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Oil and gas

Fasken

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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.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘I consider Fasken the most knowledgeable and strategic group regarding public utility regulation in BC. It demonstrates a high degree of collaboration and strikes a good balance between utilizing more junior lawyers when appropriate without creating unnecessary billing or at the detriment of quality advice.’

  • ‘Matthew Ghikas is the most strategic regulatory lawyer that I have ever worked with. Having previously worked for the regulator, I can also say that he demonstrates exceptional skills in oral hearings that generally fosters trust and confidence both in the client (utility) and in the regulators.’

Key clients

  • FortisBC Energy
  • NorthRiver Midstream (NorthRiver)

Work highlights

Represented NorthRiver Midstream in successfully defending an application for a new condensate and natural gas liquids pipeline system, which was litigated before the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).