Brian Hiebert

Forest Products

• 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.‎

Renewable Energy

• 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.‎ 

Transportation

• 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.‎

• Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law), 2013-2025; (Environmental Law), 2011-2025; (Natural Resources Law), 2008-2025
• Chambers Canada (Agribusiness: Forestry), 2018-2025
• Listed as Acritas Star™ Lawyer 2019-2020
• The Legal 500 Canada (Environment), 2018
• Listed in Lexpert Special Edition, Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining, 2014/2015
• Canadian Legal Lexpert^® Directory (Forestry Law), 2013-2016, 2018-2024; (Corporate Mid-Market), 2020, 2023-2024; (Natural Resources), 2008-2010; (Corporate Commercial), 2018
• Martindale-Hubbell, Distinguished^® Peer Review Rated