能源

经历

Our experience includes:

Oil and Gas Sector

• Representing a developer in the sale of an oil sands project to a sovereign oil company
• Representing an oil sands developer in its strategic acquisition of a significant portfolio of oil sands and petroleum and natural gas assets
• Assisting a major oil sands developer and refiner with all aspects of the development of its co-generation facilities
• Providing regulatory, environmental and Indigenous advice to the proponent of a heavy oil project in the Cold Lake region of Alberta
• Providing regulatory, environmental and Indigenous advice to proponents of in-situ oil sands developments in Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands region
• Advising on regulatory and Indigenous issues associated with a natural gas gathering pipeline application under National Energy Board jurisdiction
• Advising oil and gas producers with respect to environmental permits, oil and gas approvals and Indigenous issues in northeastern British Columbia, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan and Quebec
• Advising major oil and gas producers with respect to the development and disposition of natural gas storage facilities in British Columbia
• Representing an international mining company in the spin-off by initial public offering of its Canadian oil and gas assets
• Representing a territorial government in connection with the regulatory aspects of natural gas transportation including active participation in the National Energy Board hearings concerning the Mackenzie Gas Project and the application to have the National Energy Board assume jurisdiction over the Alberta system of Nova Gas Transmission Limited
• Representing Canada’s major producers association in connection with a broad range of issues before the National Energy Board and before the Federal Courts in connection with Indigenous consultation issues
• Acting for a major oil refinery in connection with all aspects of its downstream activities and before the National Energy Board and British Columbia Utilities Commission in connection with its crude oil and petroleum products transportation issues
• Representing the developer in respect of all aspects of its efforts to develop a LNG facility in northwestern British Columbia
• Representing Indigenous development corporations, local governments and oil and gas producers in connection with diverse commercial, regulatory and permitting matters in the Northwest Territories

Electricity Sector

• Acting for the largest electric utility in British Columbia in connection with all aspects of the regulation of its system planning, rates, project development, contracting out agreements and power acquisition
• Acting for the largest electric utility in British Columbia in connection with its international treaty obligations, acquisitions of the assets of other utilities, disposition of operating control of all of its transmission assets and numerous ongoing operational issues
• Acting for the largest electric utility in British Columbia in connection with corporate governance, comprehensive restructuring of its pension plans and development and execution of consultation programs with First Nations including negotiating and drafting numerous benefit agreements
• Representing a western North American energy marketer in negotiating and drafting numerous US and Canadian energy contracts, including wholesale and retail power sale agreements, ISDA, EEI and WSPP agreements, CFDs, transmission agreements, financing agreements
• Representing energy marketers in negotiating and drafting agreements to purchase and sell “green attributes”, Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) and GHG credits from renewable generation to meet voluntary and mandatory requirements in the emerging climate change sector
• Advising wind generators in respect of all aspects of their developments in Alberta including negotiating with the Alberta Electric System Operator in connection with transmission interconnections and regulated rates
• Providing ongoing advice with respect to the implications of litigation and regulatory proceedings arising from the California energy crisis on a major Canadian electricity exporter
• Obtaining NEB export permits in connection with electricity exports from Canada
• Providing transactional advice to a major lender to developers of independent power projects in British Columbia

The expertise of Lawson Lundell lawyers in related areas is more fully set out in the links relating to Indigenous, environmental, tax, public utility and regulatory law and mergers and acquisitions. This expertise, combined with Lawson Lundell's overall experience as a leading business law firm in western and northern Canada, allows it to bring a focused economical approach to any energy-related transaction, regulatory proceeding or litigation that will maximize the prospects for the success of our clients.