12 | REGULATION Lexpert Special Edition
DeLuca, Frank A.
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
(416) 642-7475
fdeluca@casselsbrock.com
Mr. DeLuca's M&A,
corporate fi nance and
governance practice
encompasses public
and private purchase
and sale agreements,
advising issuers and
under writers on raising
capital, JVs and advising
on corporate governance.
Desbarats, QC,
Robert P.
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(403) 260-7015
rdesbarats@osler.com
Mr. Desbarats advises
Canadian, US and foreign
clients on complex
domestic and cross-border
energy transactions. His
experience engages the
oil and gas and power
generation sectors, and the
purchase and sale of energy
assets and companies.
Drance, Jonathan S.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(604) 631-1361
jdrance@stikeman.com
Mr. Drance is a consultant
to Stikeman Elliott. His
specializations include
project development and
fi nancing, including various
activities in M&A and the
capital markets. From 2008
to 2010, Mr. Drance served
on the Board of BC Hydro.
Denstedt, QC,
Shawn H.T.
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(403) 260-7088
sdenstedt@osler.com
Mr. Denstedt practises
environmental, regulator y
and Aboriginal law in
the energy, mining and
chemical areas. He appears
regularly before provincial
and federal tribunals and
is co-lead of the fi rm's
Asian energy initiative.
Dorion, QC,
AdE, Marc
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(418) 521-3007
mdorion@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Dorion co-heads
the fi rm's Energy and
Infrastructure groups. He
advises companies and
lending institutions in
relation to development,
fi nancing, construction and
operation of projects in the
energy, infrastructure and
natural resources sectors.
Dubé, Georges
Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-7446
dubeg@bennettjones.com
Mr. Dubé has extensive
experience in public
market corporate fi nance
and M&A transactions
in the domestic and
cross-border context in
a number of industries,
particularly mining, real
estate and technology.
LEXPERT
®
RANKED LAWYERS
Jeff Whyte/shutterstock.com
PONDERING M&A? THERE'S AN INCREASINGLY
POWERFUL PLAYER AT THE TABLE: CANADIAN
REGULATORS BY ANTHONY DAVIS
REGULATORS TAKE
CENTRE STAGE
