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Special Edition on Energy - Nov 2014

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54 | Big Deals at meetings held on Jan. 6, 2014, and by the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta pursuant to a sanction order granted on Jan. 9, 2014. The CCAA sanction order was recognized and given full effect in the United States pursuant to an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Dela- ware under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code granted on Jan. 10, 2014. The transaction completed on Jan. 31, 2014. Representation of Lone Pine throughout its restructuring was led by Charles Kraus, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, who was assisted by Bennett Jones LLP with a team including Chris Simard, Kevin Zych, Ken Lenz and Sean Zweig (restructuring and litigation); Colin Perry and Sandra Malcolm (corporate/securities); Pat Bren- nan, Helgi Maki and Jeremy Russell (banking); Anu Nijha- wan (tax) and Beth Riley (foreign investment and competi- tion) and Milos Barutciski (international trade). In the US, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA represented Lone Pine in the Chapter 15 proceedings and on matters of corporate law with a team including Mark Collins, Robert Stearn and Lee Kaufman (restructuring) and Stephen Big- ler (corporate). Lone Pine was also advised in the US by Vinson & Elkins LLP with a team including Shelley Barber and Jessica Ben- nett (corporate); Steven Abramowitz and Rebecca Petereit (restructuring); Steven Paradise (litigation), and Judy Blis- sard and Jim Meyer (tax); and by Kimberley Anderson and Dan Miller of Dorsey & Whitney LLP as special securities law counsel. Mark Gordon, Philip Mindlin and Gregory Pessin of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP provided in- dependent representation to Lone Pine's board of directors in connection with the restructuring. Goodmans LLP acted for the initial consenting note- holders party to the support and backstop agreements with a team including Robert Chadwick and Brendan O'Neill (restructuring); Tim Heeney, John Connon and Gail Jaffe (corporate and securities); Carrie Smit (tax), Joel Schachter (foreign investment) and Richard Annan (competition). Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP represented the initial consenting noteholders in the US with a team including Kristopher Hansen (restructuring), Jeffrey Lowenthal and Nicole Runyan (corporate and securities) and Jeffrey Uff- ner (tax). PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. served as court-appointed monitor of Lone Pine in the CCAA proceedings and was represented by McCarthy Tétrault LLP. The McCarthy Tétrault team was composed of Sean Collins, Walker Ma- cLeod, Pantelis Kyriakakis and Kelly Peters (restructuring); John Boscariol and Robert Glasgow (international trade); Robert Nearing (tax) and Wilson Acton (securities). Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP acted as US counsel to the monitor with a team including Jeremy Ryan, Janine Sa- lomone and Ryan Murphy. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP acted for the se- cured lending syndicate and debtor-in-possession lenders that were fully repaid in the transaction. The Norton Rose Fulbright Canada team included Howard Gorman and Randal Van de Mosselaer (restructuring) and David Kole- sar (banking). The lenders under Lone Pine's new secured credit facili- ties were represented by Torys LLP with a team including Kevin Fougere and Elizabeth Burton (banking) and Lee Cassey (restructuring). Other Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers Abouchar, Julie A., Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP Anderson, Danny R., MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Baker, QC, John A., McInnes Cooper Ballou, QC, Douglas A., MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Boyd, QC, Keith D., Kanuka Thuringer LLP Brant, Cherie, Dickinson Wright LLP Brussa, John A., Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP Cass, Frederick D., Aird & Berlis LLP Chambers, Stuart W., McLennan Ross LLP Clark, Ron W., Aird & Berlis LLP Clarke, Dennis N., McInnes Cooper Clarke, Matthew J., McInnes Cooper Connors, Gregory J., McInnes Cooper Connors, Michael, McInnes Cooper Cooper, QC, George T.H., McInnes Cooper Crocker, David I., Davis LLP Crossman, Anthony J. (Tony), Miller Thomson LLP Cuthbertson, John H., Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP Daigneault, Robert, Daigneault, avocats inc. Dalgleish, QC, Terence, Davis LLP Devlin, Corbin, McLennan Ross LLP Fitch, Gavin S., McLennan Ross LLP Frazer, D. Suzan, McInnes Cooper Freedman, Robert C., Janes Freedman Kyle Law Corporation Grant, Peter R., Peter Grant & Associates Hayes, Matthew T., McInnes Cooper Hennessey, QC, John W., McInnes Cooper Hoyt, QC, Leonard T., McInnes Cooper Janes, Robert J.M., Janes Freedman Kyle Law Corporation Jeerakathil, Rangi G., MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Kleer, Nancy J., Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP Kruhlak, QC, Ronald M., McLennan Ross LLP Kyle, Rosanne M., Janes Freedman Kyle Law Corporation MacDougall, David S., McInnes Cooper Manning, Paul, Manning Environmental Law McDonald, Michael J., McDonald & Duncan LLP McElhanney, William L., Ackroyd LLP McIvor, PhD, Bruce, First Peoples Law Milani, QC, Michael W., McDougall Gauley LLP Miller, Robert, Miller Titerle + Company Molloy, QC, OC, W. Thomas, Molloy Negotiations LLP Nelligan, Margaret T., Aird & Berlis LLP Olthuis, John A., Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP Penick, F. Van W., McInnes Cooper Plant, QC, Geoff, Gall, Legge, Grant & Munroe LLP Quesnel, Alicia K., Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP Rae, L. Douglas, Rae & Company Rogers, QC, Donald H., Rogers Partners LLP Roth, Dennis B., Ackroyd LLP Runge, Aaron D., MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Saxe, Dianne, Saxe Law Offi ce Secord, Richard C., Ackroyd LLP Seidel, QC, Robert A., Davis LLP Sheahan, Anne-Marie, Sheahan and Partners G.P. Simms, Michael, McInnes Cooper Slavik, Jerome N., Ackroyd LLP Thistle, QC, James L., McInnes Cooper Titerle, Jim, Miller Titerle + Company Treacy, QC, Heather L., Davis LLP Woodhouse, Eric, Janes Freedman Kyle Law Corporation Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers

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