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About Evan

Evan advises clients on a broad range of domestic and international transactional, corporate and commercial matters. His practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, project development, joint ventures, complex commercial arrangements and various other types of transactions. Evan has experience working in a broad range of industries, including upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, agri-business, energy infrastructure, clean hydrogen, technology, petrochemicals, LNG, CCUS, mining, agri-tech and power.

Evan was previously seconded to the Firm's Gulf offices in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. During that time, he acted on a number of corporate and transactional matters involving some of the largest private and state-owned enterprises in the Middle East as well as Canadian and other international clients investing and operating in the region.

Evan is a co-chair of the Calgary Student Committee.

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Energy Transactions/Projects

  • Suncor Energy Inc. on its collaboration agreements with Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited in connection with a joint loyalty program, rebranding of Canadian Tire retail fuel stations to Petro-Canada, and a long-term fuel supply arrangement

  • Suncor Energy Inc. on its C$688-million acquisition of an additional 14.65% working interest in the Fort Hills Project from Teck Resources Limited

  • Pembina Pipeline Corporation in connection with Pembina Gas Infrastructure's sale of its 50% interest in the Key Access Pipeline System for $662.5-million

  • Suncor Energy Inc. on its C$1-billion acquisition of an additional 21.3% working interest in the Fort Hills Project from Teck Resources Limited

  • Pembina Pipeline Corporation on its C$11.4-billion joint venture with KKR & Co. to merge their western Canadian natural gas processing assets

  • TC Energy Corporation on the sale of an 85% equity interest in Northern Courier Pipeline to AIMCo and, in conjunction with the sale, the financing of long-term, non-recourse debt, with approximate aggregate gross proceeds to TC Energy of C$1.15-billion

  • TC Energy Corporation on its sale of a 65% equity stake in the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project to KKR and AIMCo and the concurrent execution of a credit agreement providing non-recourse project-level financing to fund the majority of construction costs for the project

  • Suncor Energy Inc. in connection with the C$1.13-billion sale of its Petro-Canada lubricants division to HollyFrontier Corporation

  • Cenovus Energy Inc. on the sale of its Palliser crude oil and natural gas assets in southeastern Alberta to Torxen Energy and Schlumberger for C$1.3-billion

  • Cenovus Energy Inc. on the sale of its Suffield crude oil and natural gas assets in southern Alberta to International Petroleum Corporation for C$512-million

  • Enercapita Energy Ltd. on the acquisition of assets in the Worsley Area, Alberta for approximately C$100-million

  • Cenovus Energy Inc. on the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Heritage Royalty Limited Partnership to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for C$3.3-billion

  • A Canadian integrated oil company on the sale of its interest in a cross-border crude oil pipeline

  • Sadara Chemical Company, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, on various project development and petrochemical offtake and sales agreements for its petrochemical complex located in Jubail, Saudi Arabia as well as general corporate matters

Agri-Business Transactions/Projects

  • Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., a wastewater treatment system provider and fertilizer producer, on its acquisition of Bruce Oakley, Inc.'s fertilizer granulation facility and certain related assets located in St. Louis, Missouri, and related long-term terminal service and raw material supply arrangements

  • Nutrien Ltd. on its commercialization agreement with a technology developer for development, commercialization and production of potash, nitrogen and phosphate-based fertilizer products incorporating micronized sulfur

  • Agrium Inc. in connection the divestiture of Agrium's Conda Phosphate Operations in Idaho, undertaken in connection with its US$38-billion merger of equals with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

  • Agrium Inc. in connection the divestiture of its North Bend nitrogen facility in Ohio, undertaken in connection with its US$38-billion merger of equals with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

  • An international commodities marketer in connection with large-volume, long-term grain supply, put-through and elevation services and off-take arrangements in connection with the development of a U.S.-based grain export terminal

Technology Transactions/Projects

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

  • Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., a wastewater treatment system provider and fertilizer producer, on its collaboration with Evoqua Water Technologies for Ostara's nutrient recovery technology in North American and Western European municipal markets

  • A Saudi investment and development company in connection with the creation of a Saudi joint venture with a multinational technology company

Clean Energy Transactions/Projects

  • Superior Propane on its supply and logistics agreement with Charbone Hydrogen Corporation for the purchase and distribution of green hydrogen from Charbone's Sorel-Tracy, Quebec hydrogen production facility

  • Suncor Energy Inc., on its investment in Enerkem Inc., a Canadian biofuel technology company

Awards & Recognition

Evan is recognized as a leading lawyer in the following publication:

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada 2023 (Corporate Law)

Professional Activities

Evan is a member of The Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association and the Calgary Bar Association.

Education

Admitted to the Alberta Bar – 2014
JD (With Great Distinction), University of Saskatchewan – 2013

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