Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers
Keizer, Charles
Torys LLP
(416) 865-7512
ckeizer@torys.com
Mr. Keizer's domestic
and international
infrastructure and
energy practice
focuses on
administrative and
corporate/commercial
law in the energy
sectors, and includes
project development
and regulatory matters
for sector participants.
Keough, Loyola G.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3429
keoughl@
bennettjones.com
Mr. Keough is a partner
in the fi rm's Regulatory
Department. He has
particular experience
in oil, gas, electricity,
LNG, rates, facilities
and environmental
matters. His clients
include utilities,
pipelines, buyers,
producers, shippers
and banks.
Kirby, C.W. Daniel
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6661
dkirby@osler.com
Mr. Kirby's
environmental law
practice engages
transmission lines
and renewable energy.
His experience extends
to environmental
approvals and
assessments,
commercial
transactions, emissions
trading and corporate
governance.
Kent, Andrew J.F.
McMillan LLP
(416) 865-7160
andrew.kent@
mcmillan.ca
Mr. Kent practises
fi nance and
restructuring serving
as National Co-Chair,
Financial Services
and Restructuring,
and as CEO of
McMillan LLP. He is
highly ranked in many
leading directories
and has been named
one of Canada's most
infl uential lawyers.
King, Richard J.
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6626
rking@osler.com
Mr. King advises clients
on commercial and
regulatory matters
related to power project
development, power
trading and utility
regulation, as well as
the duty to consult
Aboriginal groups
regarding large natural
resource projects.
Kolibar, Daniel G.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(403) 232-9559
dkolibar@blg.com
Mr. Kolibar's domestic
and cross-border
securities, capital
markets and corporate
law practice extends
to equity and debt
fi nancings, M&A
and governance.
He advises on stock
exchange listings,
public and private
offerings, and
take-overs.
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they are a little bit more expensive to develop than in other
parts of the world, are abundant."
With an estimated 1,965 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of
gas-in-place in BC – among the richest in North America
– "Canada continues to look like a true leader," says Valen-
tine. But those aren't the only metrics in our favour. Canada,
he adds, has energy sophistication, a strong desire to export
LNG and federal and provincial governments working hard
to make an LNG industry happen.
"We have been exporting energy for the better part of a
century," says Valentine, who does legal work for Kitimat
LNG, the fi rst project likely to be completed on the west
coast. "And on that basis we do it well.... e government
of Canada, the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia,
they know that they need to fi nd a customer for their natu-
ral gas. So all the regulatory, administrative and bureaucratic
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