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Andrew Powers
(416) 367-6135 apowers@blg.com Andrew Powers is the regional group leader of the Securities and Capital Markets practice group and the regional leader of BLG’s National Mining Focus Group. Andrew’s practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, regulatory compliance and cannabis law. Andrew’s corporate finance experience includes advising issuers, investment dealers, and institutional investors in a wide range of financing transactions, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, and public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, both domestically and cross-border, with an emphasis on the mining sector. Obtained a JD from Queen’s University, and a BA (Hons.) in Political Science from the University of Ottawa. Called to the Ontario Bar in 2005.
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Catherine Guertin
(514) 954-3179 cguertin@blg.com Catherine is a partner in BLG’s Commercial Real Estate Group in Montreal. Catherine has in-depth expertise in commercial leasing for all types of properties including industrial buildings, office buildings, retail buildings, and mixed-used buildings. Her practice focuses on acquisitions and dispositions of property, development projects, and the seniors housing sector, particularly in the areas of commercial leases, sale-leaseback transactions, agreements creating rights of superficies, emphyteusis agreements, servitudes, title searches and correction of title defects, mining law, and telecommunications law. She is active in various professional organizations including BOMA Quebec, Urban Development Institute of Quebec, and the Commercial Real Estate Women Network. Catherine is also director of BLG’s Reads to Kids program (Montreal). Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Real Estate Law) and Lexpert Special Edition — Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining. Called to the Quebec Bar in 1997.
G. Eric Doherty
(604) 640-4193 edoherty@blg.com Eric is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office. With expertise in securities and capital markets matters, he advises clients in a variety of sectors. He also has extensive experience in the formation and financing of investment funds, structured products, and private equity funds. His robust practice also focuses on counselling companies and underwriters within the following industries: mining, energy, natural resources; technology; and real estate. Throughout his career, Eric has been involved in public and private offerings for numerous companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange, and other foreign stock exchanges. He has been recognized in the 2022 (and since 2014) edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Securities Law), the 2020 and previous editions of Lexpert Special Edition — Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining, the 2022 edition (and since 2014) of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Investment Funds & Asset Management), and the 2020 edition (and since 2018) for Corporate Finance and Securities. From 2008 to 2011, Eric was adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1998.
Graeme D. Martindale
(604) 640-4179 gmartindale@blg.com Graeme Martindale is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office. His practice focuses on the areas of securities and capital markets. Graeme advises clients in a range of matters, including corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, mining, and corporate law. He acts for public companies, investment dealers, REITs, boards, and special committees, advising on initial public offerings, public and private equity and debt financings, compliance matters, and corporate governance. Graeme also assists clients with disclosure obligations regarding National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and IFLR1000. Graeme was also named as one of Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2016) and as Vancouver Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Governance Practice in The Best Lawyers in Canada (2018).
Melissa Smith
(403) 232-9787 mesmith@blg.com Partner and regional group manager (Calgary) of BLG’s Capital Markets and Corporate Commercial Group, co-leader of the firm’s Driven by Women initiative, co-chair of its Pro Bono Committee, and a member of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiative. Melissa advises public and private Canadian and foreign-based clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, mining, oil and gas, manufacturing, and the hospitality industry. Her clients range from small start-up private entities to large multinational companies. Many of her public clients are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, Canadian Stock Exchange, and foreign stock exchanges. She is also director of the Canadian Blockchain Association of Women. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Oil & Gas Law). Education: LLB (University of Calgary). Admitted to the Alberta Bar in 2005.
Michael Waters
(604) 632-3476 mwaters@blg.com A partner in the BLG Vancouver office, Michael practises corporate and securities law with emphasis on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, investment fund management, and corporate governance. He advises acquirers and targets in friendly and hostile takeover bids and other business combinations. He represents public and private issuers, underwriters, venture capital firms, and institutional investors in financing transactions, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, private placements, royalty and streaming transactions, and preferred share investments. He also advises Canadian and international investment funds, hedge funds, and investment fund managers. An Adjunct Professor, he teaches Securities Regulation at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. Michael is one of the founders of BLG’s Startup & Grow initiative, offering legal solutions tailored to entrepreneurs, startups, and early-stage companies, primarily in the technology sector. He also has considerable expertise in the mining sector. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law; Venture Capital Law Lawyer of the Year – Vancouver). Education: LLB (Osgoode Hall Law School). Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2008.
