Lawyer Profile
David LeGeyt
Calgary, Alberta
Overview
University of Alberta, LLB, 1997 Queen's University, Bachelor of Science (Honours), 1993 Bar admission: Alberta 1998
David's focus is on commercial litigation and restructuring and insolvency, including:
Prior to joining BD&P in 2017, David had nearly 20 years' experience as an insolvency practitioner with a major international law firm.
David has also presented at various conferences, panels, seminars, and other events, including:
Counsel to Obsidian Energy Ltd. in its $44 million acquisition of a 45% interest in the Peace River Oil Partnership from its partner (now 100% owned)
Counsel to Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. in its divestiture of substantially all of its assets to Winslow Resources Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Return Energy Inc. (renamed Spartan Delta Corp.), in the context of Bellatrix’s proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
Acted as local transactional agent counsel in regard to the cross border, Chapter 11 driven, restructuring of Westmorland Coal Company and its Alberta mining operations through its Alberta subsidiary corporations. This engagement involved several stages of debt restructuring, a complex tax structured credit bid purchase of all the shares of Westmoreland's Alberta subsidiaries, and various transactional logistics necessitated by Westmoreland's convoluted international corporate structure and Alberta's regulatory environment.
Counsel to MEG in the $1.5 billion disposition of a 50% interest in Access Pipeline and 100% interest in Stonefell Terminal to Wolf Midstream Inc.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1998 (AB)