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Clients say: “They are not over-lawyerly and look for common solutions. They have a whole team of strong practitioners."...“My overall impression of the team is very high. They are creative, resourceful and deliver high quality.”
Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2018
Worldwide government austerity and the universal drive to reduce public debt have placed enormous pressure on the public sector to reduce spending. At the same time, however, decades of depreciation or even neglect have left infrastructure, including roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, power facilities and other public properties in urgent need of repair or replacement.
These combined challenges are creating an unprecedented opportunity for the infrastructure industry to emerge with solutions. Because of our extensive experience in virtually the entire spectrum of projects, leading players in the public infrastructure market repeatedly turn to Blakes to assist them with their infrastructure development projects.
Acting for both domestic and international clients and all manner of infrastructure industry participants, our industry team has played a significant role in most of the public-private partnership (P3) and alternative financing and procurement (AFP) projects in Canada. Our proficiencies in these areas include expertise in corporate/commercial law, real estate, construction, tax and project finance, as well as in the more specialized areas such as procurement, environmental and aboriginal law.
Drawing from a diverse pool of expertise, we have acted as project counsel on an extraordinarily broad range of infrastructure projects. A representative list would include major initiatives involving roads, bridges, transportation, transit, recreational and other public buildings, energy and pipelines, water, wastewater, and communications.
Our infrastructure clients especially value our integrated approach to their projects. We operate on a global level, sharing information, resources and opportunities. Through our network of offices, we are able to make all of our resources and expertise available to our clients and provide them with truly seamless “one-stop shopping” legal service.
Representative Matters:
Hospitals/Health Care
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) – Representing a consortium for the design, construction, financing and maintenance of a new university hospital complex of international calibre. The project was awarded the 2011 North American Project Bond Deal of the Year Award, presented by Project Finance International, and the 2011 Overall North America Project Finance Deal of the Year Grand Jury Award.
Transportation, Transit, Roads and Bridges
Recreational and Other Public Buildings
- Toronto 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games – Acting for Infrastructure Ontario with respect to the construction of multiple sporting venues for the Toronto 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games.
Energy
- Ontario Nuclear Procurement – Acting for Infrastructure Ontario on all aspects of the Nuclear Procurement Project. The competitive process is seeking a vendor to build a new, two-unit nuclear power plant at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington site. This is one of the largest government procurement processes undertaken in Canadian history.
- Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Projects – Counselled the lenders (KFW Ipex-Bank GmbH, Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation of Canada, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, New York Branch and Siemens Financial Ltd.) in the C$725-million project financing of the 272MW Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind projects, located 60km north-east of Quebec City.
Water/Wastewater
- Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste – Advised the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and several governments (Nepal, South Africa, Jordan, Mozambique, Zambia, India, Yemen and the Philippines) on private-sector participation in the management, operation and maintenance of water and wastewater systems.
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Partner | Calgary
Calgary: 403-260-9778
Areas of Expertise:
Commercial Real Estate, Acquisitions, Dispositions & Joint Ventures, Leasing, Real Estate Financing, Development, Infrastructure, Public-Private Partnerships, Hospitality & Leisure
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Associate | Montréal
Montréal: 514-982-4093
Areas of Expertise:
Debt Finance & Lending, Project Finance, Real Estate Financing, Banking, Asset-Based Finance, Renewables (Wind, Solar, Hydro, & CleanTech), Energy, Infrastructure
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Partner | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-2269
Areas of Expertise:
Class Actions, Constitutional & Charter of Rights, Product Liability, Privacy, Communications, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, Competition Litigation, Freedom of Information, Cybersecurity and Data Breach Response & Litigation, Cybersecurity, Government & Public Sectors, Drones
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Partner | Montréal
Montréal: 514-982-4025
Areas of Expertise:
Energy, Banking, Commercial Real Estate, Financial Services, Construction, Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Pension Funds Investment, Debt Capital Finance, Structured Finance, Major Projects, Downstream & Marketing, Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures, Hotel Finance
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Partner | Vancouver
Vancouver: 604-631-3375
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Information Technology, Private Equity, Infrastructure, Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
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Partner | Montréal
Montréal: 514-982-4061
Areas of Expertise:
