Wes Fairbanks

Wes Fairbanks is a Partner in Dentons’ Corporate group in Edmonton, focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions. His practice includes advising public and private companies, not-for-profit organisations and charities, partnerships, start-ups and entrepreneurs on corporate and commercial matters, including corporate organisation and governance, corporate finance and securities law, and mergers and acquisitions.

He is also a member of the Dentons’ Construction Group, where he advises owners, contractors and consultants on the interpretation, drafting and negotiation of construction, infrastructure and procurement documents, with experience in tenders, requests for proposals, public private partnerships, and integrated project delivery.

His representative transactional experience includes advising on the sale of Noralta Lodge Ltd. to Civeo Corporation for approximately CA$367 million, advising Conuma Coal Resources Limited on its US$35 million acquisition of three surface mining coal complexes from Walter Energy Canada, and advising on the sale of all issued and outstanding shares of MaxBounty, ULC to German-based fund Mrge.

Wes is recognised in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Corporate Law. He holds a JD (with Distinction) and a BComm (Hons) from the University of Alberta (2013, 2010), and is a member of the Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian Bar Association.