Craig A. Story

Craig A. Story


Stikeman Elliott LLP

Recognized since 2006

Calgary, Alberta

Practice Areas

Corporate Governance Practice

Corporate Law

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Securities Law

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Craig Story is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. He has served on the firm’s Partnership Board, as well as on the management group for the Calgary office. Craig’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including public and private capital markets offerings, private equity and venture capital funds, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. His corporate finance practice includes advising issuers, major investors and underwriters in both the public and exempt markets. Specific transaction experience includes bought deals, MJDS offerings, shelf prospectuses, private equity and venture capital fund creation, restructuring and initial public offerings. Craig advises clients and Special Committees with respect to numerous types of mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions. Representative clients include energy companies, service and infrastructure companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, midstream companies and investment bankers.

Craig has been counsel to issuers and underwriters with respect to private placements and public offerings, including cross-border offerings for both debt and equity financings. He has also provided advice to private equity funds with respect to structuring, financing, investment and divestiture matters.

Location
  • 4200 Bankers Hall West
    888 3rd Street, SW
    Calgary, AB T2P 5C5
    Canada
Education
  • University of Toronto, graduated 1996
Bar Admissions
  • Alberta, Law Society of Alberta, 1997

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Calgary, Canada (2025)
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Calgary, Canada (2024)
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Calgary, Canada (2021)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Calgary, Canada (2020)
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Calgary, Canada (2019)
  • Corporate Law, Calgary, Canada (2017)
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Calgary, Canada (2016)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 for work in:
  • Corporate Governance Practice
  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities Law

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