Rogers, R. Ben
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
(403) 260-9702
ben.rogers@blakes.com
Mr. Rogers acts for energy
companies on commercial
matters across Canada and
internationally. He has ex-
perience in a range of matters,
including acquisitions and
divestitures, M&As, joint
ventures, midstream matters
and project development.
Rosen, Hillel W.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(514) 841-6443
hrosen@dwpv.com
Mr. Rosen's transactional
practice embraces renewable
energy projects, including
structuring, development
and construction of wind
energy projects.
Roth, Robert R.
Dentons Canada LLP
(780) 423-7228
robert.roth@dentons.com
Mr. Roth advises power gen-
eration, transmission, oil &
gas and oilfield service clients
on planning, structuring and
implementing acquisition,
divestiture and mergers; pro-
ject, joint venture and other
commercial agreements;
and governance and policy.
Romano, Simon A.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5596
sromano@stikeman.com
Extensive experience and
focus on securities, public/
private M&A, corporate
finance, corporate govern-
ance, exec compensation,
private equity, alternative
trading systems, SPACs
and REITs. Clients include
corporations, dealers and
private-equity funds.
Roth, Bernard J.
Dentons Canada LLP
(403) 268-6888
bernard.roth@dentons.com
Mr. Roth's administrative
law practice focuses on the
construction and operation
of unregulated electrical
transmission and generation
facilities, upstream oil & gas
and oil sands facility applica-
tions, and oil & gas exporting
and permitting.
Ruby, Peter D.
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4184
pruby@goodmans.ca
Mr. Ruby's energy practice
focuses on electricity regula-
tion and litigation. He has
acted as counsel for the
Canadian Electricity Asso-
ciation and has represented
electricity utilities across
Canada, as well as renewable
energy developers.
cent Point as US counsel. e Dorsey team
was led by Dan Miller and included Erin
Furman McCrady, Tiffanie Pearson and
Jeffrey Peterson (corporate).
McCarthy Tétrault LLP acted as lead
counsel for Legacy Oil + Gas, advising on
litigation and competition matters, with
a team including James Pasieka, Gordon
Cameron, Xiaodi Jin and Frances Candy.
Stikeman Elliott LLP acted for Legacy
Oil + Gas, advising on the acquisition and
assorted shareholder relations matters,
with a team including Keith Chatwin,
Craig Story, Christopher Nixon, Janel
Young and Patrick McNally, Kris Noonan,
and Geoff Holub.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
acted as counsel for the Special Com-
mittee of the Board of Directors of Leg-
acy Oil + Gas. e corporate team from
Osler was composed of Robert Lehodey,
Andrea Whyte and Kelsey Armstrong.
Torys LLP acted as counsel for the fi-
nancial advisor to Legacy Oil + Gas. e
Torys team was composed of Scott Coch-
lan and Mike Pedlow.
Prairie Sky Royalty
completes public offering
CLOSING DATE: JULY 7, 2015
On July 7, 2015, PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.
(PrairieSky) completed a public offering
of 6,336,000 common shares, including
576,000 common shares pursuant to the
full exercise of the over-allotment option,
at a price of $31.25 per share for gross pro-
ceeds of $198 million.
Overseeing legal matters in-house for
PrairieSky was Cameron Proctor, Chief
Operating Officer. PrairieSky was repre-
sented by Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer
LLP with a team that included Alyson
Goldman, Bronwyn Inkster and Paul
Mereau (securities) and Heather DiGrego-
rio (tax). Andrew Foley and Rebecca Vaslu-
ianu of Paul, Weiss, Riind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP provided US securities law
advice to PrairieSky on the transaction.
e common shares were offered
through a syndicate of underwriters led
by CIBC, and were represented by Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team that
included Chad Schneider, Olga Kary and
Nicole Cargill (securities). Dan Miller of
Dorsey & Whitney LLP provided US se-
curities law advice to the underwriters.
Aspenleaf Energy
acquires Arcan Resources
CLOSING DATE: JUNE 8, 2015
On June 8, 2015, Aspenleaf Energy Limit-
ed (Aspenleaf ) completed its acquisition of
all of the issued and outstanding common
shares of Arcan Resources Ltd. (Arcan).
e acquisition was carried out pursu-
ant to the terms of a plan of arrangement
that was approved by Arcan's shareholders
on June 2, 2015. e total value of the ac-
quisition was approximately $300 million,
including assumed debt.
Aspenleaf was represented by Osler,
Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. e Osler
team was composed of Neal Ross and Jus-
tin Sherman (corporate/securities), Shuli
Rodal (competition), Edmund Gill and
Colena Der (tax) and Jason Comerford
(US securities).
Arcan was represented in Canada by
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. e
Blakes team was composed of Michael Laf-
fin, QC, Dan McLeod, Nav Dhaliwal, Trev-
or Rowles and Nicole Cargill (corporate/
securities), Melanie Gaston (litigation),
Julie Soloway (competition), and Carrie Ai-
ken and Corinne MacCarthy (tax). Arcan
was represented in the US by Troutman
Sanders LLP. e Troutman Sanders team
was composed of Shona Smith (securities)
and Amie Broder (tax).
Whitecap Resources
completes acquisition
of Beaumont Energy
CLOSING DATE: MAY 1, 2015
Whitecap Resources Inc. (Whitecap) com-
pleted the acquisition of Beaumont Energy
Inc. (Beaumont) pursuant to a plan of ar-
rangement for around $587.5 million.
e transaction closed on May 1, 2015.
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