4 | Ranked Lawyers
Abdel-Aziz, Ahab
Heenan Blaikie LLP
(416) 643-6929
aabdelaziz@
heenan.ca
Ainley, William M.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5509
wainley@dwpv.com
Mr. Abdel-Aziz,
partner, leads multidisciplinary legal and
consulting teams
serving the nuclear
industry, utilities
and governments in
program development,
deal structuring,
regulatory and
technical risk
management and
dispute resolution.
Mr. Ainley has been
lead counsel for
bidders and target
boards in many of
Canada's largest,
most complex
public company
M&A transactions,
and has advised
foreign purchasers
in numerous foreign
acquisitions of major
Canadian resource
companies.
Alexander, Jr.,
Frank C.
Dentons Canada LLP
(403) 268-3062
frank.alexander@
dentons.com
Mr. Alexander counsels
energy companies on
petroleum projects
worldwide including
government petroleum
contracts including
(PSCs), JOAs,
farmout agreements
and SPAs, study and
bid agreements, AMI
agreements, unitization
agreements and gas
sales agreements.
Allen, Michael S.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(604) 631-1346
mallen@
stikeman.com
Mr. Allen's project
finance practice
includes acting
for lenders and
borrowers on domestic
and international
transactions in the
PPPs/infrastructure,
energy, mining,
telecommunications
and forestry sectors.
Amato, David M.A.
Norton Rose
Fulbright Canada LLP
(416) 216-1861
david.amato@
nortonrosefulbright.
com
Mr. Amato counsels
foreign and domestic
financial institutions,
insurers and other
lenders in his corporate
finance practice. His
multijurisdictional
experience embraces
mine, project, cashflow, asset-based and
acquisition financings.
Armstrong,
Derrick R.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(403) 232-9430
darmstrong@blg.com
Mr. Armstrong's
securities
and corporate
practice focuses
on representing
international oil
and gas and public
companies. He is a
member of the TSX
Venture Exchange local
advisory committee.
He leads the regional
Securities and Capital
Markets Group.
INTRODUCING
Bennett, Michael J.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(403) 355-3832
michael.bennett@
nortonrosefulbright.
com
Mr. Bennett's clients
include oil and gas and
pipeline companies,
as well as issuers
and underwriters. His
corporate practice
embraces financings,
reorganizations,
M&A, securities,
take-over bids, plans
of arrangement and
governance matters.
Bergner, Keith B.
Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9119
kbergner@
lawsonlundell.com
Bertoldi, Linda L.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6647
lbertoldi@blg.com
Bigué, AdE, Ann
Dentons Canada LLP
(514) 878-8808
ann.bigue@
dentons.com
Mr. Bergner advises
private- and publicsector and government
clients on Aboriginal
law and regulatory
matters. He acts for
clients in industries
including oil and
gas, mining, hydroelectric generation
and transmission
and independent
power projects.
Ms. Bertoldi, leader of
the National Electricity
Markets Group, acts for
major clients on power
project development,
project financing,
M&A transactions
and distribution,
transmission and
infrastructure issues.
Rated Band 1 in
Chambers Global for
Energy: Power.
A former NEB
counsel, Ms. Bigué's
administrative,
constitutional and
regulatory law practice
includes an emphasis
on energy and natural
resources law. She
also provides advice on
Aboriginal and treaty
rights to corporate
clients in this context.
Block, QC,
Randall W.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(403) 232-9572
rblock@blg.com
Mr. Block's practice
emphasizes energy
litigation, arbitration
and regulatory
proceedings.
Representative matters
include joint operation
disputes, resource
ownership challenges,
corporate take-overs
and shareholder
actions. He is an
ACTL Fellow.
Bogaty, Jane
Dentons Canada LLP
(514) 878-5846
jane.bogaty@
dentons.com
Ms. Bogaty's domestic
and cross-border
financial services
practice involves a wide
variety of financings.
She advises corporate
borrowers, individual
lenders and lending
syndicates. She also
counsels equipment
manufacturers and
distributors.
