With financing experience in North America and internationally, Phil acts for both corporate borrowers and lenders involved in syndicated credit agreements, public and private debt issues, cross-border financings, leveraged loans, project financings, debt restructurings, derivatives and other types of financings in oil and gas, oil sands, utilities, pipelines and other industries.

1. Philip D. Backman Q.C.
Partner
Corporate Borrower and
Lender Lawyer at Bennett
Jones Calgary
With financing experience in North America and internationally, Phil acts for both
corporate borrowers and lenders involved in syndicated credit agreements, public and
private debt issues, cross-border financings, leveraged loans, project financings, debt
restructurings, derivatives and other types of financings in oil and gas, oil sands, utilities,
pipelines and other industries.
Select Experience
 North West Redwater Partnership in connection with its $3.5 billion credit facility
and $1.0 billion bond offering, the proceeds of which will contribute to the funding
of the construction of North West's $8+ Billion bitumen refinery in the Alberta
Heartland. The project is supported by 30-year tolling commitments of the
Government of Alberta and Canadian Natural.

2.  Husky Energy Inc. in connection with $3.2 billion of credit facilities.
 Acted as lead counsel to Canadian Natural Resources Limited in connection with
$4.5 billion syndicated credit facilities with Royal Bank of Canada and other
Canadian and international banks.
 Veresen Inc. in connection with Cutbank midstream acquisition which included a
C$500 million bridge financing, C$550 million credit agreement and C$500 million
senior notes.
 Cenovus Energy Inc. in a $5 billion term and bridge financing commitment from
Royal Bank, the largest commitment in the history of the bank at the time, which
was subsequently reduced to $2.5 billion as a result of a successful US$3.5 billion
bond offering.
 Encana Corporation in connection with a C$4 billion credit agreement.
 Precision Drilling Corporation in connection with a US$1 billion credit facility with a
group of Canadian and US banks.
 Acted as counsel to Precision Drilling Corporation in connection with a $650 million
high yield note offering in the U.S. led by Credit Suisse.
 Acted as counsel to Precision Drilling Corporation in connection with a $200 million
high yield note offering in Canada led the Royal Bank of Canada.
 Acted as lead counsel to Flint Energy Services Ltd. in connection with a $175 million
syndicated credit facility led by Bank of Montreal.

3.  Acted as counsel to Flint Energy Services Ltd. in connection with a $175 million
unsecured high yield note offering led by Credit Suisse.
 Clowhom Power LP, a subsidiary of Veresen Inc. in connection with a project
financing for a BC hydro project.
 Acted as lead counsel to Royal Bank of Canada in connection with a $1 billion credit
facility for ARC Resources Ltd.
 Acted as counsel for Calfrac Well Services in connection with its $300 million credit
facilities and high yield note offerings.
 Acted for a public oil sands company in a project financing led by Alberta Treasury
Branches and Bank of China (Canada).
 Acted for Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline in a $180,000,000 bond offering for its
pipeline project.
 Riverstone Holdings LLC / Niska Gas Storage Canada ULC in connection with an
offering of US$800 million of unsecured notes and a US$400 million secured
operating facility.
 Alberta Ethane Gathering System LP, in connection with its $110 million issue of
series A senior notes.
 Deer Creek Pipelines Limited and Deer Creek Energy Limited (now Total EP Canada
Limited), in connection with the establishment and structuring of project financing
for Joslyn Oil Sands Project.

4.  Nexen Inc., and its U.S. and U.K. subsidiaries, in connection with an aggregate of
US$3 billion revolving term credit facilities.
 Nexen Inc., in connection with a US$500 million offering of 7.875 percent notes due
on March 15, 2032.
 ATCO Group, in connection with the sale of its retail energy business to Direct
Energy Marketing Limited.
 Shell Canada, in connection with Terasen Pipelines (Corridor) Inc.'s $525 million
refinancing of the Corridor Pipeline System.
 A Canadian company working in oil sands development, in connection with seven
credit agreements with Canadian and international banks totalling more than $2
billion.
 BNP Paribas, in connection with the completion of a cross-border US$180 million
term loan B facility and a US$15 million working capital facility for Connacher
Finance Corporation, the proceeds of which were used to finance the construction of
Connacher's oil sands project in Northern Alberta and finance the operation of a
refinery in Montana.
 Northwest Capital Appreciation, Inc., in connection with a $58 million leveraged
buy-out of Northern Crane Services and with respect to the debt and equity
financing for the acquisition.
 Canadian Natural Resources Limited, in connection with a $3.85 billion loan
transaction for the purpose of assisting with the acquisition of Anadarko Canada
Corporation.
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