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Sanderson, Chris W., QC, Lawson Lundell LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-9183 - csanderson@lawsonlundell.com
Chris Sanderson's practice focuses on regulation and First Nations consultation in the energy and resource
sectors throughout Western and Northern Canada. He advises utilities, marketers, mine and energy project
developers and governments with respect to project authorizations, consultation requirements, transportation
arrangements and marketing issues in the natural gas, oil, electricity and mining sectors. Sanderson appears
frequently before federal and provincial permitting, energy and environmental boards in BC, Alberta and the
Northwest Territories. Sanderson is recognized in Chambers Global in the energy: power (regulatory) (Can-
ada) category, e Best Lawyers in Canada for energy regulatory law and natural resources law, International
Who's Who Legal and Who's Who Legal: Canada for oil & gas law and Benchmark Canada for energy and
natural resources and environmental litigation. He was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1978; Al-
berta Bar in 1988; Northwest Territories Bar in 2001; and was appointed QC in British Columbia in 2001.
Liteplo, Jonathan, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-4994 - jliteplo@fasken.com
Jonathan Liteplo represents participants in the electricity, oil and gas, pipeline, water and wastewater indus-
tries in obtaining facilities, environmental, land use planning, import/export, and utility rates and tariff-relat-
ed approvals from regulatory authorities. He also represents energy clients in disputes involving other indus-
try participants, and has worked on projects requiring federal and provincial environmental assessments and
wide-ranging public and First Nations consultation. Liteplos clients have included owners of regulated utilities
and generating facilities, oil and gas producers and midstream operators, oil sands producers, proponents of
LNG projects, transporters of natural gas and crude oil, buyers and owners under power purchase arrange-
ments, regulated and unregulated retailers of electricity services, energy marketers and importers/exporters,
coal mine operators and petrochemical companies. He is frequently recognized for his energy law expertise in
leading legal publications. Liteplo was called to the Alberta Bar in 1993 and the British Columbia Bar in 2011.
Block, Randall W., QC, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Calgary - (403) 232-9572 - rblock@blg.com
Partner and Calgary regional manager of BLG's Litigation Department. Specializes in all forms of dispute
resolution in the energy and oil & gas industries, including regulatory proceedings, commercial litigation and
arbitration. Has appeared before the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Alberta Court of Appeal, Supreme
Court of Canada, Alberta Utilities Commission, Alberta Energy Regulator, National Energy Board and vari-
ous arbitral panels. Has also sat as an arbitrator. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Has written
and lectured on various issues in oil & gas law and major energy and oil sand project development. Emphasis
on regulatory proceedings, corporate/commercial litigation and arbitration related to energy and corporate/
commercial disputes. Recognized in Chambers Global and Chambers Canada for dispute resolution and oil &
gas. Selected by peers for inclusion in e Best Lawyers in Canada 2016 in the fields of corporate and commer-
cial litigation, energy regulatory law and natural resources law. Appointed QC in 2005. Called to the Alberta
Bar in 1985.
Christopher, Chris, Torys LLP Calgary - (403) 776-3791 - cchristopher@torys.com
Advises oil and gas and power companies on a variety of commercial projects and transactions. His practice en-
compasses the acquisition and divestiture of energy assets and advising on a wide variety of aspects pertaining
to energy project development, including joint ventures, construction, operation and maintenance, logistics
and transportation, processing and marketing arrangements as they relate to LNG, oil sands, shale gas and
power projects. His legal expertise is supplemented by five years of business experience in various oil and gas
companies. Alberta Bar, 1998. LLB, 1997, University of Calgary.
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