Kent Kufeldt is a partner in the BLG Vancouver and Calgary offices and is the national business leader of BLG's Securities & Capital Markets Group. He represents public issuers and underwriters in public and private debt and equity financings, initial public offerings, and cross-border financing transactions. Kent has experience with merger, acquisition, and reorganization transactions, acting for both acquiring companies and target companies in hostile takeovers and negotiated acquisitions. Kent has been involved in innovative transactions in both the corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions areas. He is recognized in the 2022 edition (since 2006) of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyout & Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities Law, Corporate Governance Practice, Oil & Gas Law), the 2022 edition (since 2004) of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Corporate Finance & Securities, Corporate Mid-Market, Energy: Oil & Gas, Private Equity) the 2021 (and 2020) edition of Lexpert® Special Edition — Energy, the 2019 edition (since 2017) of The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Mid-Market), and the 2018 edition of Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition — Canada's Leading Corporate Lawyers.