At a time when demand for Canada’s oil and gas resources is running high, Canadian firm McCarthy Tétrault has added bench strength in the oil and gas markets of Calgary by luring two partners, Brian Bidyk and Kerri Howard, from global giant DLA Piper.

Bidyk brings experience in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and project development and construction to his new platform, and his clients run the gamut from the upstream to midstream and service sectors. Howard’s expertise encompasses a range of practice areas including mergers, acquisitions, structured finance and derivatives, contracts and intellectual property law. She also has worked on deals involving parties and assets in both the U.S. and Canada.