Energy: Power
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
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The Blakes Power group advises on diverse issues impacting power and energy-related projects, including thermal, gas-fired and combined heat and power (CHP), nuclear, district energy, and renewable energy (including wind, solar, hydro and biomass) projects. We offer a wealth of experience structuring private equity deals with developers involved in renewables projects. We provide strategic advice and legal counsel at each stage of the investment lifecycle: fund formation, fund management and governance, financing, Canadian and international investment-related acquisitions and dispositions, management of portfolio companies, and exit strategies.
Our team is actively engaged in advising clients on the successful financing of capital-intensive projects. We have served as counsel in many of the largest and most complicated project finance transactions across Canada and internationally.
Serving a diverse national and international client base, our Power group also has energy-specific market restructuring, regulatory and government relations expertise, and is often called upon to advise on market policy, rate setting and the rules and procedures of independent system operators governing the wholesale electricity market and the transmission grid.
In advising power generators, marketers, distributors and transmitters on the structure and functioning of the electricity industry throughout Canada, we regularly negotiate a full range of energy-related transactions and ancillary contracts.
Chambers Review
Blake, Cassels & Graydon operates a well-regarded national power practice with particular strength in Calgary, Toronto and Montréal. The group successfully draws on the multidisciplinary expertise of colleagues across the firm to offer clients a wide-ranging service across jurisdictions, including support on cross-border transactions and international PPAs. The team is regularly called on by some of the major players in the conventional and renewable energy sectors to provide commercial and project finance advice. It also represents clients before regulatory boards in Alberta, BC, Québec and Ontario.
Work Highlights
- The team at Blake, Cassels & Graydon acted for Green Impact Partners Inc. in a CAD1.2 billion development of a biofuel production facility, Future Energy Park.
Strengths
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"Blake, Cassels & Graydon have top professionals with deep industry experience."
"The team at Blakes provide excellent service, excellent legal advice and are business oriented."
"Blakes provides strong commercial awareness and pragmatic advice to suit our business needs. They have enhanced energy regulatory expertise."
"Blakes is very responsive and provides an exemplary level of service, they're available for the client at a moment's notice."
"Blakes are able to tackle sophisticated energy legal challenges effectively due to them being seasoned professionals, and they are attentive to my needs as a client."
"Blake, Cassels & Graydon have top professionals with deep industry experience."
"The team at Blakes provide excellent service, excellent legal advice and are business oriented."
"Blakes provides strong commercial awareness and pragmatic advice to suit our business needs. They have enhanced energy regulatory expertise."
"Blakes is very responsive and provides an exemplary level of service, they're available for the client at a moment's notice."
"Blakes are able to tackle sophisticated energy legal challenges effectively due to them being seasoned professionals, and they are attentive to my needs as a client."
Notable Practitioners
Calgary-based Terri-Lee Oleniuk is sought out for her counsel on the regulatory aspects of renewable project developments, appearing before the Alberta Utilities Commission regarding project applications and regulatory disputes.
"Terri-Lee and herteam consistently deliver high-quality work."
Calgary-based Keith Byblow works with prominent sector participants to facilitate project development in a variety of power-related matters. His practice has particular expertise in the renewable and emerging energy and resource sectors.
"Keith is a great legal adviser and partner. He brings a lot of expertise to the table and is collaborative, responsive, knowledgeable and very commercially strong."
"Keith is highly organised, efficient, thorough and reliable."
Toronto-based Mark Johnson has built an impressive reputation in the energy space, with considerable expertise in advising clients on renewable energy development projects.
"Mark Johnson is amazing. He's very knowledgeable and always comes up with creative, practical solutions to very complex questions."
"Mark has a strong commercial acumen and is proactive in offering support to our business."
Vivian Kung has particular experience in handling acquisitions for clients active in the renewable energy space.
"Vivian is very professional and fantastic to work with. She is very responsive, practical, knowledgeable and really goes out of her way to help her clients - she's exceptional at what she does."
"Vivian offers an excellent service and is very responsive."
"Vivian is amazing."
Ky Kvisle is an up-and-coming partner with a focus on commercial transactions and project development relating primarily to natural resources and industrial infrastructure. He has experience working on international and domestic matters in the energy, electricity and renewables sectors.
Based out of Toronto, Reena Goyal provides advocacy and advisory services to both private and public sector clients, with a strong focus on electricity regulation.
"Reena Goyal does first-class work."
"Reena is a terrific legal services provider. She helped us solve a complicated matter in a cost-effective way."
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