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Practising extensively in the area of complex commercial transactions, Rick Borden focuses on large-scale projects and financings in the energy sector, including oil sands projects, pipeline projects and LNG projects. His clients include major Canadian banks and project sponsors and he has strong relationships with the key project lending specialists at the major Canadian banks. He also has significant experience in joint venture arrangements in the energy sector and often advises on matters ...

Caroline Lee, KC is a senior family law practitioner specializing in family law and alternative dispute resolution including collaborative family law, mediation and arbitration. She joined Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP 1989 with an established background in all aspects of family law. Caroline became a partner in 1994 and was managing partner of the firm for six years. She was appointed King’s Counsel in 2004. Caroline has been involved as a family law teacher and lecturer with the Legal Educ...

Matt Keen is an energy regulatory lawyer who practises in the inter-related areas of energy law, environmental assessment and permitting, tolls and tariffs, and issues concerning Indigenous peoples. He appears before tribunals such as the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Environmental Appeal Board, Alberta Utilities Commission, and the National Energy Board of Canada. Matt has extensive experience with major industrial facility applications and the associated environmental assessment an...

Rujuta Patel practises business law and competition law, with a focus on the resources and transportation sectors. She advises on private mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and restructurings of multinational and Canadian organizations, private placements and a variety of energy-related matters. She works regularly with energy services companies and is experienced in drafting, negotiating and advising on a broad range of services, drilling and engineering contracts. She also ...

Tara Pipella has been recognized in the 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in Canada for Personal Injury Law, and has been regularly listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a leading practitioner in Alberta in the area of Personal Injury litigation, at Pipella Law, www.pipellalaw.com . Tara has successfully carried on the family tradition of her late father, Edward S. Pipella, Q.C., practicing exclusively in the area of personal injury law and acting exclusively for Plaintiffs, succe...

Renée has practiced family law exclusively since 2001. She is passionate about helping her clients find resolutions to their parenting or financial issues based on mutual respect and understanding. She is a partner at Moe Hannah LLP. Renée is a private Mediator and acts as a Dispute Resolution Officer (mediator) in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta. Renée also volunteers her time with law students who are completing their bar admission through the Canadian Centr...

Brad Ashkin is a partner in the Corporate Group whose broad transactional practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities and complex commercial arrangements. He regularly acts for Canadian and international clients with interests in oil and gas, agribusiness, finance and infrastructure. Brad has acted on acquisitions and dispositions of public companies, and for buyers and sellers of private businesses and individual assets. He also acts for sponsors ...

Bill practices corporate commercial, construction and energy law, with an emphasis on public-private partnerships and construction contracts. His expertise includes: Public-private partnerships Rail and light rail projects Commercial, residential and mixed-use development projects Power plant and industrial EPC contracts Procurement documents and agreements to design, build and construct any asset Mergers and acquisitions Bill completed his articles with BLG. Before law school, he worked for ...

Rahim Vasanji is a member of Verjee Law’s Personal Injury and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group , where he focuses on advocating for individuals who have suffered serious injuries. His practice is centered on personal injury and insurance disputes with additional experience in commercial litigation and corporate transactional matters. In his personal injury work, Rahim represents clients in motor vehicle accidents, catastrophic injury claims and fatality matters. He is committed...

Michael practises exclusively in the area of Pensions and Benefits law. He provides private and public sector clients, including boards of trustees, with strategic advice and practical counsel about legal, legislative and regulatory issues surrounding retirement plans, employment benefits and related human resource matters. In business transactions, Michael advises clients on the pension and benefit implications. He assists clients with drafting, amending and interpreting a wide variety of pl...