Nadir André
(514) 954-3152 nandre@blg.com Nadir André is a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and a member of the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John. He has extensive experience in Aboriginal law and has worked in this field since the beginning of his career. He services many Aboriginal clients, as well as corporations seeking to do business with Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal business organizations in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. He is directly involved in certain comprehensive and specified land claims’ negotiations throughout Canada. Nadir also specializes in matters connected with resource development involving Aboriginal communities and businesses and has taught Aboriginal Law at University of Ottawa and at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Indigenous and First Nations Practice). He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1998 and obtained his LLL, University of Ottawa in 1996.
Nav Dhaliwal
NDhaliwal@blg.com (514) 954-3106 Nav’s practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity transactions, corporate governance, shareholder activism, and general securities and corporate law compliance. His extensive mergers and acquisitions practice includes advising clients on public and private mergers, acquisitions, reorganization transactions, take-over bids, amalgamations, plans of arrangement, and private sales. He also advises companies on shareholder activism and corporate governance issues. His corporate finance practice sees him represent both private issuers and publicly traded issuers listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, and the TSX Venture Exchange. He also acts for issuers, underwriters, and investors in financing transactions, including public and private offerings of debt, equity and convertible securities, and strategic investments by private equity groups. He was called to the Alberta Bar in 2010.
Robert J.C. Deane
rdeane@blg.com (604) 640-4250 Rob is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading counsel in commercial litigation, international and domestic commercial arbitration, privacy, and intellectual property litigation, among other areas. As litigation counsel, Rob has litigated complex cases throughout Canada and at all levels of court, in diverse areas such as contractual disputes, arbitration-related litigation including appeals, mining disputes, life sciences and other intellectual property disputes, consumer class actions, sponsorship and advertising disputes, shareholder disputes, securities regulation, information and privacy law, and administrative law. Rob has also appeared in significant arbitration proceedings in North America, Asia, and Europe, under almost all major institutional sets of rules, in a wide array of industry sectors. After graduating from the University of Victoria as the Law Society of British Columbia Gold Medalist in 1998, Rob served as a law clerk to the Honorable Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada. Rob has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers, and Benchmark Canada, including as Arbitration Lawyer of the Year.
F.F. (Rick) Coburn
rcoburn@blg.com (416) 367-6038 Rick is Senior Counsel in the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Rick practises in the area of environmental law with an emphasis on the development of brownfields properties and environmental aspects of business transactions involving heavy industry, transportation, energy, and infrastructure projects. With members of BLG’s litigation practice groups, he also acts as defence counsel on regulatory prosecutions and in civil actions. Recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1990.
Ira Cooper
icooper@blg.com (604) 640-4129 Ira’s practice focuses on corporate finance and, in particular, syndicated lending, banking, corporate lending, commercial lending, project finance, structured finance, acquisition financing, and Personal Property Security Act matters. Ira acts for both lenders and investors, as well as borrowers and issuers, in connection with numerous types of domestic, cross-border, and international debt financings. Recent transactions have included major acquisition financings, financing go-private transactions, corporate credits, financings of private-equity takeovers, private placements, bond issuances, cross-border financings, covenant-based financings, and margined financings, and have included financings in various industries ranging from energy, energy services, and pipelines to agriculture, financial services, aviation financings, and the food industry. His transactions range from investment-grade and covenant-based financings, to energy reserves and accounts and inventory margining facilities, to demand credit facilities.
