Perry, Chrysten E.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(403) 267-8170
chrysten.perry@nortonroseful-
bright.com
Ms. Perry acts on a broad
range of oil and gas com-
mercial matters including
resource and infrastructure
development, mergers and
acquisitions, midstream
projects, LNG, pipeline
and rail transportation and
sales agreements and oper-
ational issues.
Piette, Jean
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(514) 847-4584
jean.piette@nortonroseful-
bright.com
Mr. Piette advises on
Quebec, federal and inter-
national environmental law;
including on environmental
permit applications, audits,
due diligence for business
transactions and compliance
strategies. He also advises
on mining law and land
use planning.
Pittman, Miles F.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(403) 355-3834
miles.pittman@nortonroseful-
bright.com
Mr. Pittman serves upstream,
midstream and downstream
oil and gas and oilfield
service-sector clients in his
energy and commercial
practice. His experience
includes M&A, JVs, LNG,
gathering and processing
arrangements, and tax-
effective structuring.
Phillips, David F.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3031
phillipsd@bennettjones.com
Mr. Phillips has over 25
years of experience advising
energy corporations and
underwriters on corporate
finance and securities law
matters.He has been the lead
lawyer on financings that
have collectively raised
more than $9 billion.
Pike, Alexandria (Alex)
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 367-6989
apike@dwpv.com
Ms. Pike advises sponsors,
proponents and lenders on
environmental risk and per-
mitting in energy projects.
She has experience in oil &
gas, hydroelectric, nuclear
and renewable matters, and
has defended renewable
energy approvals for
wind projects.
Plotkin, Ella
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-4489
eplotkin@fasken.com
Ms. Plotkin's practice is fo-
cused on infrastructure and
P3. She advises lenders and
sponsors on project finance
and development, and has
acted on major projects
in Canada/US including
US36/Colorado, Penn
Bridges, Waterloo LRT
and Windsor Essex Pkwy.
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acquired by Repsol for cash consideration.
Talisman's publicly held debt remained out-
standing following completion.
Negotiations began in the summer of
2014 but broke off on a couple of occasions
before an agreement was finally struck and
announced on December 15, 2014 — in
this period, crude oil prices declined by
more than 45 per cent.
e transaction involved Investment
Canada Act, Competition Act (Canada) and
other regulatory approvals in more than 12
jurisdictions internationally.
Globally, Repsol was advised by con-
sulting, finance, legal and tax professionals
in more than 20 countries, reflecting the
depth of expertise required to complete
the multi-jurisdictional components of
the transaction.
e acquisition was further complicated
by the cross-border listing of Talisman's
shares on the TSX and NYSE, and the
involvement of Carl Icahn's activist invest-
ment funds in Talisman's shares.
Bennett Jones LLP acted as primary
legal counsel to Repsol and coordinated
an international team of local counsel in
15 countries, including the United States,
United Kingdom, Norway and Australia.
e Bennett Jones team included David
Spencer, Jon Truswell, Colin Perry, Do-
menic Puglia and Arnold Fridhandler
(M&A); Jean-Pierre Pham and Vivek
Warrier (oil & gas); John Gilmore (em-
ployment); Karen Dawson (banking & fi-
nance); Don Greenfield, QC (Investment
Canada); Melanie Aitken and Kyle Don-
nelly (competition); Anthony Friend, QC,
and Scott Bower (litigation); Susan Seller
(pensions); and Darcy Moch and Robert
McCue (tax). At Repsol, the team included
Luis Suarez de Lezo Mantilla, the compa-
ny's general counsel, Miguel Klingenberg
and Pablo Blanco. Sullivan & Cromwell
LLP provided United States securities ad-
vice to Repsol with a team that included
Sergio Galvis, George Sampas, Werner
Ahlers and Robert Risoleo.
Talisman's legal team was led by Bob
Rooney and included Tamiko Ohta, Karen
Uehara and Tim Kessler. Talisman was rep-
resented by Norton Rose Fulbright Can-
ada LLP in Canada, with a team that in-
cluded Kevin Johnson, QC, Tad Gruchalla-
Wesierski, Don Tse and Peter Allegretto
(corporate finance and securities); John
Carleton (Investment Canada and compe-
tition); Steven Leitl (litigation); and Dar-
ren Hueppelsheuser and Dion Legge (tax),
and in the United States for securities class
action litigation, with a team that included
Gerard Pecht and Peter Stokes. Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP provided
advice to Talisman on other United States
matters, with a team that included Dan
Neff and David Katz.
Petra Petroleum
completes $160.3M
acquisition of Mitra Energy
CLOSING DATE: APRIL 22, 2015
On April 22, 2015, Petra Petroleum Inc,
(Petra) completed the acquisition of all
of the outstanding shares of Mitra Energy
Limited, a private Bermuda incorporated
company. e transaction constituted a
reverse take-over transaction of Petra Pe-
troleum Inc. pursuant to TSX Venture Ex-
change Policies.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP represent-
ed Petra with a team led by Melinda Park
that included Jonathan Poirier, Perry Feld-
man and Joelle Dudelzak.
McCullough O'Connor Irwin LLP
acted as counsel to Mitra Energy Ltd.
with a team that included Jonathan Mc-
Cullough, David Gunasekera, Lisa Stewart
and Lisa Andrews.
Pattern Energy Group completes
US$125M public offering
and US$225M private offering
CLOSING DATE: JULY 28, 2015
On July 28, 2015, Pattern Energy Group
Inc. (Pattern Energy) completed an under-
written public offering of shares of its Class
A common stock (Class A shares) and a
concurrent private placement offering of
4.00 per cent convertible senior notes due
2020 (the notes). In total, Pattern Energy
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