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ENERGY - OIL & GAS Donald G. Davies Don Davies practices energy law with a focus on regulatory and litigation and is Chair of the firm's regulatory practice group. For more than 25 years, he has represented oil & gas producers, pipeline companies, and industry organizations in proceedings before the National Energy Board. He has acted for both proponents and intervenors in respect to applications for the approval of pipeline facilities and for the determination of pipeline tolls and tariffs. His cases involve complex environmental, Aboriginal, constitutional, jurisdictional, economic and financial issues. Davies has experience before the Alberta energy regulators, including the Energy Resources Conservation Board and the Alberta Utilities Commission. He has acted for proponents of various energy projects, including oil sands developments, pipelines, power plants, and well and field facilities. He represents clients in regulatory proceedings relating to electrical power facilities and utility rates and services. Cited by The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global and Who's Who Legal. Norton Rose Canada LLP Tel: (403) 267-8183 Fax: (403) 264-5973 Calgary G T F don.davies@nortonrose.com Shawn H.T. Denstedt, QC Partner in the Litigation Department and Co-chair of the firm's Environmental Practice Group. Practice focuses on environmental, regulatory and Aboriginal law issues on behalf of energy, mining, chemical, forestry and agrifood companies. Appears before the ERCB, NEB, OEB, EAB and Federal Environmental Assessment Joint Review Panels. Has represented clients in development of multi-billion-dollar energy projects (sour gas, coalbed methane, oil sands, offshore), as well as mining, refining and upgrading projects. Represents clients on all aspects of environmental assessment and regulatory approvals, environmental offences, environmental policies and environmental due diligence systems. Also advises clients on Aboriginal rights issues and has negotiated various impact benefits agreements with First Nations and Métis settlements. Has advised governments on the development of environmental and health and safety laws. Member of the LSA, LSUC, CBA and the CCEAM. Admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1989 and the Ontario Bar in 1993. He received the designation of Queen's Counsel in 2010. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (403) 260-7088 Fax: (403) 260-7024 Calgary T sdenstedt@osler.com Robert P. Desbarats, QC Partner in the firm's Business Law Department with considerable experience in commercial transactions related to the oil, gas and power generation industries, including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate financing and the preparation and interpretation of contracts. Past President of CPLF, member of LSUC, ALS and CBA. Rated a most frequently recommended practitioner in Energy (Oil & Gas) by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory annually since 1997. Rated as a "leading individual" in the energy and natural resources area by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business annually since 2000. Rated as a leading individual in the energy and utilities area by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook since 2007 (and its predecessor, Global Counsel 3000, from 2001 to 2006) and Who's Who Legal from 2006 to the present. Admitted to the Bars of Alberta and Ontario (1976). Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (403) 260-7015 Fax: (403) 260-7024 Calgary T F rdesbarats@osler.com Robert J. Engbloom, QC Norton Rose Canada LLP Tel: (403) 267-9405 Fax: (403) 264-5973 Calgary Practicing primarily M&A, corporate and securities law, Bob Engbloom acts for a broad range of businesses generally and on transactional matters. Engbloom is lead counsel on a wide variety of significant transactions and has extensive experience on mergers & acquisitions, reorganizations and related-party transactions. Engbloom regularly advises boards of directors and special committees on both governance matters and substantive transactions. Although Engbloom's practice is primarily in the natural resources and energy areas, including considerable experience in the oil sands and renewable energy sectors, he acts for a number of clients and on transactions in other industries as well. Lexpert® identifies Engbloom as a leading lawyer in Banking, Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, and Energy (Oil & Gas). Engbloom has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 in the areas of corporate, M&A and securities and by Chambers Global in the area of corporate/M&A. Engbloom led the Norton Rose Canada team acting for Petro-Canada in its merger with Suncor, valued at $55 billion. robert.engbloom@nortonrose.com 100 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 100 13-05-23 12:15 PM T F