Hunt Completes Disposition To Harvest

On February 28, 2011, Hunt Oil Company (“Hunt”) completed the indirect sale of its Canadian oil and natural gas assets to Harvest Operations Corp. (“Harvest”) for a base purchase price of $525 million.

Hunt was represented in-house by its legal team, led by Mark Gunnin, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and Jerry Bendo, Assistant General Counsel, and by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team that included Chris Christopher and Melissa Zerebeski (oil and gas and corporate/commercial); Edward Rowe and Carrie Aiken Bereti (tax); Maxwell Brunette (employment) and Julie Soloway (competition).

Harvest was represented by Mark Smith of Mark R. Smith Professional Corporation (oil and gas and corporate/commercial) and by Bennett Jones LLP, with a team that included Donald Greenfield (oil and gas and Investment Canada) and Beth Riley (competition and Investment Canada) and EnerLaw LLP with a team led by Edie Gillespie (oil and gas).

Lawyer(s)

Edward C. Rowe Edith Gillespie Donald E. Greenfield Chris Christopher Melissa Zerebeski Julie A. Soloway Mark R. Smith Maxwell Brunette Y. Beth Riley George (Gerry) Bendo

Firm(s)

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Mark R. Smith Professional Corporation Bennett Jones LLP Enerlaw LLP