Our Team
Meet RLC
Legal Service Providers
Rosa Twyman, K.C., B.COMM., LL.B., EMBA
Founder & Principal
Experience: 27 years
As Founder and Principal of Regulatory Law Chambers with over 25 years of experience in regulatory law and litigation, Rosa brings deep legal and commercial knowledge and insight to solving complex regulatory matters… Read More
Lois Morys
Executive Assistant and Paralegal
Experience: 35 years
Lois fulfills the roles of executive assistant and paralegal. In these roles, Lois provides executive administrative support to RLC’s… Read More
Eugenia Myskina
Legal Researcher, Marketing Assistant, and Senior Paralegal
Experience: 14 years
Eugenia is a Legal Research and Marketing Assistant and Senior Paralegal at RLC. She provides a hybrid of paralegal, marketing, and legal research assistance… Read More
ROSA TWYMAN, K.C., BCOMM, LL.B, EMBA
Founder & Principal
Experience: 27 years
Rosa is a senior counsel with extensive experience in energy regulatory law matters, including acting on behalf of and advising clients in the electricity sector (including renewable energy), oil and gas sector and water utility matters in proceedings related to tolls and tariffs, market rules, and facilities and compliance, all involving consideration of various social, environmental and economic impacts and the public interest.
Rosa is recognized as one of Canada’s leading energy regulatory lawyers. She has represented her clients’ interests in proceedings before the Alberta Utilities Commission, the Alberta Energy Regulator, the Canada Energy Regulator, all levels of court, and in arbitrations and mediations. With legal training and an EMBA, Rosa combines deep legal and commercial knowledge to solve complex regulatory matters. Rosa works collaboratively with clients and industry experts to achieve clients’ business goals.
Rosa teaches Law 503: Administrative Law at the University of Calgary for foreign-trained students, covering the general structure of administrative decision-making in Canada, and serves on the Board of Junior Achievement Southern Alberta, an NGO for youth business education.
Rosa’s exceptional expertise has garnered recognition across various prestigious rankings and among peers in the legal community. Rosa was awarded the King’s Counsel designation in 2022.
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Education
- EMBA, Queen’s University – 2018
- Fellowship, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) – 2015
- Bachelor of Laws Equivalency, University Coordinating Council, Calgary – 1999
- LL.B., University of Pretoria, R.S.A. – 1996
- B.Comm., University of Pretoria, R.S.A. – 1995
Bar Admission
- Alberta – 2000
- South Africa – 1997
Activities & Memberships
- Member of the Canadian Bar Association
- Member of the Law Society of Alberta
- Member of the Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta
- Member of the Canadian Energy Law Foundation
- Presented at:
- EMBA Queen’s University Negotiations Course, 2018, 2019 and 2020
- Annual North American Market Surveillance Forum, 2019
- Canadian Energy Law Foundation (CELF) Jasper Seminar, 2011 and 2021
- CELF Kananaskis Seminar for Junior Energy Lawyers, 2011
- Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation Research Seminar in Jasper, 2003
- Board Member of Janus Academy, a school for children on the autism spectrum
- Board Member of Junior Achievement Southern Alberta, an NGO for youth business education
- Organizing Committee and Papers Committee of the CELF, 2003 to 2010
- Taught Advocacy at the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education, 2011 to 2015
- Taught Civil Law Procedure at the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education, 2007 to 2010
- Mentor Program for the Canadian Bar Association, 2008 to 2019
- Dare to Dream program – empowering Aboriginal children by learning about the criminal justice system, 2016
Recognition
Rosa Twyman
Global 100
Regulatory Lawyer of the Year – Canada
2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022
Global Law Experts Annual Awards
Energy Sector Regulatory Law Firm of the Year – Canada
2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022
Lawyer International – Legal 100
Regulatory Lawyer of the Year – Canada
2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022
Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards – Regulatory
Lawyer of the Year – Canada
2018 and 2020
Lawyer Monthly – Women in Law Awards
Regulatory Law – Canada (View Article)
2017, 2020, 2021, and 2022
Energy (Electricity) Lexpert Zenith Award
Celebrating Today’s Leaders in Practice Excellence. These awards celebrate lawyers called between 1986 – 2000 who during 2013-2014 each demonstrated excellence and thought leadership in an area of practice – setting new standards for the profession.
2014
M&A Today – Global Awards
Regulatory Lawyer of the Year – Canada
2019, 2020, and 2021
Lawyer Monthly Magazine
Legal Shapers by Rosa Twyman “Why Pick the Energy Sector” (View Article)
June 2018
Lois Morys
Executive Assistant, Management Support Assistant, and Paralegal
Experience: 35 years
Lois fulfills the roles of Executive Assistant, and Paralegal. In these roles, Lois provides executive administrative support to RLC’s founder and legal services director. Lois also assists with hearing preparation, including preparing and filing regulatory submissions.
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Education
- Commissioner for Oaths
- Bookkeeping Diploma from International Career School
- Certificates in Project Management and Microsoft Project from New Era Technologies
Activities & Memberships
- Member of the Association of Administrative Professionals
- Member of the Association of Legal Administrators
Olivia Volponi
Paralegal
Experience: 4 years
Liv is a Paralegal and Office Support Provider at RLC, providing paralegal, legal assistant, and executive assistant services to RLC clients and team members.
Liv has experience in litigation before the Courts and with real estate and personal injury law. She also has experience in office administration roles.
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Education
- Commissioner for Oaths
- Bachelor of Arts – Law & Society, University of Calgary – 2021
Karlien Markam-Jooste
Legal Research Support
Experience: 11 years
Karlien analyses and summarizes regulatory decisions before the energy regulators for the RLC Blog and otherwise provides support to RLC as required.
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Education
- LL.M. (International Business Law), Donau University Krems, Austria – 2022
- Certificate Compliance Management, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. – 2018
- LL.M. (Civil Procedure), University of Pretoria, R.S.A. – 2016
- LL.B., North West University, R.S.A. – 2012
Eugenia Myskina
Senior Paralegal
Experience: 14 years
Eugenia is a Legal Research and Marketing Assistant, and Senior Paralegal at RLC. She provides a hybrid of paralegal, marketing, and legal research support services at RLC, assisting with research and the preparation and filing of regulatory submissions.
Prior to moving to Canada, Eugenia was a lawyer in Russia with expertise in contract management, data privacy, intellectual property, and financial technology.
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Education
- Certificate – FOIP: Focus on privacy, Government of Alberta – 2023
- Certificate – Complex problems of application of legislation on personal data in credit and financial institutions, Security Training Center Informzaschita – 2018
- Certificate – Tax consequences and risks of concluding contracts in the practice of contractual work, Law institute M-Logos – 2018
- Certificate – Effective contractual work in the context of the reform of the civil legislation and the development of judicial practice, Law institute M-Logos – 2018
- Certificate – Procurement of goods, works and services by certain types of legal entities under the procurement legislation, Law school “Statut” – 2017
- Certificate – Legal aspects of e-commerce, Law institute M-Logos – 2017
- Specialist in Law (equivalent to LLM), Higher School of Economics, Russia – 2012