Warren B. Learmonth
(604) 640-4166 wlearmonth@blg.com Warren Learmonth is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office. He provides expertise to clients in securities and corporate law. Within his practice, he acts as counsel to companies, investment bankers, and board special committees in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and restructuring transactions. His clients are involved in biotechnology, e-business, financial services, and forestry and mining, among others. Warren also advises public corporations and their boards of directors, with an emphasis on regulatory compliance, corporate governance, directors’ duties and responsibilities, and transaction structuring. Additionally, Warren works with both private and public companies on the adoption of securities-based executive compensation plans. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
Joel B. Jones
jjones@blg.com (403) 232-9500 Joel is a partner in BLG’s Calgary office where he advises clients on a broad range of securities and corporate matters. His practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions and disposition of both private and public companies, financing transactions (including public and private offerings of equity securities), compliance with both corporate and securities regulatory requirements relating to stock exchange listings, corporate governance, continuous disclosure obligations, and shareholders’ meetings. Joel also represents corporate clients in the negotiation, drafting, and review of various commercial agreements. Joel is a member of BLG’s National Partnership Board and Audit Committee, Chair of the firm’s International Committee and US Task Force, and National Lead of its Agribusiness Sector Group. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law) and Acritas Stars: Independently Rated Lawyers. Education: JD (University of Calgary), Advanced Leadership Program (Harvard Law School), Mergers & Acquisitions: Structuring and Leading Deals Program (Harvard Law School). Admitted to the Alberta Bar in 2007.
Xiaodi Jin
xjin@blg.com (403) 232-9523 Partner in BLG’s Calgary office. Practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions (M&A), acquisitions and divestitures (A&D), corporate finance, securities, structuring, and governance. Acts for private and public companies, investors, and management teams at all stages of their existence, from founding, capitalization, going public, going private, value creation, asset consolidations and divestitures, and exits, to reorganizations and restructurings. Education: JD (University of British Columbia). Admitted to the Alberta Bar in 2012.
Yvan Houle
yhoule@blg.com (604) 632-3548 Partner, fellow, and governor of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Advises clients with respect to all aspects of the procurement process, including advising on proper procurement models, drafting of tender documents, and negotiating construction contracts. Has particular expertise relating to the application of the legislative and regulatory regimes governing the construction industry and public procurement of construction projects in the province of Quebec. Has argued numerous cases before the Quebec, Ontario, and Federal Courts relating to procurement, construction, surety, professional, and product liability matters. Also has extensive experience related to Indigenous procured projects, particularly in Nunavut and Nunavik. Actively involved in the construction sector as a member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Construction Association. Also acts as an arbitrator in construction-related disputes. Called to the Bar in Quebec (1989), Ontario (1986), and Nunavut (2013). Included in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Construction Law, Public Procurement Law).
Shane Freitag
sfreitag@blg.com (416) 367-6137 As national leader of the Electricity Markets Group, Shane specializes in corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters in the resource and infrastructure sector, with emphasis upon electricity, water, and natural gas. Shane has been a major participant in these sectors for over thirty years in senior legal positions with major utilities in both Ontario and Alberta and in private practice. Shane is involved in all aspects of the procurement and development of projects in Canada with a focus on the key underlying material agreements and regulatory approvals. He has negotiated numerous agreements for the purchase and sale of power, gas, and steam, and other industrial-related agreements. He is Chair of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Law of the International Bar Association (SEERIL). Shane is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Power Producers of Ontario (APPrO). Among numerous other distinctions over the years, he is recognized in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Canada as a Leading Individual (Energy & Natural Resources — Power). Chambers Canada Leading Lawyer, Energy – Nationwide. Called to the Bar in Ontario, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Alberta.
Patrick G. Foy, KC
pfoy@blg.com (604) 640-4133 Patrick is senior counsel in the BLG Vancouver office. He focuses his work primarily in the areas of appellate and judicial review, Indigenous law, and investor/state arbitration. He is an appointed Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a status reserved for less than one per cent of all practicing lawyers of any state or province, and was appointed King’s Counsel in 1998. He has been a frequent lecturer on appellate advocacy and developments in Indigenous law. Patrick was recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2016) of Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Aboriginal Law, Band 1), the 2024 edition (and since 2006) of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Aboriginal Law, Administrative & Public Law, Appellate Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, and International Arbitration), the 2023 and previous editions of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Aboriginal Law, Band 1), the 2023 (and since 2020) edition of Lexpert Special Edition – Energy, and the 2023, 2022, 2019, and 2018 editions of The Legal 500 Canada as a Leading Lawyer (Aboriginal Law). Recognized and Peer Rated in the 2020 edition of Martindale-Hubbell as “Preeminent” and “Distinguished”. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1978.
