888 3rd St SW, Suite 4200, Banker's Hall W, Calgary, AB
Year called to bar: 2009 (AB)
Kris Noonan is a partner in the employment and labour group. His practice focuses on employment and labour law, privacy law, and human rights. He is a management-side lawyer that represents a diverse group of employers in both union and non-union work environments, with various human resources and labour relations issues, including drafting employment agreements, workplace policies, restrictive covenants and non-disclosure agreements, termination practices and procedures, discipline and grievances, human rights issues and investigations, collective bargaining, labour arbitration, and litigation arising from terminations and departing employees. He regularly advises on drug and alcohol testing policies and practices, including in the emerging area of law surrounding the legalization and use of cannabis. He also has extensive experience advising clients on employment and labour matters in the context of corporate transactions.
On June 30, 2015, Crescent Point Energy Corp. (Crescent Point), one of Canada’s largest light and medium oil producers, acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. by way of arrangement (the Legacy Acquisition). The total consideration for the Legacy Acquisition was approximately $1.53 billion, comprising approximately 18.97 million Crescent Point common shares and the assumption of approximately $967 million of net debt.
On February 27, 2015, Calgary-based Newalta Corporation (Newalta) completed the sale of its Industrial Division to Revolution Acquisition LP (Revolution), a subsidiary of Toronto-based Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. (Birch Hill), for cash proceeds of $300 million. The Industrial Division is comprised of several business streams including major facilities and assets located across Canada. The sale creates a new stand-alone company, Terrapure Environmental, which has its headquarters in Burlington, Ontario.
