Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers
30 | LNG
Liteplo, Jonathan M.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(604) 631-4994
jliteplo@fasken.com
Mr. Liteplo is a leading
energy law practitioner
who represents clients
in the electricity, oil
and gas, water and
wastewater industries
in obtaining facilities,
environmental, land
use planning, import/
export and tariff-related
regulatory approvals.
Lenz, QC, Kenneth T.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3317
lenzk@bennettjones.
com
Mr. Lenz's practice
focuses on
managing corporate
reorganization in
both solvent and
insolvent situations.
He has signifi cant
experience in special
situations involving
shareholder disputes,
class proceedings and
claims against directors
and officers.
Lewis, Gregory D.
Bull, Housser &
Tupper LLP
(604) 641-4923
gdl@bht.com
Mr. Lewis, who Chairs
the fi rm's Business
Department, focuses
on commercial
transactions and
fi nancings in energy,
infrastructure and other
sectors. His experience
includes hydro, co-
generation and LNG
projects and public-
private partnerships.
Lissoir, Luc
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP
(514) 392-9571
luc.lissoir@gowlings.
com
Mr. Lissoir focuses
on P3s, project
fi nancing, PE and
infra funds, as well as
M&A, securities, and
corporate counselling
to international infra
developers and
major Canadian and
international fi nancial
institutions.
Lever, David A.N.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(416) 601-7655
dlever@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Lever leads the
fi rm's Power and
Infrastructure Groups.
He focuses on PPPs,
project and corporate
fi nance, and M&A
relating to energy and
infrastructure projects.
He acts for developers,
investors and lenders
on projects in Canada
and the US.
Liakopoulos,
Gregory A.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3023
liakopoulosg@
bennettjones.com
Mr. Liakopoulos
advises on commercial
real estate matters,
including power
projects, development
(condominium,
office, industrial and
retail), commercial
lending, acquisitions
and leasing (office,
industrial and retail).
having their projects blocked if they fail to properly secure
consent from Aboriginal communities. Even prior govern-
ment approvals for development could be reversed in court.
"In fact the Supreme Court was clear about this," explains
McIvor. " ere is one paragraph in the judgment where the
court said to avoid these kinds of risks government and indi-
viduals – which would include companies – should be go-
ing out there and trying to get First Nation consent for their
projects before they proceed, period. at is the best way to
get certainty."
While many legal experts have said the SCC ruling
should benefi t industry by giving it more clarity about how
to achieve consent with Aboriginal stakeholders, it may also
increase the risk of lawsuits and will certainly increase the
workload of companies trying to secure project consent from
native bands. at could make the LNG industry more skit-
tish about Canada and look to countries like Mozambique,
where, recently, there have been huge natural gas discoveries
and there are far fewer regulatory hurdles.
"I don't think we currently know the full implications of
that decision for existing production or the ability to put in
more pipelines, or more processing capacity and the ability
