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Acting for clients in the energy industry, Greg Johnson's practice focuses on corporate tax, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions and private equity.

He is also a chartered accountant who practised with an international accounting firm before joining Bennett Jones.

Greg is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, a director of the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society and an editor of the Federated Press Canadian Resource Taxation journal.

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University of Calgary, BComm, 1992 University of Alberta, LLB, 1998 

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Alberta, 1999

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SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. (TSX: SES), a leading waste management and energy infrastructure company, in its $31-million acquisition of a metals recycling business
SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. (TSX: SES), a leading waste management and energy infrastructure company, in its $157-million acquisition of a metals recycling business
Killam Apartment REIT in a tax driven internal reorganization by way of a plan of arrangement
BofA Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with the remarketing of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.'s US$1.15-billion aggregate principal amount of 1.18% Senior Notes
SECURE Energy Services Inc. in its $1.075-billion asset sale of waste management facilities pursuant to a divesture order by the Competition Tribunal
Riverstone Pipestone LP and Riverstone V REL CNOR LP, the largest shareholders of Pipestone Energy Corp., in connection with the acquisition by Strathcona Resources Ltd. of all of the outstanding shares of Pipestone pursuant to a plan of arrangement
Riverstone Holdings LLC, in its acquisition of all issued and outstanding Class A common shares of Hammerhead Energy Inc. by Crescent Point Energy Corp. by an arrangement agreement for total consideration of approximately $2.55-billion, including approximately $455-million in assumed net debt, consisting of cash and common shares of the Purchaser
NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC in its investment in Cygnet Energy Ltd., a private company focused on capturing scalable resource opportunities in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Riverstone Holdings LLC, through its subsidiary Riverstone Pipestone LP, in its investment in the $67.9-million private placement of convertible preferred shares of Pipestone Energy Corp
Rangeland Energy, in connection with the sale of Rangeland Midstream Canada Ltd., whose principal assets include the Marten Hills Pipeline System, to Kingston Midstream Alberta Limited
Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc. in its US$468-million sale of all partnership interests of Repsol Canada Energy Partnership to Peyto Exploration & Development Corp
Gibson Energy Inc., as Canadian counsel, in its US$1.1-billion acquisition of South Texas Gateway Terminal LLC
Nippon Steel Corporation in its $1.15-billion investment in Elk Valley Resources Ltd., a steelmaking coal business to be spun-out as an independent public company from Teck Resources Ltd.
BP Canada Energy Group ULC, as tax counsel in the sale of its 50% stake in the Sunrise oil sands project in northern Alberta to Cenovus Energy Inc.
Xie Florida Holdings, Inc. in its sale of Brightech International, LLC to  Arlington Capital Partners and Everest Clinical Research
The Patrick D. Bowlen Trust, as Canadian tax and corporate counsel, in its US$4.65-billion sale of the Denver Broncos NFL franchise to the Walton-Penner group
Alcanna Inc. in its approximately $320-million acquisition by Sundial Growers Inc. 
ValOre Metals Corp. in closing its "best efforts" brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $11-million
SECURE Energy Services Inc., in its $2-billion acquisition of Tervita Corporation
SECURE Energy Services Inc., in its $200-million private placement of senior unsecured notes due 2026
Homestyle Selections LP, through its portfolio company Freshstone Brands Inc., in the US$30-million acquisition of the assets and business of Tiffany Gate Foods Inc. and all of the Ontario-based assets of Sun Rich Fresh Foods. The acquisition was completed through a Stalking Horse sale process conducted under the CCAA
PFS Genomics Inc. in the US$30.6-million sale of a 90% interest to 1300342 B.C. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exact Sciences RDX LLC
OPTrust, in connection with the formation and limited recourse financing of a partnership with six Alberta First Nations which in turn participated in the equity syndication and project financing of the $1.5-billion Cascade Power Project to be developed near Edson, Alberta and operated by Calgary based developer Kineticor. 
Riverstone Holdings LLC, as Canadian counsel, in its agreement to acquire International-Matex Tank Terminals from Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation for US$2.7 billion
First Majestic Silver Corp., in an equity distribution agreement with BMO Capital Markets Corp. and TD Securities (USA) LLC for the sale of up to US$100.0 million of common shares
MEG Energy Corp., in its private placement of US$1.2-billion aggregate principal amount of 7.1250% senior unsecured notes due 2027 in the United States and Canada
Killam Properties Inc., on matters related to public offering of trust units, purchasing and financing and properties, structuring of joint ventures and credit facilities
Parkland Fuel Corporation completes US$500,000,000 Note Offering
Schlumberger Production Management, on the purchase of the Palliser Block assets in Alberta from Cenovus Energy Inc. for cash consideration of $1.3 billion
Shore Gold Inc., in the acquisition of all of Newmont Mining Corporation's participating interest in the Star-Orion Diamond Mine Project and an option to joint venture agreement and a private placement of $1,000,000 with Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc.