Bruce E. Fowler
bfowler@blg.com (416) 367-6194 Bruce is senior counsel in BLG’s Financial Services, Energy Law, and Public-Private Infrastructure Projects Groups. He specializes in banking, lending, and project finance. He provides project finance advice and services to clients engaged in the development, financing, or acquisition of power, infrastructure, and alternative financing and procurement projects. Bruce has acted for project developers, sponsors, proponents, lenders and debt arrangers, underwriters, and investors on major power projects and transportation, hospital, and other social infrastructure projects in all regions of Canada and internationally. Recognized in the 2021 edition (and since 2013) of Chambers Global and in the 2021 edition of Chambers Canada. Recognized as a leading lawyer since 2013 in IFLR1000. Recognized in the 2024 edition (and since 2020) of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Banking and Finance Law). Recognized in the 2023 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Private Equity) and since 2021 (Banking & Financial Institutions, Infrastructure Law) and since 2017. Obtained LLM from Columbia University in 1984 and LLB from the University of Windsor in 1982. Called to the Bar in Ontario (1988), New York (1987), and Alberta (1983).
Christopher W. Eagles
ceagles@blg.com (514) 954-2516 Christopher Eagles is a Partner in BLG’s Vancouver office. As a general commercial law practitioner, Chris focuses his practice in the areas of public-private partnerships, procurement, and infrastructure. His expertise includes drafting, negotiating, and reviewing public-private partnerships, design-build, integrated project delivery, construction, consulting, supply, and related agreements as well as working with project technical (engineering and architectural) teams to review and integrate specifications with the other contract documents. Chris has also acted as counsel in construction and general commercial litigation. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Construction Law) and in IFLR1000 (Project Development; Project Finance – Highly Regarded – State). Education: LLB, University of Victoria, 2000. Admitted to British Columbia Bar in 2001.
edoherty@blg.com (604) 640-4193 Eric is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office. With expertise in securities and capital markets matters, he advises clients in a variety of sectors. He also has extensive experience in the formation and financing of investment funds, structured products, and private equity funds. His robust practice also focuses on counselling companies and underwriters within the following industries: mining, energy, natural resources; technology; and real estate. Throughout his career, Eric has been involved in public and private offerings for numerous companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange, and other foreign stock exchanges. He has been recognized in the 2022 (and since 2014) edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Securities Law), the 2020 and previous editions of Lexpert Special Edition — Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining, the 2023 edition (and since 2014) of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Investment Funds & Asset Management), and the 2020 edition (and since 2018) for Corporate Finance and Securities and the 2023 edition (Private Equity). From 2008 to 2011, Eric was adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1998.
Jonathan Liteplo
jliteplo@blg.com (403) 232-9533 Jonathan Liteplo works extensively in the area of energy and utilities regulation. As a leading practitioner, Jonathan represents participants in the electricity, oil and gas, water and wastewater, and mining industries in a broad range of matters before regulatory authorities and the courts. He has wide-ranging experience representing owners in obtaining tariff-related approvals under cost of service and performance-based rate regulation; utility cost of capital approvals; change of control approvals; and regulatory permitting for complex and controversial infrastructure projects. His clients value his leadership skills, the comprehensive analytical and strategic approach he brings to each matter, and his emphasis on adopting a team approach with his clients to achieving successful outcomes.
Louise K. Lee
lolee@blg.com (403) 232-9408 Louise Lee is a partner in the Securities and Capital Markets Group in BLG’s Calgary office. Louise focuses her practice on corporate and securities law in a wide range of industries, including the natural resources sector. Louise advises clients on mergers & acquisitions, dispositions, and other corporate reorganizations, as well as financing transactions, including public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. Louise also advises clients to ensure compliance with corporate and securities regulatory requirements, including stock exchange listings. She is a co-leader of BLG’s Driven by Women Initiative in Calgary and is also a member of BLG’s Private Equity Steering Committee. Louise was called to the Alberta Bar in 2006.
Bruce A. Lawrence
blawrence@blg.com (403) 232-9597 Bruce Lawrence is a partner in BLG’s Securities and Capital Markets Group and is the former regional Chair of the Oil and Gas Focus Group. Based in Calgary, Bruce has practised in the corporate/commercial area since 1982, with an emphasis on clients involved in the energy sector. The bulk of his practice involves corporate and securities transactions, and he has provided counsel on numerous public and private financings, mergers & acquisitions, cross-border acquisitions and financings, takeover bids, plans of arrangement, and restructurings. Bruce has advised a large number of public and private boards and special committees on governance issues, fiduciary obligations, responses to hostile takeovers, and negotiated acquisitions. More recently, Bruce’s practice has included the financing, purchase, and sale of entities in the manufacturing, IP, and transportation sectors. He has been selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada and recognized as a leading energy lawyer of the Lexpert Special Edition – Energy. Bruce was called to the Alberta Bar in 1983.
