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Mark S. Powell

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T: 403.298.3365

Calgary

Powell Mark
 
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T: 403.298.3365


Calgary

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

Mark Powell is the head of our Trading & Derivatives practice. Mark has a broad range of experience in the trading and derivatives, assisting clients with the many complexities of this growing industry. This experience extends beyond commodity, interest rate and currency trading to include the trading of equities and other products.

Mark assists funds, producers, governmental entities and other end-users with respect to ISDA master agreements and related documentation every day. Not only does he have extensive experience in negotiating ISDA master agreements, the New York form of credit support annex and the United Kingdom form of credit support annex, he also has negotiated numerous ISDA master equity confirmation agreements.

Beyond ISDA documentation, Mark's practice encompasses providing advice and negotiating other financial trading documentation (long form confirmations, GTCs, etc.) and physical wholesale and retail trading documentation (electricity supply and related services agreements, GasEDIs, NAESBs, condensate supply agreements, etc.).

In addition, Mark has assisted a number of clients in the acquisition and incorporation of Trading & Derivatives businesses including Parkland Fuel's acquisition of Elbow River Marketing, Glencore's acquisition of Viterra and the TMX's acquisition of the NGX (gas and electricity), Watt-Ex (electricity and related services) and NetThruPut (crude) exchanges.

Mark also provides regulatory advice to clients in connection with Canada's G20 commitment to regulate derivatives. Mark is uniquely qualified to provide this advice as, prior to Mark focusing his practice on Trading & Derivatives, Mark gained invaluable securities law experience as (amongst other files and clients) issuer's lead counsel with respect to the issuance of billions of dollars of public and private equity and debt securities. These files have included a project that was awarded Project Finance's "America's Oil and Gas Deal of the Year" and an initial public offering that, at the time, qualified as the largest Canadian exploration and production IPO for the previous ten years.

Education

University of British Columbia, BComm, 1991 University of Alberta, LLB, 1996 

Bar Admissions

Alberta, 1997

Recent Experience

Cenovus Energy Inc., in its $23.6-billion proposed acquisition of Husky Energy Inc.
Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company, in the sale of its entire Canadian fossil fuel-based electricity generation portfolio for approximately $835 million, which was completed in three stages, through the sale of its interest in the Cory project in Saskatchewan to SaskPower International Inc., a sale of its interest in the Brighton Beach project in Ontario to Ontario Power Generation Inc., and a sale of the balance of the applicable generation assets through a sale of its equity interest in ATCO Power Canada Ltd. to Heartland Generation Ltd., an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners.
Parkland Fuel Corporation, in its US$500million cross-border offering of senior notes.
Parkland Fuel Corporation, in its $300-million note offering.

Recent Recognition

The Legal 500 Canada
Recommended, Capital Markets
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Repeatedly Recommended, Corporate Commercial Law
Lexpert Report on Business Special Edition - Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers
Recognized as a leading energy lawyer in Canada

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Announcements

Bennett Jones Acting for CP Railway in US$29-billion Combination with Kansas City Southern

March 22, 2021
       

Updates

Alberta Enacts Measures to Protect Whistleblowers

November 27, 2018
       

Blog

CSA Proposes New Canadian Derivatives Business Conduct Rules and Provides Update on Derivatives Registration Rules

April 05, 2017
       

Blog

Alberta Securities Commission Replaces Key Blanket Order for Over-the-Counter Derivatives

January 31, 2017
       

Updates

New Coordinated Rules Relating to the Clearing of Over-the-Counter Derivatives in Canada

January 23, 2017
       

Blog

Canadian Securities Administrators Derivatives Committee Issue Consultation Paper on Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives

July 08, 2016
       

Updates

Helpful Amendments to the New Trade Reporting Rules Finalized

July 05, 2016
       

Updates

Harmonized Discretionary Relief for New Trading Rules

June 20, 2016
       

Blog

Alberta Amends its Definitions of Derivative and Security under the Securities Act (Alberta)

May 30, 2016
       

Updates

Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba Adjust Approach to Reporting Inter-Affiliate Trades

May 13, 2016
       

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