Billie Fortier represents Indigenous communities and businesses in negotiations with resource companies to establish joint ventures and other business relationships. She has recently been recognized in the 2025 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for her Aboriginal Law Practice.
Billie has direct experience advising Indigenous communities on partnerships and equity investments, including acting as counsel to Wapiscanis Waseskwan Nipiy Holding Limited Partnership, a partnership of 13 First Nations and Metis settlements in northern Alberta, on the acquisition of certain midstream assets from Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. for a total purchase price of $222.8 million in September 2024.
She also advises the leadership of First Nations and Métis communities on a variety of matters, including corporate structuring of Indigenous-owned businesses, financial administration and governance, including drafting laws and bylaws. She also advises clients across a number of industries on general commercial matters and in connection with mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. She is a member of the Fort McKay First Nation.
Visit Billie and other lawyers from MLT Aikins at exhibit booth 5.
Forward Summit brings together the very best of Indigenous and non-Indigenous business and community leaders. Attendees can embrace the limitless possibilities that come with meeting decision-makers from a variety of industries as business and community leaders collectively chart a new course into the future of leadership and innovation.
MLT Aikins has a longstanding partnership with First Nations and Métis and their businesses across Canada. Our Indigenous practice area works collaboratively across sectors to advocate for the rights and interests of Indigenous communities. Our legal experience includes providing counsel to Indigenous communities on legislative drafting and implementation, economic ventures, jurisdictional matters and rights-based litigation, as well as establishing tax laws and corporate structures and engaging in landmark Aboriginal law cases. Additionally, our lawyers advise on construction and infrastructure projects, negotiate resource sector agreements, assist with environmental impact assessments and support the exercise of governance in respect of Indigenous lands and traditional territories.
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