Year called to bar: 1998 (Barrister, England and Wales); 2001 (Kenya); 2006 (Solicitor, England and Wales); 2004 (AB)
Rujuta Patel practises business law and competition law, with a focus on the resources and transportation sectors. She advises on private mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and restructurings of multinational and Canadian organizations, private placements and a variety of energy-related matters. She works regularly with energy services companies and is experienced in drafting, negotiating and advising on a broad range of services, drilling and engineering contracts. She also drafts, negotiates and advises on all types of commercial contracts, including purchase and sale agreements, project documentation, supply agreements, service agreements, procurement policy and contract documentation, shareholder agreements and partnership agreements. Patel also advises on competition matters and foreign investment review matters, and regularly deals with the Competition Bureau and the Investment Review Division of Industry Canada on such matters. She has extensive experience in representing clients from a wide range of industries on issues relating to the competitive impact of mergers, including those involved in all sectors of the oil and gas industry, as well as the energy services, construction, insurance and real estate industries.
On September 1, 2015, Enbridge Inc. announced the closing of the transfer of its Canadian Liquids Pipelines business, comprised primarily of Enbridge Pipelines Inc. and Enbridge Pipelines Athabasca Inc., and certain Canadian renewable energy assets (the Transaction) to an indirect subsidiary of Enbridge Income Fund (the Fund) for $30.4 billion together with certain Incentive/Performance Rights. A joint special committee (the Special Committee) of the Board of Directors of Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (EIFH) and the Board of Trustees of Enbridge Commercial Trust (ECT) was formed to review and consider the Transaction, conduct due diligence and negotiate the terms of the Transaction on behalf of EIFH, the Fund and ECT.
Encana Corporation completed the sale of certain Clearwater assets, located in southern and central Alberta, to Ember Resources Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $605 million, before adjustments.
