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John Iredale, QC is a partner in Gowlings’ Calgary office, practising in the areas of energy, tax and corporate finance. John is the leader of Gowlings’ Natural Resources Law Group, vice-chair of Gowlings’ National Energy and Infrastructure Industry Group and member of the Gowlings International Strategic Advisory Group (GISAG). He has extensive international experience, whether it be for clients investing or operating in Canada, Canadian clients investing or operating internationally or international clients abroad, particularly in the oil & gas and technology sectors.

GISAG was formed to provide a strategic and business complement to the Firm's already impressive legal capabilities, advising clients at the highest level on their international business needs. The group provides advisory services in the areas of corporate and business strategy, industry and organizational restructuring, government relations and lobbying, government restructuring and regulatory regime development, regulatory affairs, public policy strategy development, financing, international financial regulation, corporate governance and security advice, and planning and risk management. Working seamlessly with other Gowlings professionals, John and other members of GISAG help clients to manage risk and extract value in high-stakes international deals or multi-country expansions. 

John represents Canadian and international public and private corporations in the areas of mergers and acquisitions; negotiation, structuring and implementation of oil and gas property acquisitions and sales, a wide variety of oil and gas operational agreements; leveraged buy-outs, partnerships; licensing arrangements; public and private debt and equity financings; syndications; and international transactions.

John has extensive experience in various international transactions acting for Canadian and non-Canadian clients involving foreign privatization; oil and gas sector exploration and development joint ventures; oil refinery and related infrastructure acquisition; technology transfer transactions with oilfield and chemical service sector participants; together with debt and equity financing transactions on a public and private basis relating to foreign project activities. Project jurisdictions have involved the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, India and other foreign countries.

He has also represented the interests of oil and gas companies, operating in all aspects of upstream and downstream operations and oil and gas sector service companies.