Brady Chapman

Brady advises various stakeholders on renewable, traditional and emerging energy and natural resource opportunities and projects across Canada, including project developers, owners, investors, financial institutions and First Nations. He has experience assisting clients with project prospecting, land acquisitions and siting, project due diligence, acquisitions and divestitures, permitting and regulatory compliance, financing, emissions compliance and development and construction contracting. 

Prior to attending law school, Brady worked in a science communications role for Natural Resources Canada where he developed an in-depth understanding of Canada’s broad energy and natural resources sectors.  

Brady has also published peer-reviewed articles and presented and guest lectured on various topics, including Western Canada’s emerging direct lithium extraction industry and renewable energy project development across Canada. 

• Counsel to a publicly-traded European developer on the development of a 200 MW wind project and 100MW solar project in Saskatchewan, and the divestiture of a majority interest therein to a private investor and a conglomerate of First Nations 

• Counsel to multiple developers and independent power producers on the development of 200 MW wind power projects, 100MW solar projects, and the submission of proposals in response to a Request for Proposals issued by SaskPower 

• Counsel to European-based developer on land acquisitions, project development, battery storage, and carbon market regulations and opportunities for multiple utility-scale wind, solar and storage projects in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario 

• Counsel to multiple foreign-owned developers and independent power producers on successful applications to the Farm Land Security Board in Saskatchewan and appearing before the Farm Land Security Board 

• Counsel to Hive Energy Limited in its entry into Canada through the initial purchase of two distribution-connected solar projects with a collective DC capacity of 38.8 MW 

• Counsel to Hive Energy Limited on the development and sale of two distribution-connected solar projects, include real property matters, construction and procurement contracting, module supply, project permitting and project financing 

• Counsel to an Asian-based investor on the potential acquisition of a distribution-connected solar project and other utility-scale acquisition opportunities 

• Counsel to multiple renewable energy consultants and service providers in Alberta 

• Advised a European-based developer on a biomass project in Saskatchewan, including with respect to feedstock and transportation contracts 

• Advised developer of waste-to-energy project in Alberta, including on corporate matters, project contracting, and carbon offset assessments 

• Advised Saskatchewan-based developer of cryptocurrency data mining project in Alberta using natural gas from inactive gas wells to generate electricity to power cryptocurrency data mining facility 

• Counsel to Alberta municipality and municipal organization in an Alberta Utilities Commission proceeding regarding the interpretation of an electricity distribution utility’s terms and conditions 

• Counsel to Federated Co-operatives Limited on the $72-million sale of oil and gas assets in Saskatchewan and Alberta to ROK Resources Inc. 

• Advised Canadian lithium extraction developer  

• Counsel to Alberta-based water treatment facility developer 

• Advised large financial institution on carbon offset and compliance market regulations and opportunities  

• Counsel to Alberta First Nation solar developer on project development, regulatory and permitting matters 

• Counsel to dental aggregator on the acquisition of several dental offices in Alberta 

• Chief Returning Officer, University of Calgary Society of Law Students (2019-2020) 

• Student Case Worker, Student Legal Assistance (Calgary, 2017-2018) 

• Member, Calgary Bar Association  

• Member, Canada Bar Association  

• Lecturer, “Developing a Renewable Energy Project” and “Carbon 101”, Alternative Energy Law Class, University of Calgary (2022, 2023 and 2024) 
• Presenter, “Regulating the Impending Lithium Boom: lithium-rich brine extraction’s place in the subsurface” Geoconvention (Calgary, 2022)
• Quoted in “Alberta’s Lithium Sector Has Great Promise, But Regulatory And Policy Issues Still Need To Be Ironed Out,” Daily Oil Bulletin (June 2022)
• Co-author with Dr. Rudiger Tscherning, “Lithium in Western Canada: Abundant Opportunities from Subsurface Brines,” Canadian Mining Magazine (Winter 2022)
• Quoted in “Navigating The Emerging Lithium Rush: Legal Experts Consider Potential New Sector In Alberta,” Daily Oil Bulletin (January 2021)
• Author, “Navigating the emerging lithium rush: lithium extraction from brines for clean-tech battery storage technologies,” Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (2021) 39:1
• Interviewed for “Want a lithium industry in Alberta? Legal, regulatory issues must be fixed first,” Energi Media (December 2020)
• Co-author with Dr. Rudiger Tscherning, “Western Canadian Lithium as a Critical and Strategic Mineral for Clean Tech Battery Storage Technologies,” Ablawg (2020)
• Author, “Heidegger on Technology: Towards a Less-Anthropocentric, Multi-Disciplinary Legal Definition of ‘Sustainable’?” Journal of Environmental Law and Practice (2020) 33:1
• Presenter, “Finding a Home for the Orphans and Inactives: repurposing oil and gas wells for geothermal?” University of Calgary Undergraduate Research Symposium (2019)
• Co-author with Matthew Warren & Kenryo Mizutani, “Indigenous Peoples of Canada and their Rights in the Modern Jurisprudence: An Overview,” Oil and Natural Gas Review, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (2018) 52:4

• John A. MacPherson Q.C. Memorial Scholarship, University of Calgary (2020) 

• Al Lucas Scholarship in Energy and Environmental Law, University of Calgary (2020)  

• SU Sustainability Award, Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Calgary (2020)  

• Howard Tidswell Memorial Award in Law, University of Calgary (2019)  

• L. H. Fenerty, Q.C. Law Price, University of Calgary (2019)  

• Blackstone Medals Debate (2nd Place), University of Calgary (2018)  

• 50th Anniversary University of Calgary, Faculty of Law Scholarship (2017)  

• Merit Scholarship, University of Ottawa (2015)  

• Chancellor’s Scholarship, University of Ottawa (2013)  

• Miller Thomson Foundation National Scholarship (2013)  

• Governor General’s Bronze Medal Award for Academic Excellence (2013)