Zachary Thacker

Zachary Thacker

Associate

 thackerz@bennettjones.com
Education
MacEwan University, BA (Honours), 2019
University of Alberta, JD, 2022, with distinction
Bar Admissions
Alberta, 2023
Overview

Zachary Thacker maintains a general tax practice advising clients on both corporate and personal tax matters.

Prior to joining Bennett Jones as an associate, Zach articled with the firm.

Select Experience
•  Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its agreement to acquire DarkVision Technologies
•  Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), as Canadian counsel, in MSIP's acquisition of a 47.5% interest in the Greenlight Electricity Centre, a C$4.6-billion,932 MW combined-cycle power generation project in Alberta set to power a landmark C$13 billion data centre development being advanced by Meta Platforms.  The Centre is co-owned by MSIP with Pembina Pipeline Corporation (47.5%) and Kineticor Asset Management (5%).
•  North Hudson Resource Partners in its acquisition of HWN Energy and related debt financing
•  Westech Industrial in its sale to Hoskin Group, a portfolio company of River Associates
•  Heartland Generation in its C$658-million sale to TransAlta
•  Grantbook in its implementation of an employee ownership trust structure under the Income Tax Act (Canada)
•  POWER Engineers, as Canadian counsel, in connection with its C$2.44-billion sale to WSP Global