Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 2

Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory)

Nationwide - Canada

4 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Aboriginal Law

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4 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Sander Duncanson

Canada

Practice Areas

BIOGRAPHY

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Services

Climate Change and Emissions Trading

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Environmental

Environmental Disputes, Investigations and Enforcement

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Indigenous

Land

Large Scale Projects

Regulatory

Regulatory, Indigenous and Environmental

Industries

Energy

Energy (Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels)

Infrastructure

Mining and Natural Resources

Power and Utilities

Transportation and Logistics

BAR ADMISSION

Alberta, 2011

British Columbia, 2014

EDUCATION

University of Calgary, LL.B. (Distinction)

Queen’s University, B.A. (Hons.)

LANGUAGE(S)

English

Sander is Co-Chair of Osler's Regulatory, Indigenous and Environmental practice. He specializes in environmental, regulatory and Indigenous law issues for natural resource developers. He has experience with matters before the Canada Energy Regulator (formerly the National Energy Board), the Alberta Energy Regulator (and its predecessor the Energy Resources Conservation Board), the Ontario Energy Board, the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office, the Alberta Utilities Commission, the Northwest Territories Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations and federal -provincial Environmental Assessment Joint Review Panels. Sander also has experience with regulatory, environmental and Indigenous matters before all levels of courts in Alberta. The subject matter of Sander’s recent regulatory work includes oil and natural gas pipelines, oil sands (both mining and in situ), LNG export, hydrogen, offshore drilling, hydro-electric generation, mining (including coal, metal, potash, gravel and diamonds), natural gas processing, electricity transmission and contaminated lands. He also regularly advises clients on their obligations to Indigenous groups and negotiates impact benefit agreements with Indigenous groups on behalf of resource developers. Sander regularly lectures at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law on subjects such as administrative law, environmental law, environmental impact assessments and species at risk.

Career

Sander has spent his entire legal career at Osler, becoming an associate in 2011 and partner in 2019.

Professional Memberships

Canadian Bar Association (former Chair, Environmental Law Section, Alberta South)

Calgary Bar Association

Law Society of Alberta & British Columbia

Publications

Government of Canada enacts changes to environmental assessment processes (Osler Update: July 17, 2019)

Changes to federal impact assessments, energy regulator and waterway regulation (Bills C-68 and C-69) (Osler Update: Feb 12, 2018)

Supreme Court releases much-anticipated Chippewas and Clyde River decisions (Osler Update: July 26, 2017)

Personal

University of Calgary, LL.B. (Distinction)

Queen’s University, B.A. (Hons.)

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