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BURNET DUCKWORTH & PALMER LLP (2) BDPLAW.COM 3 Total lawyers: 146 Lawyers by office: Calgary, 146 Core practice areas: Energy law; securities and M&A; banking and finance; commercial transactions; employment; regulatory; intellectual property; litigation and arbitration Key clients: A number of Canada's largest organizations in the areas of energy, oil and gas, chemical processing, and aviation Notable mandates: Counsel to Progress Energy Resources in its $5.8-billion acquisition by Petronas; legal adviser to the Nexen Inc. board for its proposed takeover by CNOOC Ltd.; counsel to Encana Corp. in its sale of natural gas assets to Mitsubishi for $2.9 billion; acted for Pengrowth Energy Corp. in its $1.9-billion acquisition of NAL Energy Corp. Star alumni: Ken Stickland, chief legal officer of TransAlta Corp.; Kerry Dyte, executive vice president, gen- eral counsel, and corporate secretary of Cenovus Energy Inc.; Associate Chief Justice of Alberta Court of Queen's Bench John Rooke; Alberta Court of Queen's Bench Justice Rosemary Nation; Ken Mullen, pres- ident and CEO of Savanna Energy Services Corp. Affiliations: None The firm: Burnet Duckworth & Palmer traces its roots to 1913, when Frank Burnet established his legal practice in a two-man firm in High River, Alta. There he developed a practice concentrated in agriculture, real estate, and oil and gas. Burnet and his partners formed an office in Calgary to better serve clients in the area, and eventually dropped the High River office. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the firm grew rapidly to 50 lawyers from five, settling on its current moniker in the early 1970s. One lawyer who frequently ends says the firm's thriving securities practice is "really an extraordinary confirmation of the vibrancy of the Calgary market." He also pays tribute to senior partner James Palmer, whose philanthropic efforts across the country have earned him membership in the Order of Canada among many other honours. "Philanthropy is a part of the firm culture, and I think it's one reason why we regularly get noticed, says Bugeaud. " Lawson Lundell LLP is honoured to again be named the top Western and Northern Regional Firm in Canada by Canadian Lawyer. With offices in Vancouver, Calgary and Yellowknife, we represent clients throughout Western Canada and the North, as well as nationally and internationally. up on the opposite side of litigation files to BDP gave the firm top marks: "Their lawyers, personnel, and orga- nization is superior to substantially any regional and national firm oper- ating in Alberta. Enviable but diffi- cult to keep up with," they wrote. Managing partner Gary Bugeaud Thank you to our clients and colleagues for this repeat vote of confi dence. www.CANADIAN Lawyermag.com OCTO BER 2012 35 ntitled-1 1 12-09-13 8:47 AM

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