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Brock W. Gibson, Q.C.
Chair
Telephone
403-260-9610
Facsimile
403-260-9700
email
Alternate Location
Toronto Office
Telephone 416-863-2150
Facsimile 416-863-2653
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Profile
Brock Gibson is Chair of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and also practises in the area of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, energy and restructuring transactions. His clients include energy and power companies, investment dealers, income funds, and service and technology companies. He also has extensive experience in all aspects of energy and power-related transactions, as well as corporate, securities, governance and trust matters affecting energy and power entities.
Brock's recent mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance experience includes acting as lead counsel on more than 150 mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and public equity and debt offerings. Brock has also advised on some of the largest commercial transactions in the Alberta oil and gas, oil sands, electricity and income fund sectors.
Brock has been a frequent speaker and has chaired several national and international conferences on corporate and securities law topics, including mergers and acquisitions (national and cross-border) and corporate governance.
Brock is recognized as one of the leading lawyers in Canada in Law Business Research's The International Who's Who of Oil and Gas Lawyers 2010, The 2010 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Law Business Research's The International Who's Who of Merger and Acquisition Lawyers 2010, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2010, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010, PLC Which Lawyer? 2010, and IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms - 2010 Edition.
Selected Recent Experience
- Suncor on its C$43-billion strategic merger with Petro-Canada
- Enerplus Resources Fund: proposed strategic business combination with Focus Energy Trust for C$7.6-billion; its other recent acquisitions: Sleeping Giant LLC for US$92-million; Lyco Energy Corporation for US$387-million; 13 producing fields in Western Canada from Chevron Texaco for C$655.3-million; Ice Energy Ltd. for C$123-million
- Canetic Resources Trust: merger with Penn West Energy Trust for C$15-billion and its recent acquisition of certain oil and natural gas interests C$900-million
- Kinder Morgan Inc. acquisition of Terasen, Inc. for C$7-billion; sale of Terasen Inc. for US$3.18-million; sale of Corridor Pipeline Systems for US$644.45-million
- Trinidad Energy Services Income Trust acquisition of Mastco Derrick Services Ltd. for C$61.8-million; Summit Energy Services Inc. and Yukon Energy Rentals Inc. for C$18-million; Titan Surface Casing Ltd. for C$24.7-million; certain assets of Jade Drilling Inc. for C$87.6-million; Arrow Drilling, Inc. for C$45-million
- Calpine Power Income Fund on the take-over by an affiliate of Harbinger Capital Partners for C$800-million
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Areas of Law
Corporate Finance & Securities Regulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Oil & Gas
Energy
Corporate Governance
Restructuring & Insolvency
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Education
Appointed Queen's Counsel - 2010
Admitted to the Alberta Bar - 1983
LL.B., University of Saskatchewan - 1982
College of Commerce, University of Saskatchewan - 1979
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Media Appearances
Quoted -
"Top 10 Corporate Deals of 2009; Re-Energizing Canada's Energy Sector - Deal: Suncor Energy Inc. Acquires Petro-Canada",
Lexpert Magazine, cover story photo and pp. 58-60, January 2010.
Mentioned - "
Dealmaker of the Week: Brock Gibson of Blake Cassels",
Posted by Julie Triedman, The AM Law Daily, March 27, 2009.
Quoted -
"Cross-Border Issues: Canadian Firm a Player in the Two Largest Deals",
The National Law Journal, February 9, 2009.
Quoted - "
Blake gets into Western swing; Calgary lawyer leads one of Canada's top 10",
Article by Jim Middlemiss, Financial Post, January 7, 2009.
Quoted -
"Riding the Bull Market",
Article by Francesca Heintz, American Lawyer, p.72, August 2008.
Quoted -
"Converging in Calgary",
Article by Marzena Czarnecka, Lexpert Magazine, p.59, July/August 2008.
Quoted -
"The Buyout Binge",
Article by Pablo Fuchs, National, Canadian Bar Association, Vol. 16, No. 8, P.24, December 2007.
Mentioned -
"Art of the Deal: Harbinger-Calpine: How the Deal was Drawn",
Lexpert Magazine, P. 80, September 2007.
Mentioned -
"The Greening of Energy Law",
Lexpert Magazine, June 2007.
Mentioned -
"It's Still a Cyclical Thing: The Oil Patch Rules of Engagement",
Lexpert Magazine, April 2006.
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Recent Publications
Co-author -
"Mergers & Acquisitions - Recent Developments of Importance",
The 2007 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, January 2007.
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Recent Professional Activities
Speaker -
"Anatomy of a Deal: Suncor/Petro-Canada",
Mergers and Acquisitions: Leading Players - Leading Deals, Domestic, Cross-Border, International, Insight Conference, Calgary, Alberta, December 1-2, 2009.
Speaker -
"Energy Sector M&As in Turbulent Times",
The Conference Board of Canada, Calgary, Alberta, May 7-8, 2007.
Speaker -
"The M & A Boom in Western Canada",
Mergers and Acquisitions: New Threats and Opportunities, The Conference Board of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, January 17-18, 2007.
Panellist -
"Facing New Realities for Trusts",
Deloitte's Presentation, December 12, 2006.
Chair -
"Mergers & Acquisitions",
Insight Conference, Calgary, Alberta, December 4-5, 2006.
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