Kent D. Kufeldt
kkufeldt@blg.com (403) 232-9727 Kent Kufeldt is a partner in BLG’s Vancouver and Calgary offices and the National Business Leader of the firm’s Securities & Capital Markets Group. Also a member of the BLG’s Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Leadership Team. He represents public issuers and underwriters in public and private debt and equity financings, initial public offerings, and cross-border financing transactions. Kent has experience with merger, acquisition, and reorganization transactions, acting for both acquiring companies and target companies in hostile takeovers and negotiated acquisitions. Kent has been involved in innovative transactions in both the corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions areas. Member of the Board of Governors of Business Council of British Columbia. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyout and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Corporate Governance Practice; Oil and Gas Law). Education: LLB (University of Toronto). Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2011 and the Alberta Bar in 1999.
Gabrielle K. Kramer
gkramer@blg.com (416) 367-6113 Partner in BLG’s Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation, and Regulatory Group; as such, a member of the firm’s ESG initiative. Provides environmental risk management strategies to both public and private clients, directing complex environmental claims, advising on new and historic losses, including for the oil and biofuel industries, defending regulatory proceedings, representing clients in respect of orders and negotiating voluntary compliance programs. Advises with respect to professional negligence of environmental consultants and contractors, management of excess soils, energy from waste, emerging environmental risks and transactions. Advises on related insurance coverage, municipal law and real estate issues, having acted as counsel in numerous cases. Gabrielle has extensive appellate experience and has represented clients before all of the courts in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. Also represents a variety of private and public sector clients before the Ontario Land Tribunal. Education: JD (University of Toronto). Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1992.
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pmorrison@blg.com (403) 232-9472 Patricia (Trish) Morrison, KC, is a partner and the national business leader of BLG’s Construction Group. Trish provides strategic advice on the management of risk on construction projects, from project start to completion. She has extensive experience in the mediation, arbitration, and litigation of construction disputes on large-scale commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects, such as disputes involving tenders, RFPs, construction contracts, liens, design and engineering issues, construction deficiencies, cost overruns, and delay. Trish also advises on front-end project matters such as project delivery models, tendering and other procurement methods, contract negotiation, and drafting, and provides advisory services throughout projects. Trish is a Fellow and Vice President of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. She is a frequent speaker and writer on construction industry topics and is called to the Alberta Bar and Manitoba Bar. Trish is recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Construction in Chambers Canada; in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Construction Law); in Who’s Who Legal: Canada and Who’s Who Legal: Construction; in The Legal 500 Canada; and as a litigation star (Construction and Environmental) and one of the Top 100 Women in Litigation by Benchmark Canada.
Patricia L. Morrison, KC
gpratte@blg.com (416) 700-6265 Guy focuses his practice on complex litigation including commercial law, class actions, administrative law, and constitutional law. Fully bilingual and called to the Bars of Ontario and Quebec, Guy has appeared in the Supreme Court of Canada in approximately 25 cases, and is likely the only counsel in Canada that regularly argues cases involving civil law and common law matters. Guy pleads regularly in the Superior and Appeal Courts of Ontario and Quebec, as well as the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, former president of The Advocates’ Society, and a director of the Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute. He taught courses focused on the Supreme Court of Canada at the University of Toronto as an adjunct professor. He is a recipient of the Law Society of Ontario medal and of the Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in Civil Litigation. He is also highly recognized in various industry directories, including Chambers Global (Dispute Resolution), The Best Lawyers in Canada, and Who’s Who Legal. Guy was named Advocatus Emeritus by the Quebec Bar for “outstanding contributions to the legal profession.” Guy has held several management positions at BLG and is currently Chair Emeritus of BLG.
