Shane Freitag > Borden Ladner Gervais LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Offices
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
22 Adelaide Street West, Suite 3400
Toronto, ON M5H 4E3
Canada
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Shane Freitag
Work Department
Electricity Markets
Position
National Leader, Electricity Markets
Career
As national leader of the Electricity Markets Group, Shane specializes in corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters in the resource and infrastructure sector, with emphasis upon electricity, water and natural gas. Shane has been a major participant in these sectors for over thirty years in senior legal positions with major utilities in both Ontario and Alberta and in private practice. Shane is involved in all aspects of the procurement and development of projects in Canada with a focus on the key underlying material agreements and regulatory approvals. He has negotiated numerous agreements for the purchase and sale of power, gas, and steam, and other industrial-related agreements. Called to the Bar in Ontario, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Alberta.
Languages
English
Memberships
Chair of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Law of the International Bar Association. Member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Power Producers of Ontario.
Education
LLB, University of Windsor; MBA, University of Saskatchewan; BComm, University of Alberta.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Energy and natural resources > Power
(Leading individuals)Borden Ladner Gervais LLP ‘s full-service power practice deploys experts across the full scope of transactional, regulatory and contentious work. Among the names to note, Toronto-based commercial specialist and national group head Shane Freitag possesses an impressive record in advising major utilities in both Ontario and Alberta, with his broad skill set spanning both regulatory and transactional matters. Other key transactional contacts include Toronto’s Rob Blackstein, who recently acted for SNC-Lavalin on its agreement with Ontario Power Generation to develop the Darlington New Nuclear Project. The group also draws on the senior experience of Toronto-based Mark Rodger, who specializes in commercial, regulatory and government relations-related power issues; and Calgary’s Jonathan Liteplo, who is highly regarded for his focus on energy and utilities regulation.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Canada > Energy and natural resources > Power
- Power Canada > Energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Construction
- International trade
- Labour and employment
- Business immigration
- Pensions
- Business immigration
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Transport > Aviation
- Transport > Shipping
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Indigenous law
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- Banking and finance
- Business immigration
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Transport > Other transport
- Pensions
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Technology
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A