Riverstone Holdings LLC / Niska Gas Storage Canada ULC, in an offering of US$800 million of unsecured notes and a US$400-million secured operating facility
Parkland Fuel Corporation, in its $662-million common share private placement offering and $500 million 5.625% high yield note private placement offering to partially fund Parkland's proposed acquisition of Chevron Canada's Canadian integrated downstream fuel business for $1,460 million plus an estimated $186 million in working capital
Parkland Fuel Corporation, in completing $230,000,000 private placement of subscription receipts
Parkland Fuel Corporation, in completing $300,000,000 high yield debt offering. 
Edge Natural Resources LLC, in the acquisition of Canamax Energy Ltd. by Edge and senior management and certain other shareholders of Canamax in a transaction valued at approximately $82 million
Parkland Fuel Corporation, North America's fastest growing distributor and marketer of fuels and lubricants, in connection with its proposed $378 million purchase of assets of Pioneer Energy
Parkland Fuel Corporation, in a $200-million high yield note offering in Canada
On April 1, 2014, Newalta Corporation announced the completion of a private placement by way of offering memorandum of $150,000,000 aggregate amount of 5.875% Series 3 Senior Unsecured Debentures, due April 1, 2021
Pine Cliff Energy Ltd., (TSXV: PNE) in a $25-million public offering of common shares on a bought deal basis
Parallel Energy Trust – $125 million public offering of trust units and convertible debentures – counsel to underwriters, led by Scotia Capital Inc., RBC Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets Inc.
Shell Canada Limited, in its approximately $8.7-billion acquisition by Shell Investments Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc
Parkland Income Fund, in its $135-million acquisition of Neufeld Petroleum and Propane Ltd. and Neufeld Holdings Ltd.
Parkland Income Fund, in its $50-million public offering of trust units on a bought deal basis
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in its approximately $1.1-billion acquisition of Canadian oil and gas properties and undeveloped lands through the acquisition of the shares of four subsidiaries of ConocoPhillips Canada
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in its $461-million equity offering to a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets
BNP Paribas, in the completion of a cross-border US$180-million term loan B facility and a US$15-million working capital facility for Connacher Finance Corporation, the proceeds of which were used to finance the construction of Connacher's oil sands project in Northern Alberta and finance the operation of a refinery in Montana
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in $1.3-billion acquisition of Esprit Energy Trust
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in an offering of 23,310,000 trust units for gross proceeds of $526 million
Korea National Oil Corporation, in its $310-million acquisition of a 100 percent interest in the BlackGold oil sands assets of Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited, a subsidiary of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in its consolidation of Class A trust units and Class B trust units into a single class of trust units, with a total market capitalization greater than $4 billion
North West Upgrading Inc., in a $175-million private placement of units at a price of $4.00 per unit to investors in North America and Europe, each unit consisting of a common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant
Peters & Co. Limited, as agent, in a private placement financing of subscription receipts by Orleans Energy Ltd. valued at $38 million
The syndicate of underwriters, led by Peters & Co. and including GMP Securities Ltd., Tristone Capital Inc., Dundee Securities Corporation and National Bank Financial Inc., in the acquisition of Mercury Energy Corporation by Orleans Energy Ltd. for approximately $21 million
Peters & Co. Limited, as agent, in its private placement financing of common shares of TriAxon Resources Limited
Peters & Co. Limited, as agent, in its acquisition of Bredal Limited Partnership for $8 million
Peters & Co. Limited, as agent, in its acquisition of LILT Canada Inc. by TriAxon Resources Limited for $5 million
Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund, in the fund's US$1.2-billion acquisition of EnCana Corporation's gas storage business, now known as Niska Gas Storage
Corridor Resources Inc., in a public offering of common shares for gross proceeds of approximately $40 million
NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corporation and The Westaim Corporation, in NUCRYST's US$45-million cross-border initial public offering, which was concurrently offered in Canada and the United States
Fun Sun Vacations, in its merger with V.I.T. Voyages Intair Transit Inc., to create Canada's leading FIT tour operator and air consolidator
Avalon Resources Ltd., in the sale of all of its outstanding common shares to Atlas Energy Limited for a cash and share consideration of $49.44 million
Synenco Energy Inc., in a $317-million initial public offering of class A voting shares which included exercise of an over-allotment option
Deer Creek Energy Limited, in its acquisition by Total E&P Canada Limited (a subsidiary of Total S.A.) by way of a takeover bid for approximately $1.6 billion
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in the $299 million offering of trust units
Temple Exploration Inc., in the $115-million acquisition of the company by Husky Energy
Ultima Energy Trust, in a $500-million merger with Petrofund Energy Trust
NAL Oil & Gas Trust and an institutional investor, in the acquisition of working interests in various oil and gas properties from Nexen Petroleum Canada for $278.5 million
NAL Oil & Gas Trust, in its $123 million public offering of trust units
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in its $245 million public offering of trust units

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