Allan Morgan, Calgary

About Allan

Allan's practice focuses on commercial financing, including secured and unsecured debt financing, project financing, acquisition financing, asset-based lending, cross-border financing and transactional work. Allan also has experience with project development, and has advised a broad range of clients in the electrical power, natural resources, renewable energy, technology, agriculture and infrastructure sectors.

He regularly acts for lenders and borrowers in connection with syndicated and non-syndicated bank loan facilities and advises on hedging arrangements, equity financings and investments, acquisitions, intercreditor arrangements, reorganizations, divestitures and environmental, social and governance issues. He has experience with front-end project structuring and development matters, including joint venturing, partnerships, procurement, real property, construction, commodities purchasing, carbon offsetting and commercial issues.

Prior to joining Blakes, Allan worked as an associate at another national law firm.

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Select matters in which Allan has been involved in prior to joining Blakes include representing:

An engineering firm in financing matters relating to its C$1.5-billion acquisition
A Canadian energy company in its C$23.6-billion agreement to create a new integrated energy leader
The project developer in the development and financing of the C$1.5-billion Cascade Power Project
An energy company in financing matters relating to a C$1.8-billion joint venture
An energy company in financing matters relating to its restructuring transaction under the CCAA
A Crown corporation in its C$407.5-million loan to create additional irrigable acres in Alberta
An energy company in relation to its $250-million revolving and project-based credit facilities
A renewable energy developer in the development of Travers Solar – Canada's largest operating solar energy project
Renewable energy developers in the development, contracting and financing of more than 2 GW of wind, solar and battery storage projects
The generators and power purchasers of several wind, solar and battery storage projects in the negotiation and administration of power purchase agreements
The developers, borrowers and equity investors in several gas-fired cogeneration projects
The lenders in connection with syndicated construction and convertible loan facilities in an aggregate amount of C$97-million
The owner of a liquefied natural gas facility in connection with the negotiation of gas supply agreements
A REIT in its acquisition of a four-property industrial portfolio
The purchaser in its acquisition and financing of a 32 MW cogeneration facility