Ian is an associate in the Corporate Group of our Calgary office. Ian’s practice focuses primarily on the power industry, with a particular focus on renewable energy, and the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry, including the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector.
He has experience assisting clients on a broad range of matters and transactions, including asset acquisitions and dispositions, private mergers and acquisitions, project development, major capital construction and supply agreements, long-term commercial transactions, and general corporate and commercial matters. Ian’s related experience includes drafting, negotiating and analyzing corporate and transactional agreements; managing project execution from the pre-Final Investment Decision (FID) stage to the commercial operations date (COD); providing advice on deal strategy; and handling corporate secretarial matters.
Immediately prior to joining Osler, Ian was the lead in-house counsel for the renewable projects of a global independent power producer. Ian also practiced law in the Energy group of a large Canadian national firm out of their Calgary office for over 6 years, where he also completed secondments with two oil and gas supermajors.
Representative Work
- Chevron Canada Limited
Chevron Canada Limited on the sale of its interest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project and the Kaybob Duvernay Shale Gas Project to Canadian Natural Resources Limited for US$6.5 billion
Chevron Canada Limited on the sale of its interest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project and the Kaybob Duvernay Shale Gas Project to Canadian Natural Resources Limited for US$6.5 billion
Prior to joining Osler:
- Lead in-house counsel with TransAlta Corporation on the two-tranche sale of 100 percent of the expected Production Tax Credits (PTCs) from their Oklahoma wind projects with an expected EBITDA over $780 million. At the time of closing, the sale was the largest publicly announced PTC transfer since the passage of the United States Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
- Lead in-house counsel with TransAlta Corporation with respect to 630MW of wind projects that achieved FID and COD during his tenure representing over $1 billion in capital expenditures, which involved negotiating, drafting and analyzing all major commercial contracts including offtake agreements for power and ancillary products, engineering, procurement & construction agreements, turbine supply and long-term maintenance agreements, interconnection agreements and real property instruments
- Canadian counsel to Heartland Generation Ltd., an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners, on its $835-million acquisition of Canadian Utilities Ltd.’s natural gas and coal electricity generation interests in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario
- Kinder Morgan Canada Limited on its $1.8-billion acquisition by Pembina Pipeline Corporation and its $4.5-billion sale of the Trans Mountain Pipeline system and expansion project to the Government of Canada
- Cona Resources Ltd., a portfolio company of Waterous Energy Fund, on its acquisition of Pengrowth Energy Corporation for $740-million
- Imperial Oil Limited on its divesture of 497 branded retail gas stations to five fuel distributors for $2.8-billion
- Suncor Energy Inc. in connection with the $1.13-billion sale of its Petro-Canada lubricants division to HollyFrontier Corporation
- Joint venture participant in connection with its investment in and related long-term commercial matters pertaining to the LNG Canada liquefaction project and Coastal GasLink pipeline project
- Trican Well Service Ltd. on the sale of its US pressure pumping business to Keane Group for cash and share consideration of approximately US$400-million
- Cenovus Energy Inc. on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Heritage Royalty Limited Partnership to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for $3.3-billion
Speaking and Writing
Speaking Engagements
Canada Energy Law Foundation Jasper Research Seminar
Speaker, “Alberta’s Renewable Energy Market: Developing Contract Issues”. Jasper, Alberta, June 16, 2022
Published Work
- Alberta’s Renewable Energy Market: Developing Contract Issues, Alberta Law Review, Vol 60, No 2: Energy Law Edition, December 9, 2022.
Credentials
Education
- McGill University, LL.B. (Common Law)
- McGill University, B.C.L. (Civil Law)
- University of Alberta, BSc (with First Class Honours), Cell Biology
Languages
- English
- French
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Alberta
- Canadian Bar Association
- Calgary Bar Association
- Canadian Energy Law Foundation
