengelly and
Matthew Demeo (Labour and Employment),
Ana Badour (Regulatory), Eric Block and Kosta
Kalogiros (Litigation), Deron Waldock and
Kelleher Lynch (Pensions and Benefits), John
Boscariol and Robert Glasgow (Trade) and Ryan
Prescott (Technology and Intellectual Property).
White & Case LLP advised Brookfield Infra-
structure in the US with a team that included
Oliver Brahmst, Samuel Raboy and Adam Cieply
(Corporate), and Binoy Dharia and Shana White
(Financial Services).
Enercare was led in-house by John Toffoletto,
Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and
Corporate Secretary with a team that included
Chelsea Provencher, Senior Legal Counsel and
Monique Lampard, Legal Counsel. Enercare
was advised by Davies Ward Phillips & Vine-
berg LLP with a team that included Bill Ainley,
Brett Seifred, Ha Nguyen and Todd Wierenga
(Corporate/M&A), Anita Banicevic and David
Feldman (Competition) and Paul Lamarre (Tax).
e acquisition was financed, in part, through
a new credit facility entered into between Brook-
field Infrastructure and a syndicate of lenders
and the Toronto-Dominion Bank ("TD Bank"),
as administrative agent and as issuing bank. TD
Bank was advised by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a
team that included Craig Mitchell, Kelly Nieber-
gall and Laura Von Heynitz.
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORP.
ACQUIRES BLACKPEARL
RESOURCES INC.
On December 14, 2018, International Petroleum
Corporation (IPC) completed its acquisition of
BlackPearl Resources Inc. (BlackPearl) by way of a
share exchange pursuant to a plan of arrangement
under the Canada Business Corporations Act with
a value of approximately $675 million. e trans-
action combines IPC, an international oil and
gas exploration and production company with a
portfolio of assets located in Canada, Malaysia
and Europe and BlackPearl, a Canadian-based
