Brian Hiebert

Forest Products

• Acted for Canfor Corporation ("Canfor") in the acquisition by VIDA Wood ("VIDA") of the Swedish solid wood assets of AB Karl Hedin
• Acted for Canfor in the acquisition of the Alberta solid wood assets of Millar Western
• Acted for Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. ("Pinnacle") in a partnership with The Westervelt Company and Two Rivers ‎Lumber Co., LLC ‎‎to develop a new industrial wood pellet production facility in Demopolis, ‎Alabama
• Acted for Canfor in its proposed acquisition by Great Pacific Capital Corp.‎
• Represented Canfor in the $500M (USD) acquisition of VIDA, Sweden's largest ‎privately owned forest products company
• Represented Pinnacle in the acquisition of a 70% interest in a wood pellet mill ‎located in Aliceville, Alabama from The Westervelt Company
• Acted for Pinnacle in the development of various wood pellet mills in B.C. and ‎Alberta
• Acted for Canfor in the formation of Canfor Energy North limited Partnership ‎with Pacific Bioenergy Corporation and the subsequent development and construction of two wood ‎pellet mills at Chetwynd and Fort St. John, B.C.‎
• Represented Canfor in the acquisition of the sawmill and forest tenures owned ‎by Wynndel Box and Lumber Company Ltd. in south eastern, B.C.‎
• Represented Canfor in the acquisition of two sawmills and related forest tenures ‎owned by Tembec, Inc. located in south eastern, B.C.‎
• Represented Canfor in the exchange of various forest licenses between them ‎and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.‎

Renewable Energy

• Represented Western Forest Products Inc. in the $21.8 Million sale of its former pulp mill site to ‎Woodfibre LNG Limited
• Acted for Canfor in the formation of its joint venture, "Licella Pulp Joint Venture", with the ‎Licella Group of Australia for the development of the Arbios biofuel plant in Prince George, B.C.
• Represented Yukon Energy Corporation ("YEC") in the negotiation of Power Purchase Agreements with Alexco ‎Resources Corp., Minto Explorations Ltd., and Victoria Gold Corp. for the supply of electricity to ‎various mining projects
• Represented Canfor in the development of three large biomass cogeneration projects and the ‎sale of electricity to BC Hydro
• Acted for Howe Sound Pulp and Paper in the development of a large-scale biomass cogeneration ‎project and the sale of electricity to BC Hydro
• Represented Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC in its purchase of the Meikle and Tumbler Ridge ‎wind power projects in northern B.C.‎
• Represented YEC in the development of the Carmacks-Stewart Transmission Line ‎Project
• Represented Yukon Development Corporation in a $100M bond offering

Transportation

• Represented Carnival Corporation in the $290 M (USD) acquisition of the White Pass & Yukon Route ‎railroad and port assets in Alaska from TWC Enterprises Ltd.‎
• Acted for Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. in the development of their Westview port facility in Prince ‎Rupert, B.C.‎

Chambers Canada

• Band 1, Agribusiness: Forestry, (2018 – 2026)

The Legal 500 Canada

• Recommended, Environment, (2018)

Additional Recognitions

• Recognized, Vancouver Corporate Law, Best Lawyers in Canada, (2013 – 2026)
• Recognized, Vancouver Environmental Law, Best Lawyers in Canada, (2011 – 2026)
• Recognized, Vancouver Natural Resources Law, Best Lawyers in Canada, (2008 – 2026)
• Named, Forestry Law, Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, (2013 – 2016, 2018 – 2025)
• Listed, Corporate Mid-Market, Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, (2020, 2023 – 2024)
• Distinguished^® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell