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Richard has been involved in a wide variety of commercial and financial transactions, including the following:

• counsel to the syndication agent and lead lender on a $1 billion syndicated credit facility to a senior oil and gas producer;

• counsel to the syndication and lead lender on a $1 billion syndicated credit facility to a major oil and gas royalty trust;

• counsel to a lender under a $775 million bilateral uncommitted standby credit facility to a major integrated oil and gas company;

• counsel to a major Canadian royalty trust in respect of the negotiation and implementation of internalization of its management services;

• counsel to a Canadian royalty trust in relation to a US acquisition and cross border financing;

• counsel to the syndication agent and lead lender on a $350 million multi-facility credit to a holding company with diverse transportation, manufacturing and retail interests;

• counsel to a real estate lender in respect of the financing to a joint venture of a ¾ Section, phased residential lot development;

• counsel to various counterparties in respect of commodity, interest rate and equity hedges, including representation of a party holding a "control block" in an equity monetization;

• counsel to an Alberta trust corporation with respect to a variety of financings, including financings of movie productions, Broadway plays and resource flow-thru investments;

• counsel to vendors in relation to the tax efficient sale of a locally based technology company to an American purchaser; and

• counsel to the lender on a bilateral project financing of a natural gas pipeline.