Miles F. Pittman

Associé

Calgary
MPittman@blg.com
403.232.9487
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Miles has maintained a broad practice advising energy sector and sector-adjacent participants and project proponents for more than twenty-five years. He advises frequently on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and project structure and development.

He has led significant transactions in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors, and has advised on virtually all aspects of the Liquefied Natural Gas value chain. He has also played a lead role in significant debt financing and restructuring transactions both within Canada and internationally.

Miles writes frequently about oil and gas law, and teaches the Oil and Gas Law and Oil and Gas Contracts courses at the University of Calgary Law School. He led the drafting committee for the Pre-Unitization Agreement for the Association of International Energy Negotiators, and was recently selected as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Energy (Oil and Gas) by Who’s Who Legal.

Experience

  • Miles has been lead Canadian counsel to John Wood Group plc for over a decade. Recent transactions include:
    • The US$1.8 billion sale of its environment and infrastructure consulting business to Canadian engineering firm WSP Global.
    • The US$67 million sale of its joint venture interest in TransCanada Turbines to joint venture partner TC Energy.
    • The sale of its interests in Teshmont Consulting to Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Past Chair, Canadian Energy Law Foundation
  • Miles led the Pre-Unitization Agreement Drafting Committee for the Association of International Energy Negotiators.
  • Miles teaches the Oil and Gas Law and the Oil and Gas Contracts courses at the University of Calgary Law School
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Natural Resource Subsection)

Community Involvement

  • Board Member, Contemporary Calgary Arts Society
  • Past Board Chair, Alliance Française of Calgary

Awards & Recognitions

  • Recognized in the 2025 and previous editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada® (Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law).
  • Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2012) of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Energy (Oil and Gas)) and in the 2012-2023 editions (Corporate Commercial Law).
  • Recognized in the 2024 edition (and since 2015) in Who's Who Legal – Energy, including as a Global Elite Thought Leader in 2022, 2023 and 2024
  • Recognized in the 2024 edition of Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining
  • Recognized in the 2022 (and since 2020) edition of IFLR1000 - Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms (Project Development: M&A)
  • Recognized in the 2023 (and since 2016) edition of Lexpert Special Edition: Canada’s Leading Energy Lawyers

Bar Admission & Education

  • Alberta, 1994
  • LLB, Université de l'Alberta, 1993
  • BA (Hons.), Université McGill, 1988