Mr Vivek Warrier > Bennett Jones LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Bennett Jones LLP
3400 ONE FIRST CANADIAN PLACE
PO BOX 130
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canada

Work Department

M&A + Capital Markets, Infrastructure Projects & Energy

Position

Partner, Co-Head of Energy & Oil & Gas Industry Team

Career

Vivek practises primarily in the areas of infrastructure project development and private mergers and acquisitions in the energy industry. His practice encompasses the entire petroleum, natural gas and power value chain, from upstream exploration and production, to midstream transportation and processing solutions and the marketing of energy products. Recently, Vivek has been engaged as primary counsel on projects at the forefront of emerging trends in the Canadian energy industry, including the development of liquefied natural gas export facilities on both the west and east coasts of Canada, renewable energy projects across the country, joint ventures in emerging resource plays in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan and the development of crude oil rail transloading facilities throughout western Canada. He is consistently sought out by clients for the negotiation, conduct and completion of complex purchase and sale transactions and frequently advises clients in the structuring, ownership and operation of energy infrastructure projects.

Memberships

Vivek is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Energy Law Foundation, Chair of the Board of the Calgary Center for Newcomers and as a United Way volunteer.

Education

University of Calgary, BA, 1996 
University of Alberta, LLB, 2000