
Lawson Lundell LLP’s geographically diverse oil and gas practice utilizes well-staffed platforms throughout British Columbia, Alberta and Northern Canada. Combining robust commercial and regulatory expertise, the team advises major and junior producers on exploration, M&A and transport-related work, together with related regulatory, environmental and Indigenous law issues. The department is co-led from Calgary by transactional partner Paul Negenman, who is also noted for land-related matters, alongside senior counsel John Olynyk, whose practice spans Indigenous, environmental and regulatory law. Other key contacts include Calgary-based regulatory and environmental law partner Shailaz Dhalla and senior counsel Jeffrey Scobie, a transactional lawyer who divides his time between Calgary and Vancouver.
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Key clients
- Longshore Resources
- Northern Hawk Energy
- Campus Energy Partners Infrastructure
- TransAlta Corporation
- Pure Environmental Waste Management
- NuVista Energy
- Cenovus Energy & Phillips 66 Canada
- Cenovus Energy
- Government of Alberta
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Practice head
Paul Negenman; John Olynyk
Other key lawyers
Shailaz Dhalla; Jeffrey Scobie; Jason Paton; Randy Madsen
