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About Erik

Erik's practice focuses primarily on assisting clients with general corporate and commercial matters. He has assisted clients on various matters and transactions, including share and asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and project governance, corporate reorganizations, energy and mining infrastructure development and operational agreements, marketing and logistics agreements, and EPC and supply chain agreements.

Erik has experience working in a broad range of industries, including upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, agribusiness, mining, power and renewables, and technology.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Strathcona Resources Ltd. in connection with the sale of substantially all of its Montney assets for approximately C$2.84-billion, pursuant to three separate transactions with Tourmaline Oil Corp., ARC Resources Ltd. and an arm's length Canadian oil and gas producer

  • Strathcona Resources Ltd. on the acquisition of the Hardisty Rail Terminal for cash consideration of approximately C$45-million

  • Strathcona Resources Ltd. in respect of its acquisition of a 9.9% toehold interest in MEG Energy Corp. and the current take-over bid for MEG Energy Corp.

  • Pembina Pipeline Corporation on its acquisition of Enbridge Inc.'s joint-venture interests in Alliance Pipeline, Aux Sable and NRGreen for C$3.1-billion and its concurrent C$1.1-billion bought deal offering of subscription receipts

  • Suncor Energy Inc. on its C$1.468-billion acquisition of TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd., which holds a 31.23% working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project

  • Pembina Pipeline Corporation on its C$11.4-billion joint venture with KKR & Co. Inc. to merge their western Canadian natural gas processing assets
  • Pembina Pipeline Corporation in connection with its terminated C$8.5-billion acquisition of Inter Pipeline Ltd.

  • ENMAX Corporation on the sale of the District Energy Centre facility to Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC

Commercial Arrangements & Project Development

  • Pembina Pipeline Corporation on its long-term LPG export agreement with AltaGas Ltd. at the Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal (RIPET) and the future Ridley Island Energy Export Facility (REEF)

  • Strathcona Resources Ltd. in its partnership with Canada Growth Fund Inc. to develop up to C$2-billion of major carbon capture and sequestration infrastructure on Strathcona's steam-assisted gravity drainage oil sands facilities in Saskatchewan and Alberta

  • EPC and supply chain contracting matters for the development of oil and gas, mining, agribusiness and electricity projects

Private Equity Transactions

  • Welco-Beales Manufacturing Inc. on the disposition of Weldco Heavy Industries Ltd. to a corporate joint venture of PFM Capital Inc. and McKay Métis Group Limited Partnership

  • ARC Financial Corp. in connection with its acquisition of Sirius Instrumentation and Controls Inc.

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

Professional Activities

Erik is a member of the Law Society of Alberta and a director of the Calgary chapter of Young Professionals in Energy.

Education

Admitted to the Alberta Bar – 2020
JD (Business Law Concentration), University of British Columbia – 2019
BA (Economics), University of British Columbia – 2016

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