Our Team

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.

Dr. Elizabeth Steyn, LL.D., LL.M., LL.B.

Research and Legal Advice Support

Experience:    27 years

Dr. Elizabeth Steyn joined the University of Calgary Faculty of Law in 2023 after serving as the Cassels Brock Fellow in Mining and Finance Law at Western University. There, she led the law school’s interdisciplinary sustainable development curriculum, including the Global Sustainability Certification and the Graduate Diploma in Mining Law, Finance, and Sustainability. She was also affiliated with the Western Institute for Earth and Space Exploration.

Her research focuses on the intersection of sustainable resource extraction and responsible business practices, exploring topics such as ethical mining for the energy transition, regulatory challenges in deep-sea mining, and frameworks for space mining. She recently led an 18-month UNEP project on responsible mining.

An active member of FNREL, NRLTI, CIM, and PDAC, she joined FNREL’s International Committee in 2023. Fluent in five languages, Steyn has authored or co-authored 16 peer-reviewed publications and presented her work on four continents.

She earned her LL.D. from Université de Montréal in 2018 with distinction, focusing on Indigenous sacred site protection and resource development. Her previous academic and professional background includes a visiting fellowship at the Max Planck Institute and legal practice in South Africa following degrees from the Universities of Johannesburg and South Africa.

Lois Morys

Executive Assistant, Management Support Assistant, and Paralegal

Experience:    35 years

Lois fulfills the roles of Executive Assistant, Management Support Assistant, and Paralegal. In these roles, Lois provides executive administrative support to RLC’s founder and legal services director, as well as office management support to the corporate services director. Lois also assists with hearing preparation, including preparing and filing regulatory submissions.

Oscar Saenz de Miera, PhD

Energy Regulatory Specialist

Experience:    15 years

Oscar is an environmental economist with over 8 years of experience as a Regulatory Specialist in Alberta and other jurisdictions, including roles with the Alberta Utilities Commission, Toronto Hydro, and the Mexican Telecommunications Regulator.

Oscar brings research, econometrics, and data analysis skills, applying economic insights that underlie fundamental aspects of regulated network industries and environmental projects characterized by market failures in evolving ecosystems. He provides expertise in demand forecasting, policy impact assessment, anti-trust matters, and economic valuation, as well as processing information to support decisions on utility rates, cost of capital, and distributed energy resources.

Kelly Kwamsoos

Corporate Services Director

Experience:    18 years

Kelly is a Corporate Services Director providing a hybrid of marketing, information technology, financial, paralegal, human resources, business strategic planning and office management support services at RLC.

Prior to working with RLC, Kelly held various positions at all levels of Government, ranging from Clerk of the Courts to her most recent ten years of Regulatory Administrative Coordination experience within the Office of the Utilities Consumer Advocate.

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.

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.

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.

Laura Rivalta

Legal Administrative Assistant and Junior Paralegal

Experience: 5 years

Laura is a Legal Administrative Assistant and Junior Paralegal at RLC, whose tasks are crucial to the office’s smooth operation. She is completing her Master of Laws at the University of Calgary and is enrolled in the Ph.D. in Law program at the same institution, which she will begin in Fall 2025.

In addition to her roles at the firm, Laura has worked as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, supporting law courses and contributing to environmental regulation and mining governance research.

Before her studies in Canada, she gained legal experience in Cuba as a paralegal through internships in courts and law firms. She participated in research projects related to climate change and sustainable development.