Layne Thiessen

Brent focuses his practice on business and personal tax planning, leading projects for restructuring, split-ups, acquisitions, asset divestitures and financings. He represents clients in tax disputes, representing clients before the Canada Revenue Agency, Department of Justice and Department of Finance. From the Alberta Government to the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Brent has worked with a variety of government, industry and volunteer organizations to improve tax laws. For the past 30 ...

Katherine Rubin is an associate in Fasken’s Knowledge and Practice Innovation department, and works with the Banking and Finance group across the Firm. In this role, Katherine assists the Banking and Finance group by creating and locating resources and content to ensure the efficient and consistent delivery of high quality legal services, and by maximizing the group’s shared intellectual capital. Katherine has a broad range of experience in banking and finance law, and has represe...

Sherrilynn J. Kelly is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Sherrilynn J., who practices law in Calgary, Alberta, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sherrilynn J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Curtis is a partner at Carbert Waite LLP, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and Co-Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice. Curtis has extensive experience in a wide variety of commercial litigation and arbitration matters, including international arbitration and litigation, defamation, and estate litigation. His clients include multinational corporations, energy companies, construction companies, family-run businesses, and individuals. He also acts for US and...

Julie D’Avignon is a partner and head of the Tax Group in Calgary. Her practice focuses on providing tax advice in connection with mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, equity investments, flow-through share transactions and financings. Julie has extensive experience working with Canadian and international clients, public and private entities, tax-exempt entities, and private equity firms. Julie has particular expertise in resource and energy taxation, including with resp...

Kamil Umar is a commercial real estate lawyer based in Calgary. He takes a business-minded and market-driven approach to his practice, ensuring clients receive practical and thoughtful advice on matters including property purchase and sale, land development and land use planning, condominium and strata development, leasing of all asset classes, and financing and public infrastructure work. Kamil acts for diverse clients, including residential, commercial and industrial developers, privately a...

Bryan Walker is a litigator whose practice encompasses a broad range of commercial litigation matters with an emphasis on oil and gas litigation, construction law, and insurance defence. Mr. Walker also advises clients on regulatory requirements surrounding food safety. He has appeared before the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench and Tax Court of Canada. Mr. Walker is also the local chair for Norton Rose Fulbright's national Pro Bono Committee.

Jack maintains a broad commercial litigation practice with a focus on insolvency and restructuring, debtor-creditor remedies, real estate, banking, fraud, and energy-related matters. He advises companies, directors, shareholders, lenders, and accounting professionals on all aspects of insolvency and restructuring proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act , both in Canada and in cross-border contexts. Jack also has significant experi...

Ben Hudy is co-head of the Corporate Group in Calgary. His practice focuses on securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, private equity transactions, corporate finance and strategic transactions such as joint ventures, partnerships and significant investments. Ben regularly acts for issuers, boards of directors, special committees, management teams, institutional investors, private equity sponsors, financial advisors a...

Crispin is the Administrative Partner of the Calgary office and practices in the areas of business law, corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, and energy. He advises clients on corporate finance, public and private M&A, corporate reorganizations, and governance matters across a range of industries, including oil and gas, oilfield services, mining, power, and manufacturing. Crispin has significant experience with corporate finance and securities transactions, including...