Convery, Mark A.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(416) 216-4803
mark.convery@nortonroseful-
bright.com
Mr. Convery's domestic and
cross-border corporate and
securities law practice embra-
ces M&A and corporate and
commercial law. He advises
at all stages of development,
from start-ups to mature
public and multinational
companies.
Cooper, Rosalind H.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-5127
rcooper@fasken.com
Ms. Cooper provides legal
advice to the energy sector
with respect to environ-
mental and health and safety
issues affecting energy sector
operations including de-
fending charges and provid-
ing regulatory advice.
Corley, Richard F.D.
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4197
rcorley@goodmans.ca
Mr. Corley has more than
20 years of experience as-
sisting clients to successfully
conclude complex M&A
and commercial transactions
in renewables, cleantech
and information technol-
ogy. He is focused on the
intersection of law, business
and technology.
Coop, Jack D.
Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-4226
jcoop@osler.com
Mr. Coop is a regulatory/
environmental litigator
specializing in civil claims,
prosecutions, class actions,
admin hearings and petitions.
As former government
counsel, he is known for
achieving favourable
resolutions in litigation
against government.
Corbett, Leland P.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(403) 266-9046
lcorbett@stikeman.com
Mr. Corbett's corporate-
commercial practice
embraces public and private
capital markets transactions,
including corporate and
investment banking matters,
share and asset acquisitions
and dispositions, securities
dealings and other M&A.
Craig, Gordon M.
Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9155
gcraig@lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Craig's practice focuses on
the energy sector in Western
Canada. He represents major
electric utilities, and an active
power marketer, in connection
with a range of commercial
transactions.
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three energy service companies to create
PTW Energy Services, with a total of 5,000
employees and Basnet as CEO. And last
January, Riverstone Holdings and NGP
Energy Capital Management, both of the
US, signed their third investment deal with
Charron, providing up to $465 million for
the acquisition of oil and gas properties in
Canada. at deal closely followed the sale
of Charron's previous company, CanEra
Energy, to Crescent Point Energy for $1.1
billion and, presumably, a tidy return for
Riverstone and NGP. In both PTW and
CanEra cases, Mercury says, the key to PE
investment decisions was confidence in a
proven manager.
Mercury says a major impetus for PE
funds investing in the energy sector has
come from pension funds seeking to out-
perform public markets by investing either
directly in private-equity funds or by acting
"WITH LOW PRICES, you've got a less robust mergers-and-
acquisitions environment. Larger companies want to hold onto
their cash and they can afford to wait for the gap to narrow
between bid and ask prices. They aren't rushing out to buy
more things that they then have to spend more money on."
– Neal Ross, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
