Jeremy Barretto, who co-led Cassels’ national major projects team, has jumped to Torys as a regulatory partner based in Calgary.
Barretto will work with Torys’ infrastructure, energy and resources group. He has practised in regulatory, environmental, energy, and Aboriginal law for 15 years.
He has helped secure approvals for proponents and negotiated agreements for major energy and natural resources projects throughout Canada. He has tackled issues involving complex regulatory and environmental processes in the renewable energy, nuclear, electricity, oil and gas, mining, and infrastructure development sectors.
The Lexpert-ranked lawyer assisted Canadian Natural Resources with approvals, litigation and regulatory appeals related to matters in Alberta and British Columbia. He also advised the Prince Rupert Port Authority on projects and legal processes valued at over $1 billion.
Barretto acted for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories in a judicial review before the Federal Court of Appeal. He tackled nuclear regulatory matters related to environmental and Aboriginal law matters at Chalk River Laboratories.
He helped McLeod Lake Indian Band negotiate its memorandum of understanding with BC involving the $7 billion Tse'khene energy transition hub set for development on the Kerry Lake East Indian Reserve in the province. He advised carbon removal projects developer Deep Sky on its evaluation of power purchase agreements to power its entire Deep Sky Alpha facility in Alberta as well as on its renewable energy credit pricing scheme.
Barretto was the regulatory group chair at Cassels. Last year, he was appointed co-head of Cassels’ then-new national major projects team alongside Aboriginal law group chair Thomas Isaac.
He is designated as a professional engineer through his stint working in environmental engineering. He is called to the bars in Alberta, BC, and Ontario. Moreover, he co-authored “The Law of Indigenous Ownership and Projects.”
Lexpert ranked Barretto as a leading lawyer in the energy (electricity) and energy (oil and gas) categories.