Dentons Canada LLP, Energy: Power | Chambers Canada Profile

About

Provided by Dentons Canada LLP

Dentons' deep energy experience is unmatched across Canada. The energy industry is one of the most important contributors to Canada's economy, and participants in the area need a law firm that has Canadian roots and is full service.

Dentons' energy lawyers know the way when it comes to:

Oil & Gas: including oil sands, unconventional resources and LNG Pipelines
Power: including renewables like wind, solar, hydro, tidal, and biomass
Services and infrastructure
Utilities: including natural gas and electricity

We assist our clients-in Canada and around the world-in critical areas such as:

Acquisitions and divestitures
Capital markets and securities
Commercial contracts
Commodity trading
Competition/Anti-trust
Corporate and asset acquisitions and dispositions
Cost hedging strategies
Derivatives
Emissions trading, cleantech and climate change
Employment and labour
Energy contracts
Environmental assessment and other regulatory matters
Energy export approvals
Financing
First Nations and aboriginal community relationships
Immigration
Investment Canada ActJoint ventures
LNG
Mergers and acquisitions
Permitting and regulation
Power purchase and off-take agreements
Public policy and government relations
Project approval
Project structuring
Project finance
Siting
Taxation

Dentons clients value our industry-wide expertise and the convenience of one-stop legal shopping. We are all about service and are committed to your success.

Chambers Review

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Energy: Power - Nationwide - Canada

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Dentons Canada provides representation to major international and domestic companies on M&A in the Canadian energy sector, advising on the financing of conventional and renewable energy projects across Canada, as well as electricity transmission and distribution. The firm brings strong First Nations and environmental law expertise to bear in its energy work. The group's regulatory practice in particular benefits from this multidisciplinary approach. The team also offers considerable experience of international power projects, most notably in Africa and the USA.

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Work Highlights

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Dentons Canada acted on behalf of RGreen Invest in the cross-border financing of solar projects.

Strengths

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We have been very impressed with the team.

Energy: Power respondent
Canada

We have been very impressed with the team.

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Canada

Notable Practitioners

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Vivek Bakshi

Band 3

Toronto-based Vivek Bakshi advises on project financing, M&A and joint ventures in the renewables and natural resources sectors. He is additionally sought out for his counsel on power purchase agreements.

Vivek Bakshi is an excellent lawyer - we trust and respect him. His advice is always practical, business-oriented and he is very responsive to our requests.

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Hazel Saffery

Band 4

Hazel Saffery has a wide-ranging transactional practice which sees her advising clients on a broad spectrum of A&D work, commercial matters and project development issues.

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