kent d. howie

KENT D. HOWIE
Associé
T 403.232.9535
F 403.266.1395
Calgary | Ottawa
[email protected]
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kenthowie-936002124
Pétrole et gaz
Marchés de l’électricité
Fusions et acquisitions
Droit des affaires et droit des sociétés
Droit des autochtones
Construction
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, University of Victoria, 1994
Certificate in Engineering Science,
Mount Allison University, 1986
Kent Howie is a lawyer and a chartered accountant who began his career as a tax
lawyer, but who now practises corporate commercial law in our Calgary Office. Kent
acts for a broad range of clients in the energy and electricity sectors, with a particular
focus on the development of new, or the acquisition of existing, energy and electricity
projects. He has experience advising clients on legal matters related to liquefied natural
gas, oil sands, natural gas storage, refinery/upgrader, pipeline and offshore oil projects. He has also acted as lead counsel with respect to a number of electricity projects,
including large hydro, coal, natural gas, solar, wind and geothermal projects in various
parts of Canada. Alberta, 2000
CA, Canadian Institute of Chartered
Accountants, 1990
B.Comm., Mount Allison University,
1986
Ontario, 1995
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Activités professionnelles

Lead Advisor to joint venture participant in Hibernia Offshore Oil Project (off
Newfoundland Coast) on matters related to ownership/operation of project,
including federal and provincial royalty and net profits interest matters, and an
array of commercial agreements dealing with crude lifting, vessel
transportation, crude storage, and marketing of crude.
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Lead Advisor on two large hydro-electric projects in Canada involving private
developers and First Nations with estimated capital costs of $5 billion and $2
billion, respectively. Included providing advice on alternative legal structures,
Aboriginal issues, joint venture agreements, power purchase agreements and
projects’ foundational operating and financing agreements.
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Lead Advisor on acquisition by Husky Energy Inc. from BP plc of 50% interest
in Toledo, Ohio oil refinery in exchange for 50% interest in Sunrise Oil Sands
Project (reported transaction value $10 billion+), including advising on material
agreements governing the parties to jointly develop and operate the Project.
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Lead Advisor to AutoCanada Inc., Canada’s largest publicly traded group of
auto dealerships, with over 20 dealerships representing six different OEMs,
operating in various provinces across Canada.
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Lead Advisor on two different Liquefied Natural Gas Projects proposed to be
constructed on the West Coast of North America with production capacity of
Member, Law Society of Alberta
Member, Canadian Institute of
Chartered Accountants
Member, Alberta Institute of
Chartered Accountants
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1.5 million mtpa and 12 million mtpa, respectively, including advising on the
key project agreements that will govern the joint venture participants in each
project.
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Lead Advisor on mergers & acquisitions transactions in the electricity sector,
including sale by EPCOR to ENMAX of its interest in Alberta’s Battle River
coal-fired power plant’s 660 MW Power Purchase Arrangement, and
acquisition by international utility of 300 MW gas-fired power plant in Calgary
and 285 MW power plant in BC.
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Lead Advisor in the creation of a corporate joint venture between a US Fortune
500 energy company and a diversified energy services company operating in
the commercial and industrial gas and electricity marketing sectors, and the
ultimate sale of the business to a publicly traded entity.
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Lead Advisor in the reorganization and/or sale of a number of municipal
electric utilities in Ontario pursuant to the provisions of Ontario’s Energy
Competition Act.
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Lead Advisor in the construction of a large long-term care facility by way of a
three-way public private partnership among a large Ontario municipality, a
developer, and a facility operator.
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Lead Advisor in the completion of a governance review of Ontario’s thirdlargest municipal electric utility, including chairing a public consultation process
and preparing the final report to the council of the municipal shareholder.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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Co-Author, "Designing Alberta’s New Electricity Capacity Market: Work Begins
but Much to be Done​​," BLG Publication, January 2017.​​

Co-Author, "2016 Year in Review: Top 10 Legislative, Regulatory and Policy Changes and Trends of Import to the Canadian Energy Industry​," The
Resource: BLG Energy Blog, January 2017.​
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​Co-Author, "Alberta to Cap Electricity Rates and Bring in a Capacity
Market​​," BLG Publication, November 2016.​​
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​Co-Author, "Alberta's First Competitive Power Procurement Begins​​," BLG
Publication, November 2016.​​
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Co-Author, "Alberta Announces the Terms for its Initial 400 MW Renewable
Electricity Procurement​​," The Resource: BLG Energy Blog, November 4, 2016.​​

Co-Author, "New Opportunities in the Alberta Electricity Market — An
Overview​​," BLG Publication, October 2016.​

Instructor, "Alberta Power Markets 101," Industry Workshop ​EUCI, September
2016.
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​Co-Author, "Alberta's New Climate Change Strategy: What Does It Mean For
Renewable Power Development in the Province?" Lexology, November 26,
2015.
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Co-Author, "Big Changes Coming to Alberta’s Electricity Market – The Winners
and Losers?," The Resource: BLG Energy Blog, November 26, 2015.​

Co-Author, "Alberta Premier Notley Tips her Climate Change Hand," The
Resource: BLG Energy Blog, November 16, 2015.​
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Author/Speaker, “Energy Superpower in Waiting: New Pipeline Development in
Canada, Social Licence and Regulatory Reform,” Canada Energy Law
Foundation’s Jasper Seminar / Alberta Law Review’s Petroleum Law Edition
, 2015.
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS
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Recognized in the 2016, 2015 and 2014 Lexpert®/Report on Business Special Edition on Energy.
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Recognized as a leading infrastructure lawyer in the 2013 Lexpert® Special Edition on Infrastructure.
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Recognized in the 2015, 2014 and 2013 editions of The Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory (Corporate Mid-Market, Private Equity).
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