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Johnston, Chip Stikeman Elliott LLP
(403) 266-9020 cjohnston@stikeman.com
Mr. Johnston is a partner in Stikeman Elliott's Calgary office. His practice
focuses on M&A and equity financings. He has particular expertise representing
US-based entities in their acquisitions and operations in Canada. His practice
provides a unique service offering within Stikeman Elliott, ensuring that the firm
can represent energy clients in all stages of their growth.
Johnson, QC, Kevin E. Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP (403) 267-8250 kevin.johnson@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Johnson's practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters, acting
for a variety of participants in capital markets transactions. He has acted for
issuers, selling shareholders, independent committees of boards of directors
and investment dealers in public and private offerings of securities, related-party
transactions, corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions.
Jenkins, William K. Dentons Canada LLP
(403) 268-6835 bill.jenkins@dentons.com
Mr. Jenkins's practice includes M&A transactions, project financings, joint
ventures, IPOs, public debt offerings, syndicated financings and corporate
governance. He is Global Vice Chair of Dentons and co-heads the M&A practice
of Dentons in Canada.
Ignasiak, Martin Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(403) 260-7007 mignasiak@osler.com
Mr. Ignasiak appears in courts and tribunals in his regulatory, environmental
and Aboriginal law practice. He is the Co-Chair of Osler's national Regulatory,
Environmental, Aboriginal and Land Group. He advises on oil sands, electric
generation and transmission and mining facilities approvals. He also advises
on Aboriginal issues and impact benefit agreements.
Hurst, Michael A. Dentons Canada LLP
(403) 268-3046 michael.hurst@dentons.com
Mr. Hurst's energy law expertise embraces oil and gas upstream, midstream
and pipeline acquisitions; structuring greenfield projects; financing;
and product sales arrangements. He works on infrastructure projects
in Canada and South America.
Hurley, John Gowling WLG
(514) 392-9431 john.hurley@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Hurley has extensive experience in public and commercial law, with special
emphasis on First Nations, energy and infrastructure, environmental law and
regulatory matters.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
have triggered a significant outflow of capital and in-
vestment from the Canadian energy patch to the US
and other jurisdictions. "You see this particularly in the
consolidation in the oil sands business," observes Wil-
liam Jenkins, a co-lead of Dentons Canada LLP's merg-
ers and acquisitions team. "Ownership has been win-
nowed down significantly. e oil sands has become
much more of a domestic industry."
In the past year alone, several major US and other
multinational companies have sold off their Canadian
oil and gas assets. Cenovus bought Houston-based
ConocoPhillips's assets in Western Canada, including
interests in an oil sands venture in Northern Alberta,
for $17.7 billion. Canadian Natural Resources signed
deals worth $12.7 billion to buy oil sands assets of Royal
Dutch Shell as well as other assets from Marathon Oil.
Apache completed its staged exit from Canada with the
sale of its Alberta and BC assets to Calgary-based Para-
mount Resources for $459.5 million.
A report this past summer by the Canadian Asso-
"
There are a lot of people trying
to score political points by suggesting
that the reason this capital is departing
because [of] things like carbon taxes …
I don't think that's it at all. …
Incremental production costs
in Canada are higher, independent
of the regulatory regime."
- Vivek Warrier, Bennett Jones LLP
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