Sean Wallace

Partner Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Sean Wallace

Sean Wallace

Biography

Sean Wallace practises primarily corporate and commercial law, with a focus on energy and natural resources. He has assisted clients on a broad range of matters, including asset acquisitions and divestitures, share purchase transactions, upstream and midstream projects (including LNG and renewables), long-term commercial arrangements, and day-to-day operational issues. His related experience includes drafting and negotiating commercial and transactional agreements, advising on deal strategy, supervising and conducting due diligence, and preparing opinions on various legal issues.

Sean returned to us after completing a two-year secondment at a new midstream energy client, first as its sole in-house counsel, and later assisting with the recruitment and onboarding of its general counsel and in-house legal team. In this role, he worked on key transactions in excess of $1 billion, advised on litigation and regulatory issues, and provided legal services to all areas of the company, including commercial, projects, finance, human resources, and operations.

He joined our Calgary office as an associate in 2017, having previously worked at a top regional firm and a large Canadian pipeline company.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Representative experience

Sean has acted for the following clients:

  • NorthRiver Midstream Inc., as lead internal counsel, in the acquisition of Enbridge Inc.'s remaining Canadian natural gas gathering and processing business for C$1.8bn;
  • Paramount Resources in its disposition of its Karr, Wapiti and Zama oil and gas properties to Ovintiv Inc. for C$3.325bn plus certain Horn River Basin properties of Ovintiv;
  • Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. (PGI), a subsidiary of Pembina Pipeline Corporation, in its acquisition of a 50% working interest in the Kaybob Complex of Whitecap Resources Inc. for C$420m, including long term take-or-pay arrangements and anticipated capital commitments of C$400m for joint infrastructure development in the Lator area;
  • Crescent Point Energy Corp. (now Veren Inc.)  in its acquisition of Hammerhead Energy Inc. with assets in the Montney oil-producing region of northwest Alberta, for total consideration of approximately C$2.55bn;
  • Crescent Point Energy Corp. (now Veren Inc.)  in its acquisition of all of the Montney assets of Spartan Delta Corp. for C$1.7bn;
  • A publicly traded Canadian oil and gas company in a recent series of asset disposition transactions for total proceeds in excess of C$2.5bn;
  • Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, as special counsel in its strategic acquisition of Inter Pipeline (IPL) for C$16bn;
  • A global renewable energy investment platform, in its acquisition and development of the 200MW Bekevar wind project in Saskatchewan and the 104MW Hilda wind project in Alberta;
  • PETRONAS and its affiliates with the acquisition of a 25% participating interest in the LNG Canada Project from affiliates of Shell, PetroChina and KOGAS;
  • Mocal Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation, on its strategic disposition of a 5% interest in the Syncrude Oilsands Project to Suncor Energy Ventures Partnership for a purchase price of US$730m.

Rankings and recognitions

Rankings and recognitions

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada: Corporate Law, 2023-2025
  • Legal 500 Canada: Energy and natural resources: Oil and gas (Leading Associates), 2025
  • Dean's List, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, 2013
  • First Class Standing, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, 2013, 2015
  • Merv Leitch QC Prize in Constitutional Law, 2013
  • The Honourable C.D. O'Brien Scholarship, 2015

Education

Education

JD, University of Alberta, 2015
BSc. (psychology), University of Alberta, 2011

Admissions

Admissions

  • Alberta 2016

Memberships and activities

Memberships and activities

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Calgary Bar Association

Languages

Languages

  • English

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