Kevin Mehi

Kevin advises renewable energy clients on a variety of corporate matters, including acquisitions and divestitures, project structuring and other transactional matters. His experience includes advising various renewable energy stakeholders throughout the project development cycle, including with respect to land acquisitions, permitting and development, financing arrangements, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), power purchase agreements (PPAs) and operations and maintenance (O&M).

Kevin’s experience also includes advising conventional oil and gas clients on various upstream and downstream matters, including mineral and surface leasing, farm-in and farm-out arrangements, royalties, fuel supply arrangements and dealer agreements.

Kevin additionally advises clients with respect to mergers and acquisitions and on various commercial real estate matters, including purchases and sales, project financing and development, mortgage financing and commercial leasing.

Renewable Energy

Solar Energy

• Counsel to a vendor on the divestiture of a controlling interest in a solar project comprising a 236 MW solar photovoltaic system and a 100 MW battery energy storage system, and to a landowner on corresponding surface lease matters
• Counsel to the developer of a 216 MW solar project on land acquisition matters and on the engineering, procurement and construction of a new power substation
• Counsel to a publicly traded European developer on the development of a 100 MW solar project in Saskatchewan, and the divestiture of a majority interest therein to a private investor and a conglomerate of First Nations
• Counsel to Montana First Nation on its acquisition of a 22.5 MW solar power project (known as the Killarney Lake Solar Project) from Aura Power Renewables Ltd., including related purchase financing transactions
• Counsel to a First Nation on its partnership with an Ontario-based independent power producer and its subsequent successful bid on a 100 MW solar procurement process in Saskatchewan
• Counsel to a European developer on its partnership with a Saskatchewan First Nation and its bid to SaskPower for the development and construction of a 100 MW solar project in Saskatchewan
• Counsel to Hive Energy Limited in its entry into Canada through the initial purchase of two distribution-connected solar projects with a combined 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 a First Nation developer on the development and interconnection of a 10 MW on-reserve solar project in Saskatchewan
• Counsel to a tribal council comprising nine First Nations on the development and construction of an 816 kW on-reserve solar project in Saskatchewan

Wind Energy

• Counsel to a publicly-traded European-based developer on land acquisitions, project development, battery storage, and carbon market regulations and opportunities for multiple utility-scale wind and storage projects in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario
• Counsel to a publicly-traded European developer on the development of a 200 MW wind project in Saskatchewan, and the divestiture of a majority interest therein to a private investor and a conglomerate of First Nations
• Counsel to multiple other developers and independent power producers on the development of 200 MW wind power projects and the submission of proposals in response to a Request for Proposals issued by SaskPower

Biomass

• Counsel to a European developer on the early-stage development of a biomass project in Saskatchewan, including with respect to feedstock and transportation agreements

Conventional Oil and Gas

• Counsel to Federated Co-operatives Limited on its ~$264-million acquisition of 179 Husky-branded retail fuel sites from Cenovus Energy Inc., and the related on-sale of the majority of such retail fuel sites to its independent retail co-operatives
• Counsel to Federated Co-operatives Limited on the $72-million sale of oil and gas assets in Saskatchewan and Alberta to ROK Resources Inc.
• Counsel to Federated Co-operatives Limited in the preparation of various fuel supply and other program agreements for its “TEMPO” and “Western Nations” gas bar programs
• Counsel to an upstream oil and gas operator on a secured $3 million loan from a private lender
• Counsel to a purchaser on its $2 million acquisition of a natural gas pipeline in Alberta, and on related trust and operating agreements
• Counsel to a publicly traded energy company on the leasing/subleasing (as both lessee and sublessor) of pressurized tank rail cars
• Counsel to other upstream oil and gas producers on various mid-market upstream acquisition, divestiture and royalty transactions, including purchases and sales of conventional oil and gas wells and pipeline interests

• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Calgary Bar Association