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Smellie, James H.
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP
(403) 298-1816
james.smellie@
gowlings.com
Mr. Smellie's practice
focuses on energy
regulatory matters,
administrative law
and litigation. With
extensive experience
before federal and
provincial regulatory
tribunals, he has
represented a wide
range of stakeholders
in the energy industry.
Smith, QC, Lawrence
E. (Laurie)
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3315
smithl@bennettjones.
com
Mr. Smith is former
fi rm vice-chair/founder
of the regulatory
department. He acts
for utilities, pipeline/
LNG projects before
federal and provincial
regulators and all levels
of court including the
SCC. Has testifi ed as
an expert witness in
Canada/US.
Spector, Charles R.
Dentons Canada LLP
(514) 878-8847
charles.spector@
dentons.com
Mr. Spector's wide-
ranging transactional
practice includes a
focus on energy and oil
and gas. His expertise
embraces public and
private corporate and
project fi nancing,
including private power
project fi nancing;
M&A; and corporate
governance.
Smith, Crawford G.
Torys LLP
(416) 865-8209
csmith@torys.com
Mr. Smith has a
broad litigation and
regulatory practice.
His energy practice
involves economic
issues in multi-party
litigation and frequent
appearances before
the Energy Board at
hearings regarding
rate regulation
and demand-side
management.
Smitheman, Neal J.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(416) 868-3441
nsmitheman@fasken.
com
Mr. Smitheman's civil
and criminal litigation
practice includes
representation in
toxic tort cases, and
under the Competition
Act, Environmental
Protection Act, Ontario
Water Resources
Act, Fisheries Act,
Electricity Act and
Atomic Energy Act.
Spencer, David A.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-2054
spencerd@
bennettjones.com
Mr. Spencer's practice
focuses on M&A and
Corporate Finance.
Representative
experience includes
acting for Flint
Energy Services in its
acquisition by URS
for $1.2 billion and for
SMART Technologies
on its $660-million
cross-border IPO.
standing common shares of Renegade for approximately
$495 million.
Renegade was represented by Burnet, Duckworth &
Palmer LLP with a team including Jay Reid, P.L. Tetley and
Jonathan Hudolin (securities); Jody Wivcharuk (competi-
tion), Gina Ross (employment) and Kirk Lamb (tax).
Spartan was represented by McCarthy Tétrault LLP with
a team including Sony Gill, Wilson Acton and Scott Bergen
(securities); Oliver Borgers and Jonathan Bitran (competi-
tion); Ben Aberant (employment) and T.J. Kang and Brian
O'Neill (tax).
BLUEARTH RENEWABLES ACQUIRES
GOODLIGHT SOLAR POWER PROJECT
FROM CANADIAN SOLAR SOLUTIONS
Closing date: August 19, 2014
A subsidiary of BluEarth Renewables Inc. acquired the
GoodLight solar power project, a 10-megawatt AC solar
power plant located in the town of Kawartha Lakes, On-
tario, from Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc.
The value of the power plant was over $66 million.
This acquisition is the second of four planned solar proj-
ects being acquired by BluEarth Renewables Inc. from Ca-
nadian Solar Inc.
BluEarth Renewables was represented by Blake, Cas-
sels & Graydon LLP with a team consisting of Scott
Clarke, Mark Johnson and Britt Tan (corporate and
M&A); and Nick Tropak and Cameron Siempelkamp
(financial services).
Canadian Solar was represented by Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
with a team consisting of Michael Slan, Karen Rosen and
Marnie Taylor (corporate and banking); Daliah Szechtman
(real estate) and Yadira Flores (regulatory).
JOURNEY ENERGY COMPLETES
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
AND SECONDARY OFFERING
Closing date: June 19, 2014
Journey Energy Inc. completed an initial public offering of
14 million of its common shares and a secondary offering
by Infra-PSP Partners Inc. (selling shareholder) of 2.5 mil-
lion common shares (collectively, the Offering) at a price
of $12 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of
$198 million.
The offering was made through a syndicate of underwrit-
ers co-led by BMO Capital Markets and CIBC and includ-
ing Peters & Co. Limited, Cormark Securities Inc., FirstEn-
ergy Capital Corp., RBC Capital Markets, TD Securities
Inc., and AltaCorp Capital Inc.
Journey was represented by Stikeman Elliott LLP as to
matters of Canadian law, with a team including Chipman
Johnston, Brad Squibb, Amanda Coen and Alice Davidson
(corporate) and Julie D'Avignon (tax); and by Dorsey &
Whitney LLP as to matters of US law with a team includ-
ing Dan Miller (corporate).
The selling shareholder was represented by Norton Rose
Fulbright Canada LLP, with a team including Justin Fer-
rara, Jason Giborski and Elizabeth von Engelbrechten (cor-
porate) and Dion Legge (tax); and by Blake, Cassels & Gray-
don LLP with a team including Scott Clarke.
The underwriters were represented by Norton Rose Ful-
