855 2nd St SW, Suite 4500, Bankers Hall E, Calgary, AB
Year called to bar: 1994
Denise Bright's practice focuses on banking, financial transactions and securities, where she acts for a variety of public and private companies, partnerships and income trusts in regard to their financing requirements. Denise has also assisted various investment and private equity funds with financing various investments. She advises clients in public and private equity and debt financings, traditional bank financings, takeover bids, arrangements, amalgamations, private mergers and acquisitions and divestitures by way of either assets or shares. Her practice includes project finance, venture and mezzanine finance, and structured finance transactions, including synthetic leasing. In addition to having a law degree, Denise is a chartered accountant. Prior to joining Bennett Jones, she worked for an international accounting firm and in the corporate finance department of an oil and gas boutique investment bank. Denise is a past editor of the University of Calgary Law review. She is also a member of the audit committees for the Law Society of Alberta and Alberta Lawyers Insurance Association and sits on the Bennett Jones Opinion Committee.
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.
