Ahmed Elsaghir

Ahmed's recent representative experience includes advising or representing:

• Cenovus Energy Inc. on its C$711-million acquisition of warrants from Hutchison Whampoa Europe Investments S.à r.l. and L.F. Investments S.à r.l.

• TC Energy Corporation on its proposed separation into two independent, investment-grade, publicly listed companies through the spinoff of TC Energy's Liquids Pipelines business

• Strathcona Resources Ltd. on its all-share transaction to acquire Pipestone Energy Corp., creating a combined public entity with an approximate C$11.5-billion enterprise value

• Intact Financial Corporation on its inaugural offering of C$300-million aggregate principal amount of limited recourse capital notes

• Strathcona Resources Ltd. on its inaugural offering of US$500-million of aggregate principal amount of debt securities

• Pacific Energy on its strategic partnership with Enbridge Inc. for the construction and operation of the C$5.1-billion Woodfibre LNG Project near Squamish, B.C. (Enbridge Inc.: 30%, Pacific Energy: 70%)

• Strathcona Resources Ltd. and Waterous Energy Fund on the acquisitions of Serafina Energy Ltd., Caltex Resources Ltd. and Osum Oil Sands Corp.

• ArcLight Capital Partners on the sale of its affiliate, Amphora Canada Gas Storage

• The Riverside Company on its C$178-million acquisition of PFB Corporation

• Hg Capital in connection with its acquisition of Benevity, Inc. alongside General Atlantic, JMI Equity and the Benevity management team

• ENMAX Corporation on its US$1.3-billion acquisition of Emera Inc.'s interest in Emera Maine

• Cenovus Energy Inc. on its C$17.7-billion acquisition of assets from ConocoPhillips

Ahmed has been recognized in the following publication:

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada – 2023–2024 (Tax)

Ahmed is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation, and the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society. He is a former member of the executive committee of the Canadian Bar Association (Alberta South) Taxation Law Section.

• Co-author: Canada Proposes Updates to Green-Energy Tax Incentives
  Blakes Bulletin on Tax, September 15, 2023.
• Co-author: 2023 Federal Budget: Green-Energy Tax Incentives
  Blakes Bulletin on Tax / Energy, April 5, 2023.
• Co-author: Alta Energy Luxembourg: Canada Held to its Treaty Bargain
  Canadian Tax Focus, Canadian Tax Foundation, February 2022.
• Co-author: Distress Preferred Shares: Debt Refinancing During COVID-19
  National Insolvency Review, Vol. 38, No. 1, February 2021.

• Co-presenter: Potpourri of CRA Audit and Tax Litigation Topics
  CPTS Fall Lecture Series, Calgary, Alberta, October 2023.
• Panellist: How to Achieve the Sustainability of Decarbonisation Industries such as CCUS and Low Carbon Fuels on a Standalone Basis?
  New York Energy Capital Assembly, Energy Council, April 19–20, 2023
• Co-presenter: Taxable Canadian Property & Section 116: Select Issues
  CPTS Fall Lecture Series, Calgary, Alberta, October 2021.

In-Depth Tax Course, CPA Canada – 2020
Admitted to the Alberta Bar – 2016
JD (Cum Laude), University of Ottawa – 2015
BComm (With Distinction), University of Calgary – 2012