Christine Milliken > Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP > Calgary, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
855-2ND STREET S.W.
SUITE 3500, BANKERS HALL, EAST TOWER
CALGARY, ALBERTA T2P 4J8
Canada

Work Department

Corporate & Commercial; Energy

Position

Christine’s practice focuses primarily on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and project development within the oil and gas and renewable energy industries. She has been involved in a broad range of transactions for private and public entities, including domestic and cross border M&A transactions, share and asset purchase and sale transactions, joint ventures, pipeline and midstream facility development and commercial arrangements and corporate reorganizations.

Christine has significant experience advising clients with general corporate and commercial matters and all aspects of conventional and unconventional oil and gas matters, including liquefied natural gas (including all project development agreements and LNG offtake arrangements). She also advises on pipeline and other midstream project matters, share and asset purchase and sale transactions and reorganizations.

Christine also has an active technology practice, assisting start-up technology companies (in various stages) with various commercial transactions (including mergers, acquisition and divestitures), private equity and venture capital investments, licensing and general commercial matters.

She has a strong working knowledge of French, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Christine is co-head of the Firm’s Corporate Commercial group in Calgary.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas

(Next Generation Partners)

Christine MillikenBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A popular choice for both major M&A and development projects, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP’s oil and gas group enjoys strong relationships with leading domestic and multinational oil and gas companies. Based in Calgary, the full-service group can additionally draw on teams from across its national network as required. Next-generation partner Christine Milliken co-heads the department; she recently paired up with Calgary office head  Ben Rogers to advise PrairieSky Royalty on its C$728m acquisition of 1.9m acres of royalty lands in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba from Heritage Royalty. Keith Byblow co-leads the practice and advised Canadian Pacific Railway Company on its C$30m Hydrogen Locomotive Program. Other transactional specialists include Chris Harris and Mungo Hardwicke-Brown. Alongside its commercial expertise, Terri-Lee Oleniuk spearheads a broad energy regulatory practice that includes Lars Olthafer and Katie Slipp. At the associate level, Ashton Menuz provides capable support on energy transactions.