Brittney Thompson

Energy

Oil and gas transactions including asset and share acquisitions and dispositions, mergers, amalgamations and the formation and organization of corporations, partnerships and joint ventures

Negotiating and drafting oil and gas-related agreements

Advice regarding joint ownership and the conduct of joint operations

Oil and gas due diligence, including title review and drilling opinions

International oil and gas transactions

Energy projects

Commercial transactions

Asset and share acquisitions, mergers and divestitures

Corporate reorganizations

Negotiating and drafting commercial agreements

Corporate governance

Corporate and asset due diligence

General corporate and commercial matters

Competition law and foreign investment

Securing regulatory approvals for mergers from the Competition Bureau, Investment Canada and other regulatory agencies

Member, Law Society of Alberta

Member, Canadian Bar Association

Member, Calgary Bar Association

Published articles

Bill C-69: Introducing the Canadian Energy Regulator and the Impact Assessment Agency, Energy Regulation Quarterly (January 2020)

Presentations

Brittney has also presented at various conferences, panels, seminars, and other events, including:

Understanding the New Canadian Energy Regulator and Impact Assessment Agency, Petroleum Accountants Society of Canada, Insights 2020, March 2020

Competitor Collaborations: Competition Act (Canada), BD&P Client Seminar, February 2020

Supply, Demand and Differentials: The Price of Canadian Crude, Southern Land Agents Meeting, March 2019

Shattering Conventional Notions: The New Reality of Unconventional Resources, PJVA Conference, October 2015

Competition Act, Canada Transportation Act and Investment Canada Act, BD&P Client Seminar, July 2015

Legal Strategies in Private Mergers and Acquisitions, Legal Education Society of Alberta Seminar, May 2015

Since 2019, Brittney has served as the Director of the Heritage Park Society. She is also a member of the Heritage Park Society Governance and Nomination Committee and the Historical, Interpretive and Education Committee. She was also Director and Chair of Pacekids Society for Children with Special Needs from 2013-2018.

Whitecap Resources acquisition of Veren Inc. (approximately $15B)

Whitecap Resources disposition of carbon hub assets to Entropy (approximately $20M)

Entropy acquisition of carbon hub assets from Whitecap (approximately $20M)

Whitecap Resources disposition of Saskatchewan assets (approximately $215M)

Dow Path2Zero petrochemical expansion project (approximately $15B project)

Cygnet Energy acquisition of Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (approximately $1.4B)

Community Involvement

Director, Canadian Energy Law Foundation (2023 - present)

Director Chair, Heritage Park Society (2019 to present)

Paper Co-Chair, CELF Energy Research Seminar Organizing Committee (2025; formerly a committee member for 5 years)

Member of the selection committee for Heritage Park’s Women Making History awards, celebrating Alberta’s most accomplished women (current)

Course Instructor, Rights of First Refusal – CALEP (2019 – present)

Director-at-Large of the Petroleum Joint Venture Association (2019 - 2023)

Chair & Executive Member, Natural Resources South Section, Canadian Bar Association (2016 - 2021)

Executive Member, Environmental, Energy and Resource Law National Section, Canadian Bar Association (2019 - 2021)

Former Director and Chair, Pacekids Society for Children with Special Needs (2012 – 2018)

University of Lethbridge

Bachelor of Arts ( with Great Distinction)

2008

University of Alberta

Bachelor of Laws

2011