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ENERGY - OIL & GAS/FRANCHISING LAW R.J. (Jack) Thrasher, QC Experienced in international and domestic resource and infrastructure projects, M&A, joint ventures and reorganizations. Advised Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance on organization and structuring. Counsel to Total on strategic alliance with Suncor for Fort Hills, Joslyn and Voyageur projects. Counsel to Apache on acquisition of Canadian properties from BP Canada. Advised ConocoPhillips on sale of Syncrude interest to Sinopec and on formation with Encana of Canadian oil sands and US refining joint ventures. Project counsel to Hibernia Southern Extension, Hebron, Terra Nova, and Hibernia Development Projects, Grand Banks Regional Transportation System and East Coast Transportation System. Advised Shell Canada on Athabasca Oil Sands Project and Total on Surmont Oil Sands Project. Counsel to participants in Tangguh LNG Project and Sakhalin I Project. Recognized as a leading energy and commercial lawyer and named "Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (403) 260-7019 Fax: (403) 260-7024 Calgary jthrasher@osler.com C. Kemm Yates, QC Partner in the Calgary office practicing regulatory litigation and arbitration primarily relating to natural gas, oil and electricity industries. Represents energy utility, pipeline, producer and customer interests before the National Energy Board and provincial tribunals in diverse proceedings, involving licensing of facilities, determination of tolls and tariffs, and various financial, environmental, constitutional, jurisdictional and Aboriginal issues. Has been counsel or arbitrator in ADR proceedings relating to contractual issues, energy pricing, pipeline tariffs and asset evaluation. Member of LSA, CBA, EBA (US) and IBA. Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013; Chambers Global 2013; The 2013 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2012; 2012 PLC Which Lawyer?; The 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada. Best Lawyers "Calgary Energy Regulatory Lawyer of the Year" 2010. Alberta Bar 1974. BA McGill 1969. JD University of Toronto 1973. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (403) 260-9667 Fax: (403) 260-9700 Calgary kemm.yates@blakes.com FRANCHISING LAW Jennifer Dolman Litigation partner in Toronto office, cross-appointed to Franchise & Distribution Group and IP Department. BA from University of Toronto, 1986 and LLB from McGill University, 1989. After articling at Osler, clerked for the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court before returning to firm in 1992. Broad commercial litigation practice with emphasis on business-critical franchise and distribution disputes (including franchise class action defense), IP, defamation, employment and privacy matters. Expertise in injunctions to enforce covenants and protect confidential information. Appears before all levels of the Ontario and federal courts. Secretary of the OBA's Franchise Law Section. Frequent writer and speaker at franchise conferences. Recognized in the most recent editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada, International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers, and Who's Who Legal Canada. Selected as Franchise Times Legal Eagle from 2011–2013. Sits on Editorial Boards for ABA's Franchise Law Journal and LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert. Regular contributor to Financial Post's Franchise Focus blog. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-5911 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto jdolman@osler.com LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 103 D-00-Bios.indd 103 13-05-16 1:55 PM