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O'Leary, Dean A. Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
(604) 661-9316 doleary@farris.com
Mr. O'Leary's practice focuses on commercial transactions in a variety of
industry sectors including energy and infrastructure. His experience includes
reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures, power supply arrangements,
power project financing and development and power project-related commercial
and real estate matters, including expropriations.
Northey, Rodney V. Gowling WLG
(416) 369-6666 rodney.northey@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Northey is active in green energy projects and author of a new guide on
federal environmental assessment for project developers in the energy, resource
and transportation sectors. He is a member of the federal energy Minister's
EA review panel.
Nixon, Christopher W. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(403) 266-9017 cnixon@stikeman.com
Mr. Nixon is a partner in the Securities Group and head of Stikeman Elliott's
national China Coverage Group. His practice focuses on business law, with an
emphasis on cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, corporate
finance, joint ventures, private equity, corporate and trust reorganizations
and corporate governance.
Nigro, Mario Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-6810 mnigro@stikeman.com
Mr. Nigro is a partner in the Toronto office and a member of the firm's M&A/
Private Equity Group. His practice focuses on business law, including mergers
and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, dispositions, energy and
reorganizations. He has experience working with clients involved in the Ontario
electricity marketplace including in respect of renewable energy.
Naccarato, D. John Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(613) 780-8608 john.naccarato@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Naccarato's practice focuses primarily on commercial real estate, including
commercial leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing,
municipal planning and zoning matters, mortgage, ground lease and construction
financing, mortgage realization and enforcement, construction law and
construction lien matters.
Morley, Kevin J. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6488 kmorley@osler.com
Mr. Morley is a senior partner in Osler's Financial Services Group. For more than
30 years, Kevin has acted as a key advisor to numerous financial institutions,
funds, and other credit providers. Kevin has significant experience in multi-
jurisdictional asset-based, project, acquisition, commercial, cash flow,
equipment, subordinate and mezzanine financings as well as capital market
transactions.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
upgrader and Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS)
project, located adjacent to the 100-per-cent Shell-affili-
ate-owned Scotford refinery and chemicals plants.
Canadian Natural was represented in-house with
a team led by Paul Mendes, and that included Betty
Yee, Brenda Balog, Joe Sair, Stephanie Graham, Peter
Andrekson, Katherine Linder, Chandra Mazuryk, Jeff
Davidson, Eric Sterns, Brian Bate and Linda Garvey.
Bennett Jones LLP represented Canadian Natural
externally with a team led by Patrick Maguire (oil and
gas), and that included Donald Greenfield, Jana Prete,
Kieran Ryan, Megan Bertram, Helen Cox, Brad Eids-
ness, Phil Backman (banking), Jeremy Russell, Brent
Kraus (securities), Tessa Guenther, Beth Riley (compe-
tition), Darcy Moch (tax), Stephen Burns (intellectual
property), Shawn Munro (regulatory), James Salsman,
John Batzel (employment) and Susan Sellers (pension).
Shell was represented in-house with a team that in-
cluded Barry Tyndall, Melanie Larson, Bonnie Vogeli,
Lawrence Ator, Stephanie Uhlich, Ikram Haq, Julianne
Osberg, Krista Treasure, Sean Assie, Linda Howey,
Rick Taylor, Corey Dreveny, David Rodi and Annie
Stewart. McCarthy Tétrault LLP represented Shell
externally with a team led by Craig Spurn and Cathy
Samuel, and that included Ben Aberant, Gord Baird,
Randy Bauslaugh, Mike Bennett, Paul Boniferro, Oli-
ver Borgers, Jeremy Busch-Howell, Gord Cameron,
Will Cascadden, Paul Cassidy, Sean Collins, Gary
Girvan, Kristen Haines, Don Houston, Kim Howard,
Pavan Jawanda, Ben Layton, Walker Macleod, Ron
Mar, Steven Molnar, Robert Nearing, Michelle Siu,
Shea Small, Kara Smyth, eo Stathakos, Roger Tap-
lin, Justin Turc and Shana Wolch.
Marathon Oil was represented in-house by a team led
by William (Bob) Cook, and that included Sam Mazzu,
Laura Nolen and Shawn Tracey. Burnet, Duckworth
& Palmer LLP represented Marathon Oil externally
with a team led by Sean Korney, and that included Ali-
cia Quesnel, Jon Ozirny and Randon Slaney (energy),
Heather DiGregorio and Brandon Holden (tax) and
Gina Ross (employment).
PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC. AND
THE PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT
BOARD'S STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
On June 19, 2017, Pattern Energy Group Inc. (PEGI),
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development 1.0),
Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (Pattern Development
2.0) and together with Pattern Development 1.0 (Pat-
tern Development), Riverstone Holdings LLC and the
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Invest-
ments) announced a series of strategic initiatives, in-
cluding the following:
•
e closing, on June 21, 2017, of the acquisition by
PSP Investments from Pattern Development 1.0 of a
9.9-per-cent-interest in PEGI, making PSP Investments
PEGI's largest shareholder (PEGI Share Acquisition);
•
e entering into of an agreement between PEGI and
PSP Investments pursuant to which PSP Investments
