Stephanie Console, Toronto | Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

About Stephanie

Stephanie's practice focuses primarily on public procurement, infrastructure, public-private partnerships (P3s) and construction law. She advises clients on the development, preparation and ongoing administration of public tenders and procurement processes, the development of template procurement documents, the development and negotiation of commercial agreements for the design, construction, financing and maintenance of infrastructure, and the development and negotiation of commercial agreements for goods and services across various sectors.

Stephanie acts for clients in a wide range of sectors, including transit and transportation, civil infrastructure, roads and bridges, water and wastewater, health-care services, information technology, gaming, energy and mining. She also regularly acts for both procuring entities and bidders with respect to conducting a successful procurement process, fairness issues, mitigating procurement risk and avoiding compliance issues.

Stephanie has expertise in the procurement of mega infrastructure development projects and alternative finance and procurement projects across multiple jurisdictions and has been at the forefront of many projects across Canada.

Stephanie also advises clients on a variety of commercial agreements across a range of sectors for goods, services and construction.

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Representative transactions include acting on behalf of and advising:

Infrastructure/PPP Projects:

City of Toronto on the F.G. Gardiner Expressway Rehabilitation project
Hamilton LRT – The City of Hamilton on a project to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a light rail transit line in Hamilton
City of Calgary on the Green Line Stage 1 Light Rail design, build and finance project
City of Mississauga on its Dundas Bus Rapid Transit design build project
Advance Tunnel for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension – Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on the design, build and finance of an advance tunnel contract related to the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on the design, build, finance, operation and maintenance of the GO Rail expansion project
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT design, build, finance and maintain project
VIA Rail on its Maintenance Facilities Modernization Project
City of Winnipeg on the design, build, finance and maintain project for the Southwest Rapid Transitway (Stage 2) and Pembina Highway Underpass
City of Hamilton on the design, build, finance, operate and maintain Biosolids Management Project
Infrastructure Ontario on projects including:
- the design, build and financing for the George Street Revitalization Project, with the City of Toronto
- the Hawkesbury & District General Hospital Redevelopment Project
City of Saskatoon on two design, build, finance, operate and maintain projects: the Civic Operation Centre and the North Commuter Parkway and Traffic Bridge
City of Calgary on a design, build, construction, operation and maintenance P3 project for an organics processing facility (food and de-watered biosolids)
City of Moncton on the Moncton Downtown Centre project (a new multi-use sports and entertainment centre)

Procurement and Corporate/Commercial Matters

VIA Rail with respect to the acquisition of its Fleet Modernization Project
Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres with respect to the procurement of outsourced clinical services and medical equipment and supplies, and providing contract template advice
A consortium of Ontario colleges with respect to the development and implementation of procurement and contract template documents
An Ontario Crown agency with respect to the development of template procurement and contract documents

Practices

Procurement

Sectors

Infrastructure/P3

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