855 2nd St SW, Suite 4500, Bankers Hall E, Calgary, AB
Year called to bar: 1994 (AB)
Denise Bright is a senior corporate partner called in both British Columbia and Alberta whose practice includes all forms of debt. She acts as lead counsel and lead Canadian counsel on domestic and cross-border complex financial transactions such as acquisitions, reorganizations, securitizations, off balance sheet financings, notes/debentures/bonds, ABL, DIP, bilateral and syndicated secured and unsecured bank facilities, multiple and silo lien facilities. Bright is Lexpert ranked as an Alberta leading banking lawyer, Consistently Recommended in the area of Banking & Financial Institutions and Repeatedly Recommended in Project Finance. She is recognized for Banking and Finance Law by Best Lawyers and was the 2023 Calgary, Lawyer of the year in Banking and Finance Law. She has also been recognized in various Lexpert Special Editions, including Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers, Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers and Canada's Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers. Bright has a CPA, CA and holds a CF designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants. She is a member of the Alberta Securities Commission financial advisory committee. She currently chairs the audit committee, is a member on the investment committee, is a director and the Treasurer of the Calgary Foundation.
Canadian Utilities Limited, Quanta Services, Inc. and Innovative Emergency Management was selected as the successful proponent and LUMA Energy, LLC and LUMA Energy ServCo, LLC entered into the Operation and Maintenance Agreement with each of the P3A and The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Capital Power Corporation completed its acquisition of Goreway Power Station Holdings Inc., which owns the Goreway Power Station, from JERA Co., Inc. (JERA) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation for a total of $977 million.
Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company, completed the sale of its entire Canadian fossil fuel-based electricity generation portfolio for, in aggregate, approximately $835 million.
On November 21, 2018, Parkland Fuel Corporation (“Parkland”) closed a private placement (the “Offering”) of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior unsecured notes due 2027.
On November 1, 2018, ATCO Ltd. completed a private placement of $200 million aggregate principal amount of 5.50% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due November 1, 2078.
On December 14, 2018, International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) completed its acquisition of BlackPearl Resources Inc. (BlackPearl) by way of a share exchange pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act with a value of approximately C$675 million.
On February 27, 2015, Calgary-based Newalta Corporation (Newalta) completed the sale of its Industrial Division to Revolution Acquisition LP (Revolution), a subsidiary of Toronto-based Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. (Birch Hill), for cash proceeds of $300 million. The Industrial Division is comprised of several business streams including major facilities and assets located across Canada. The sale creates a new stand-alone company, Terrapure Environmental, which has its headquarters in Burlington, Ontario.
