Richard A. Neufeld | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Richard A. Neufeld Q.C., LL.B. , Partner

Rick has significant experience in the areas of environmental, regulatory and aboriginal law. He has acted as environmental and regulatory counsel in respect of a variety of global projects, including petrochemical plants, oilsands plants, hazardous waste treatment facilities, and international pipelines. He has also represented project proponents before the Natural Resources Conservation Board, The Energy and Utilities Board, The National Energy Board, The Environmental Appeal Board, and various municipal planning tribunals.

Rick has lectured and published extensively in the areas of environmental and regulatory law, including authoring the Alberta portion of the textbook Contaminated Property in Canada, (Carswell Thomson Professional Publishing, 1996). His published articles describe practice and procedure before regulatory tribunals such as the National Energy Board, Natural Resources Conservation Board, and the Energy and Utilities Board.

Rick has also advised Governments and regulatory boards and industry in respect of offshore energy transportation and development issues in all areas of Canada.

Currently, Rick is a Director of the Canadian Institute of Resources Law and the Alberta Chamber of Resources. He was voted one of Alberta’s leading environmental law practitioners in a peer survey, and named as one of Canada’s Top 500 lawyers by a national legal publication.

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Representative Work

Counsel to Sasol Petroleum International on its $1.05 billion agreement to acquire from Talisman Energy a 50% stake in their Farrell Creek shale gas assets located in B.C.’s Montney basin

Provides counsel to the industry regarding approvals for pipelines, oil sands projects, wells, processing plants, LNG facilities and mines, (oil sands, precious metals and coal)

Provides counsel to all industry sectors regarding their dealings with aboriginal communities, particularly in relation to project planning, approval and construction

Appears regularly before various municipal, provincial, and national tribunals, including the National Energy Board, The Energy and Utilities Board, the Natural Resources Conservation Board and the British Columbia Utilities Commission

Provides counsel to the petrochemical industry in respect of facility approvals, siting and environmental compliance matters

Publications

Focus on Energy and Natural Resources Law - January 2010

A Broad Overview of the Regulatory Process for Major Project Developments in Alberta

Authored the Alberta chapter of the textbook Contaminated Property in Canada, (Carswell Thomson Professional Publishing, 1996)

Has written numerous papers for conferences and peer-reviewed publications, including the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice, the Alberta Law Review and the Dalhousie Law Review