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Neville has recently represented

• Various private equity groups and sovereign wealth funds in connection with numerous private capital investments into Canadian oil sands and oil and gas exploration companies
• DIRTT Environmental Solutions in connection with a $20 million convertible note financing and a $22 million preferred share financing by a consortium of private equity investors
• Sonde Resources Corp. in connection with its disposition of certain exploration assets offshore Trinidad and Tobago
• Verenex Energy in its 2009 strategic sale process and sale to the Libyan Investment Authority
• BNK Petroleum
• in its 2009 C$20 million bought deal prospectus financing
• in its 2008 C$20 million bought deal private placement
• Brookfield Capital Partners
• in its 2009 standby commitment in connection with a C$33 million rights offering by Central Alberta Well Services
• in its 2008 C$67 million private equity investment in Insignia Energy and concurrent business combination transaction involving Flagship Energy
• in its 2007 C$113 million recapitalization of Central Alberta Well Services
• in its 2007 C$31.5 million convertible debenture investment in Birch Mountain Resources
• Harvest Energy Trust
• in its 2009 acquisition of Pegasus Oil & Gas
• in its 2008 C$35 million acquisition of Greenfield Resources
• in its 2007 C$110 million acquisition of Grand Petroleum
• J.F. Mackie & Company in its 2009 strategic business combination with Research Capital and Top Meadow Holdings
• Cyries Energy in its 2008 C$1 billion strategic business combination with Iteration Energy
• CCS Income Trust's special committee in its 2007 C$3.6 billion management-led going private transaction 
• Pulse Data in its 2007 successful defence of a hostile cash take-over bid, including successful defence of its shareholder rights protection plan on hearing before the Alberta Securities Commission
• Petrofund Energy Trust in its 2006 C$11 billion strategic business combination with Penn West Energy Trust
• Viking Energy Royalty Trust
• in its 2006 C$4 billion strategic business combination with Harvest Energy Trust
• in its 2005 C$172 million acquisition of Krang Energy
• Traflagar Energy in its 2006 purchase of certain oil and gas exploration assets being spun-out from the merger of Daylight Energy Trust and Sequoia Oil and Gas Trust (to form Evergreen Energy Trust)
• Duke Energy Income Fund's special committee in its 2006 C$145 million related party acquisition of Westcoast Gas Services
• Trimac Income Fund in its 2005 income trust reorganization and C$90 million initial public offering and TSX listing
• Cequel Energy in its 2004 C1.3 billion strategic business combination with Progress Energy to form Progress Energy Trust, Cyries Energy and Pre-Ex Energy
• KeySpan Income Fund (now Keyera Income Fund) in its 2003/2004 income trust reorganization, C$170 million initial public offering and TSX listing, and subsequent follow-on offerings
  

Neville is currently a member of the Listing Advisory Committee of The Toronto Stock Exchange. Before joining Torys, Neville was a partner at another major Canadian law firm.

Law Society of Alberta
Law Society of Upper Canada
State Bar of California
Calgary Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association
American Bar Association