Infrastructure, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Energy, Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Real Estate, Construction, Mining, Pension Funds Investment, Investment Funds, Investment Vehicles, Mining Lending, Mining Streaming & Royalties, Credit Unions
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Partner | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-2479
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate & Commercial, Procurement, Infrastructure, Middle East, Public-Private Partnerships
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Associate | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-5275
Areas of Expertise:
Procurement, Public-Private Partnerships
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Partner | Vancouver
Vancouver: 604-631-4177
Areas of Expertise:
Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Corporate Litigation, Construction Dispute Resolution, Class Actions, Arbitration, Mining Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Aboriginal, International Trade, Environmental Litigation & Enforcement, Transmission & Distribution, Infrastructure, Constitutional & Charter of Rights
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Partner | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-4160
Areas of Expertise:
Infrastructure, Project Finance, Financial Services, Banking, Construction, Energy, Debt Capital Finance, Power, Public-Private Partnerships
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Counsel | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-3094
Areas of Expertise:
Infrastructure, Public-Private Partnerships
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Partner | Vancouver
Vancouver: 604-631-3367
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate & Commercial, Project Finance, Infrastructure, Public-Private Partnerships, Energy, Defence, Drones
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Associate | Vancouver
Vancouver: 604-631-5245
Areas of Expertise:
Commercial Real Estate, Public-Private Partnerships, Corporate & Commercial
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Office Managing Partner | London
London: +44-20-7429-3555
Areas of Expertise:
Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, Australia, Africa, Capital Markets, Europe, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Finance, Corporate Governance, Mining Lending, Mining Streaming & Royalties, Mining M&A and Capital Markets, Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures
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Partner | Montréal
Montréal: 514-982-5086
Areas of Expertise:
Financial Services, Asset-Based Finance, Debt Finance & Lending, Equipment Financing/Leasing, Project Finance, Africa, Europe, Real Estate Financing, Banking, Infrastructure, India, Energy, Power, Private Equity, Renewables (Wind, Solar, Hydro, & CleanTech), Investment Funds
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Partner | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-2355
Areas of Expertise:
International Trade, Tax, Sales & Commodity Taxes, Customs & Import Controls, Infrastructure, Structured Finance, Public-Private Partnerships
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Partner | Calgary
Calgary: 403-260-9674
Areas of Expertise:
Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, Food, Beverage & Agribusiness, Hospitality & Leisure, Construction, United States, Major Projects, LNG, Downstream & Marketing, E&P Conventional, E&P Unconventional, Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures, Pipeline & Midstream
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Partner | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-2929
Areas of Expertise:
Financial Services, Corporate & Commercial, Infrastructure, Banking, Asset-Based Finance, Debt Finance & Lending, Equipment Financing/Leasing, Project Finance, Pension Funds Investment, Investment Funds, Investment Vehicles
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Partner | Toronto, Ottawa
Toronto: 416-863-3318 Ottawa: 613-788-2231
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate & Commercial, Power, Project Finance, Procurement, Public-Private Partnerships, Infrastructure, Construction, Nuclear Energy, Renewables (Wind, Solar, Hydro, & CleanTech)
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Partner | London
London: +44-20-7429-3553
Areas of Expertise:
Oil & Gas, Mining, Infrastructure, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East, Corporate & Commercial, Mining Streaming & Royalties, Defence, Europe, Private Equity
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Partner | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-2789
Areas of Expertise:
Acquisitions, Dispositions & Joint Ventures, Development, Real Estate Financing, Leasing, Asset-Based Finance, Restructuring & Insolvency, REITs, Gaming, Infrastructure, Banking, Renewables (Wind, Solar, Hydro, & CleanTech)
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Partner | Toronto
Toronto: 416-863-4253
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate & Commercial, Financial Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Power, Procurement, Technology, Banking, Public-Private Partnerships, Construction, Construction Dispute Resolution
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Associate | Montréal
Montréal: 514-982-4100
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Procurement, Capital Markets, Public-Private Partnerships, Private Equity
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Partner | Montréal
Montréal: 514-982-4034
Areas of Expertise:
Asset-Based Finance, Debt Finance & Lending, Project Finance, Infrastructure, Renewables (Wind, Solar, Hydro, & CleanTech), Africa, Europe, Middle East, Energy
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Associate | Montréal
Montréal: 514-982-4102
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Public-Private Partnerships
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