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Wong, Tracy L.
Cox & Palmer
(506) 863-1137
twong@
coxandpalmer.com
Ms. Wong practises in
all areas of corporate
and commercial law,
commercial real estate
as well as focusing on
fi nancing and estate
planning. She is based
in Cox & Palmer's
Moncton, New
Brunswick, office.
Willis, Peter A.
McMillan LLP
(416) 865-7210
peter.willis@mcmillan.
ca
Mr. Willis's fi nance
practice emphasizes
PPPs, infrastructure,
project fi nance,
structured fi nance and
high-yield lending.
He has extensive
experience advising
consortia, arrangers,
lenders and other
participants in the
PPP sector.
Wilson, Paul C.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(604) 631-4748
pwilson@fasken.com
Mr. Wilson advises
oil and gas, power,
pipeline and other
energy-sector
companies regarding
energy agreements,
mergers and
acquisitions, project
development and
approvals, project
fi nancing, consultation
and business
agreements with
First Nations.
Willms, Charles F.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(604) 631-4789
cwillms@fasken.com
Mr. Willms's dispute
avoidance and
resolution practice
involves appearing
in courts, including
the SCC, tribunals
and arbitrations,
as well as energy
and transmission
projects, forestry,
mining, Aboriginal,
construction, CSR and
constitutional issues.
Wong, Richard G.C.
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6467
rwong@osler.com
Mr. Wong is the Chair
of Osler's Construction
& Infrastructure
Group, and enjoys
advising domestic
and international
owners and contractors
acquiring, developing,
and fi nancing power,
oil and gas, mining,
nuclear research
and other projects
in Canada.
Yates, QC, C. Kemm
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(403) 260-9667
kemm.yates@blakes.
com
Mr. Yates's energy
practice takes him to
regulatory tribunals,
courts and arbitrations.
He represents energy
pipelines, producers
and project developer
interests in facilities,
tolls, export licence and
judicial proceedings.
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on the exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted
to the underwriters.
The net proceeds from the offering will be used to fi-
nance development costs relating to Veresen's proposed
Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export terminal project
located in Oregon, to partially fund 2014 growth capital ex-
penditures relating to its renewable power projects currently
under construction, to reduce Veresen's outstanding indebt-
edness and for general corporate purposes.
The offering was made through a syndicate of underwrit-
ers co-led by Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc. and
CIBC World Markets Inc., which included RBC Capital
Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., BMO Capital Mar-
kets, HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Canaccord Genuity
Corp., FirstEnergy Capital Corp., Haywood Securities Inc.
and Peters & Co. Limited.
Veresen Inc. was represented by Kevan King, Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Autumn
Howell, senior legal counsel; and by Bennett Jones LLP
with a team led by Renee Ratke (capital markets), that in-
cluded Kahlan Mills and Tommy Wong (capital markets)
and Darcy Moch (tax).
The underwriters were represented by Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP with a team led by Dan McLeod (capital
markets), that included Alison Desipio and Perry Feldman
(capital markets) and Nancy Diep (tax).
CANADIAN NATURAL COMPLETES
US$1B NOTES OFFERING
Closing date: March 31, 2014
Canadian Natural Resources Limited completed US$1 bil-
lion notes offering comprising the issuance of US$500-
million principal amount of f loating rate notes due 2016
and US$500 million principal amount of 3.8 per cent
notes due 2024. The offering was conducted in the US
pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the short form
base shelf prospectus dated November 1, 2013, which
provides for the issuance of up to US$3 billion of debt se-
curities under the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system.
The offering was underwritten by a syndicate of under-
writers, with BofA Merrill Lynch, BNP PARIBAS and
J.P. Morgan as joint book-running managers.
Parlee McLaws LLP (Calgary) represented Canadian
Natural with a team including Nancy Penner (securities),
Tom Ryder (tax), Brenda Tsukishima (conflict of laws) and
Gordon Ragan (securities). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton
& Garrison LLP was US counsel to Canadian Natural with
a team including Andrew Foley, Alexis Fink and Emelia
Baack (corporate); David Sicular, Patrick Karsnitz and Jen-
na Harris (tax) and William O'Brien (environment).
Shearman & Sterling LLP represented the underwrit-
ers with a team composed of Jason Lehner, Kevin Rog-
gow, Bilal Choksi and Drew Valentine (capital markets);
Laurence Crouch and Joseph Tucci (tax) and Jeff Salin-
ger (environment).
ALTAGAS IDEMITSU JOINT
VENTURE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
ACQUIRES TWO-THIRDS
INTEREST IN PETROGAS
Closing date: March 1, 2014
AltaGas Idemitsu Joint Venture Limited Partnership (AI-
