Energy: Oil & Gas
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 2
About
Provided by Dentons Canada LLP
Dentons' deep energy experience is unmatched across Canada. The energy industry is one of the most important contributors to Canada's economy, and participants in the area need a law firm that has Canadian roots and is full service.
Dentons' energy lawyers know the way when it comes to:
- Oil & Gas: including oil sands, unconventional resources and LNG Pipelines
- Power: including renewables like wind, solar, hydro, tidal, and biomass=
- Services and infrastructure
- Utilities: including natural gas and electricity
We assist our clients-in Canada and around the world-in critical areas such as:
- Acquisitions and divestitures
- Capital markets and securities
- Commercial contracts
- Commodity trading
- Competition/Anti-trust
- Corporate and asset acquisitions and dispositions
- Cost hedging strategies
- Derivatives
- Emissions trading, cleantech and climate change
- Employment and labour
- Energy contracts
- Environmental assessment and other regulatory matters
- Energy export approvals
- Financing
- First Nations and aboriginal community relationships
- Immigration
- Investment Canada Act
- Joint ventures
- LNG
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Permitting and regulation
- Power purchase and off-take agreements
- Public policy and government relations
- Project approval
- Project structuring
- Project finance
- Siting
- Taxation
Dentons clients value our industry-wide expertise and the convenience of one-stop legal shopping. We are all about service and are committed to your success.
Chambers Review
Dentons Canada wins widespread recognition for its accomplished oil and gas regulatory practice, with notable experience of oil sands development, greenfield pipeline and midstream facilities projects. The firm also has a strong commercial offering, advising on domestic and cross-border energy M&A, asset swap and restructuring transactions, as well as project finance. Its energy sector group holds additional strength in oil and gas transportation projects.
Work Highlights
- Dentons advised Enbridge on its $400 million acquisition of the Aitken Creek natural gas storage facilities from FortisBC Holdings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their strengths are their experience and their client history; they have a voluminous history in this area to remain current."
"Their strengths are their experience and their client history; they have a voluminous history in this area to remain current."
Notable Practitioners
Michael Hurst is acclaimed for his wealth of experience advising multinational oil and gas clients on transactional matters out of the firm's Calgary office.
"Michael Hurst is an unparalleled expert in this area."
Calgary-based Bernard Roth represents significant oil and gas clients before federal and provincial energy regulators in a wide array of mandates, including oil sands development and service agreements.
"He has incredible knowledge and skill and is an excellent collaborator in a team setting. Bernie puts his client's needs first and always delivers the highest quality work product."
Laura Estep frequently appears before the Canada Energy Regulator and Alberta Utilities Commission, advising oil and gas clients on facilities applications and disputes. She is based out of Calgary.
"Laura is an excellent lawyer with excellent problem solving skills."
"Laura is an expert in her field and I trust her to provide the support I need to deliver results."
Based in the firm's Calgary office, George Antonopoulos handles a wide array of M&A, asset sales and project developments in the oil and gas sector.
"George is outstanding and we are lucky to have him on our matters."
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Nationwide - Canada