Brian Hiebert

Partner

About

Bar admissionsBritish Columbia, 1988

EXPERIENCE

Acted for Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. in a partnership with The Westervelt Company and Two Rivers ‎Lumber Co., LLC ‎‎to develop a new industrial wood pellet production facility in Demopolis, ‎Alabama.‎
Acted for Canfor Corporation in its proposed acquisition by Great Pacific Capital Corp.‎
Represented Canfor Corporation in the $500M (USD) acquisition of VIDA Wood AB, Sweden’s largest ‎privately owned forest products company.‎
Represented Pinnacle Renewable Holdings Inc. in the acquisition of a 70% interest in a wood pellet mill ‎located in Aliceville, Alabama from The Westervelt Company.‎
Acted for Pinnacle Renewable Holdings Inc. in the development of various wood pellet mills in B.C. and ‎Alberta.‎
Acted for Canadian Forest Products Ltd. in the formation of Canfor Energy North limited Partnership ‎with Pacific Bioenergy Corporation and the subsequent development and construction of two wood ‎pellet mills at Chetwynd and Fort St. John, B.C.‎
Represented Canadian Forest Products Ltd. in the acquisition of the sawmill and forest tenures owned ‎by Wynndel Box and Lumber Company Ltd. in south eastern, B.C.‎
Represented Canadian Forest Products Ltd. in the acquisition of two sawmills and related forest tenures ‎owned by Tembec, Inc. located in south eastern, B.C.‎
Represented Canadian Forest Products Ltd. in the exchange of various forest licences between them ‎and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.‎

Represented Western Forest Products Inc. in the $21.8 Million sale of its former pulp mill site to ‎Woodfibre LNG Limited.‎
Acted for Canfor Pulp Inc. in the formation of its joint venture, “Licella Pulp Joint Venture”, with the ‎Licella Group of Australia for the development of biofuel plants in Prince George, B.C. and elsewhere.‎
Represented Yukon Energy Corporation in the negotiation of Power Purchase Agreements with Alexco ‎Resources Corp., Minto Explorations Ltd., and Victoria Gold Corp. for the supply of electricity to ‎various mining projects.‎
Represented Canfor Pulp Inc. in the development of three large biomass cogeneration projects and the ‎sale of electricity to BC Hydro.‎
Acted for Howe Sound Pulp and Paper in the development of a large scale biomass cogeneration ‎project and the sale of electricity to BC Hydro.‎
Represented Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC in its purchase of the Meikle and Tumbler Ridge ‎wind power projects in northern B.C.‎
Represented Yukon Energy Corporation in the development of the Carmacks-Stewart Transmission Line ‎Project.‎
Represented Yukon Development Corporation in a $100 M bond offering.‎

Represented Carnival Corporation in the $290 M (USD) acquisition of the White Pass & Yukon Route ‎railroad and port assets in Alaska from TWC Enterprises Ltd.‎
Acted for Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. in the development of their Westview port facility in Prince ‎Rupert, B.C.‎

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Education

LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1987

B.Sc., Cornell University, 1984

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