Kirk A. Litvenenko

Senior Partner, Canadian National Chair, Business Law Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Kirk A. Litvenenko

Kirk A. Litvenenko

Biography

Kirk Litvenenko is the Canadian national chair of our business law group.

His core practice areas include: mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and public and private offerings of debt and equity.

Kirk is focused on providing elite client service. Kirk builds high-performance internal working teams that are specifically designed to collaboratively service each client's specific and unique needs. Excellent service builds client loyalty and strong relationships, as such, many of the clients for whom Kirk is lead relationship partner utilize Norton Rose Fulbright as their primary legal counsel. With the benefit of his many client relationships, Kirk provides market-informed and practical corporate level advice to executives and boards of directors throughout day-to-day matters as well as complex and challenging situations.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Representative experience

Recent representative experience where Kirk led the Norton Rose Fulbright team includes:

  • Keyera Corp., in its recently announced proposed C$5.15 billion acquisition of the Canadian NGL business of Plains Midstream and C$2.07 billion bought deal prospectus offering of subscription receipts
  • Parkland Corporation, in its recently announced proposed C$12.5 billion corporate sale to Sunoco LP
  • Serafina Energy, in all matters since its formation, including its estimated C$2.3 billion corporate sale transaction, as well as its formative $300 million private equity investment and all property and corporate acquisitions
  • Tervita Corporation in a number of transactions, including: (i) its $2.3 billion business combination transaction with Secure Energy Services; (ii) its refinancing of US$500 million offering of notes and concurrent tender offer for US$590 million of notes; and (iii) its $490 million acquisition of Newalta Corporation, concurrent public listing of Tervita and $250 million notes refinancing
  • Special committee of Calfrac Well Services in connection with its: (i) complex corporate reorganization and recapitalization transaction which, among other things, reduced indebtedness by C$576 million and increased liquidity by C$60 million through the issuance of additional convertible notes; and (ii) contentious proxy situation and defence against Wilks Brothers, LLC's hostile takeover bid for the company
  • Special committee of Source Energy Services with its recapitalization transaction which resulted in an exchange of senior secured first lien notes for C$142 million of new secured notes and the issuance of common shares and reduced the company's principal obligations by C$33 million
  • A syndicate of underwriters, led by Scotia Capital and RBC Capital Markets, on CNRL's offering of over US$2 billion of unsecured notes in Canada and the U.S.
  • Canbriam Energy, in its private equity investment transactions; a complex reorganization of its capital in connection with a commercial transaction with Sunoco; and Canbriam's subsequent corporate sale to Pacific Oil and Gas
  • Primavera Resources, in a four-party business combination transaction that resulted in Primavera's corporate sale, as well as its original private equity financed formation and asset transactions
  • Modern Resources, in its approximate C$145 million corporate sale transaction

Rankings and recognitions

Rankings and recognitions

  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Governance Practice, 2024-2025; Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Law, 2025
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2022, 2024: recommended in Corporate Finance & Securities; 2023-2024: recommended in Corporate Mid-Market, Corporate Commercial Law; 2024: recommended in Energy (Oil & Gas)

Education

Education

LL.B., University of Saskatchewan, 1998
B.A., University of Saskatchewan, 1997

Admissions

Admissions

  • Alberta 1999

Memberships and activities

Memberships and activities

  • Law Society of Alberta

 

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