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Fasken Offices

3400 FIRST CANADIAN CENTRE
350 - 7TH AVENUE SW
CALGARY, AB T2P 3N9
Canada
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Mr Brendan Sawatsky

Position
Partner
Career
Brendan’s practice is focused on mergers, acquisitions and project development. Clients value Brendan for his experience acting for public and private companies on a broad range of complex transactions and commercial arrangements.
Frequently acting on domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, including share and asset purchases and sales, Brendan also advises on joint ventures, partnerships, project development and commercial arrangements and corporate reorganizations. With a primary focus on the energy, infrastructure and construction sectors, Brendan advises across a broad range of industries on general corporate and commercial matters. Brendan has also worked with clients to establish business relationships, joint ventures and partnerships with Indigenous-owned entities.
Leveraging his work with an international engineering, procurement, construction and management company prior to practicing law, clients benefit from Brendan’s understanding of the strategy, logistics and governance considerations inherent to large-scale energy and infrastructure projects.
Brendan is the Co-Leader of the Global Energy and Climate Group for the Alberta region.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
A ‘strategic group regarding public utility regulation in BC’, Fasken’s close links with utilities such as FortisBC Energy pays dividends and it attracts a significant volume of regulatory work in British Columbia and beyond. The team additionally leverages the wider firm’s top-tier Indigenous law practice, as well as its corporate and environmental law offerings, to provide full-service support on oil and gas matters. Recommended names in Vancouver include energy and regulatory litigator Matthew Ghikas; overarching energy and climate group head Ron Ezekiel; and regulatory energy partner Christopher Bystrom. In Calgary, transactional energy practitioner Brendan Sawatsky is noted.
Canada > Energy and natural resources > Power
Fasken’s power work is strongly weighted towards regulatory matters, where it acts for major utilities, such as BC Hydro and Fortis, on their dealings with government regulators. Environmental and Indigenous law-related issues are also practice strong suits. Transactional partners Ron Ezekiel (Vancouver) and Brendan Sawatsky (Calgary) co-head the energy and climate group and are well versed in all key energy spheres. Christopher Bystrom (Vancouver) is recommended for power regulation. Former firm managing partner, Peter Feldberg, left in December 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Indigenous law
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- International expertise
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- AI
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Pensions
- Public procurement
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Media and entertainment
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Cannabis
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas