The release this week of the long-awaited court decision by the Alberta Court of Appeal to the appeal by the Alberta Energy Regulator (the “AER”) of the May 2016 ruling (the “Redwater Decision”) by the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta that provincial regulations are in conflict with the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA”, or the “Act”) will have implications on oil and natural gas mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) activity.
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