Bennett Jones' Geoffrey Stenger is a winner of the Lexpert Rising Stars award for 2020. This prestigious award honours Canada’s leading lawyers under 40 from law firms and in-house. Geoffrey is a partner in the firm's Calgary office.

Geoffrey's practice is primarily focused on project development, energy, infrastructure and construction law. He acts for owners and contractors on a variety of commercial matters relating to structuring, delivery, execution and transfer of projects, both in Canada and internationally. He has been repeatedly ranked as a leading Canadian lawyer in both energy and infrastructure by Lexpert.

Geoffrey's experience includes development of power generation (natural gas, solar and wind power projects), pipeline, gas processing, storage, transmission, LNG, petrochemical and refinery projects along with a number of public infrastructure projects (highways, hospitals, schools and light rail projects). His experience in these areas includes structuring, drafting and negotiating project related engineering, procurement and construction agreements (including DBFOM agreements), procurement documentation (RFPs), joint venture and partnership agreements and operation and maintenance agreements.

Congratulations to Geoffrey and all the winners and finalists of this year's Rising Stars awards.

About Bennett Jones

Bennett Jones is one of Canada's premier business law firms and home to more than 400 lawyers and business advisors. With deep experience in complex transactions and litigation matters, the firm is well equipped to advise businesses and investors with Canadian ventures, and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities around the world.