Ron is a trusted advisor to leading mining, infrastructure, and energy companies. With deep industry knowledge, he helps clients navigate regulatory processes and secure approvals, assess compliance risks and mitigation options, execute on M&A transactions, and negotiate complex, non-standard agreements—including Indigenous partnership and equity arrangements—across all stages of project development and operations. Ron is experienced at leading collaborative, cross-disciplinary teams in highly regulated industries, partnering closely with in-house counsel and business teams to bring the right expertise to the table at the right time. He works across traditional practice silos to integrate commercial, regulatory, environmental, and Indigenous considerations, and builds constructive working relationships with counterparties that facilitate negotiations and delivers practical, business-oriented solutions. Ron maintains broad roots in the energy sector with a focus on power projects, linear developments, and energy markets.
On July 26, 2018, Teck Resources Ltd. (Teck) completed the sale of its remaining two-thirds interest in the Waneta Hydroelectric Generating Facility to BC Hydro (BC Hydro) for $1.2B.