Guy J. Pratte
fpletcher@blg.com (604) 640-4245 Fred Pletcher is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office and the national leader of BLG’s Mining Group. He provides practical advice on complex transactions and prides himself on achieving exceptional results for clients. Fred advises public companies and underwriters in connection with mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, continuous disclosure, and general commercial matters. In the mining field, Fred acts for Canadian and international mining companies in acquisitions and dispositions of mines, development projects and exploration properties, joint venture and option agreements, royalty and streaming transactions, expropriations, and NI 43-101 reporting obligations. Fred often advises boards of directors and special committees of public companies. He also has considerable experience in the field of shareholder activism. He frequently speaks and publishes papers on corporate, securities, and mining issues. He is recognized as a leading Canadian practitioner in these areas in numerous Canadian and international ranking publications.
Fred R. Pletcher
mpittman@blg.com (403) 232-9487 Partner in BLG’s Energy: Oil & Gas Group and the leader of BLG’s Asia-Pacific initiative. He advises on significant transactions and project development in Canada and internationally, and has broad experience assisting the oil & gas industry, from producers and facility and pipeline operators, to service providers, to LNG proponents. He has also led and participated in significant restructuring transactions, and also has wide experience in general commercial and corporate law. He has presented and published scholarly papers on gross negligence, preferential rights, and transaction disputes. He teaches the Oil and Gas Contracts course at the University of Calgary Law School. Miles is past Chair of the Canadian Energy Law Foundation and former Chair of the Natural Resources Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta Branch. He was called to the Alberta Bar in 1994. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law).
Miles F. Pittman
mpark@blg.com (403) 232-9795 Partner in BLG’s Securities and Capital Markets Group. Former Chair of the Partnership Board, the firm’s highest governing body — first woman at BLG to hold the position and six-year member of the Partnership Board. Former regional group manager for the Corporate & Capital Markets Group in Calgary. Practises securities and corporate law with a focus on securities, corporate finance, and commercial transactions. Represents corporate clients on securities and corporate matters, including governance, mergers & acquisitions, going public in Canada, and financings. Regularly advises boards of directors and committees of public and private companies. Obtained an LLB from the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Commerce from University of Saskatchewan. Called to the Alberta Bar in 1992. Vice Chair of Board of Governors of Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Recipient of the Calgary Influential Women in Business award in 2021. Named Women’s Executive Network (WXN) Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in 2017. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
Melinda Park
tmurray@blg.com (613) 787-3548 Tiffany is a partner in BLG’s Ottawa office. Her practice includes secured lending, project finance, financial institution regulation, securitization, and sustainable finance. She also advises on various corporate matters relating to First Nations and other Indigenous peoples. Tiffany self-identifies as an Indigenous lawyer and is a member of BLG’s Financial Services Group, the Indigenous Law focus group, and ESG leadership team. In addition to her secured lending experience, she has a unique skill set that combines knowledge in Aboriginal law, corporate law, and trust law and has niche expertise in structuring transactions to facilitate security packages for secured lending transactions involving First Nations and other Indigenous peoples, including project finance transactions.
Tiffany Murray
rmcnaughton@blg.com (403) 232-9689 Robb is a partner at the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in the M&A and Capital Markets Group. His clients include local and multinational mining and resource issuers along with national and international funds and investment banks focused on the sector. Robb and his team completed over the last year or so more than a dozen mining-related listings and financings. Robb is a national leader in public listings on the NEO and TSX. He has been a leader in innovation and his accomplishments include RTO structures for NEO listings, and the first trust and international capital pool companies, among other things. Robb is a member of the TSX Venture Exchange Local Advisory Committee. Robb's professional experience includes working as the vice-president of Strategy and Corporate Operations at Assante Corporation, a financial services company formerly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange that was sold to CI Financial for approximately $850 million. He was previously an executive of a large private company in Japan. Robb has sat on multiple public and private company boards of directors (including resource issuers) and has a large shareholder activism practice specializing in hostile and special situations.
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croine@blg.com (416) 367-6664 Chris is counsel in BLG’s Vancouver office. His practice focuses on Indigenous law. He has extensive experience representing First Nations organizations on a range of partnerships, commercial arrangements, and governance matters. As the western regional lead for the Indigenous Law Group, Chris works to build strategic and durable relationships between government, industry, and Indigenous organizations. Recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Aboriginal Law). Obtained an MA from Simon Fraser University and an LLB from the University of Western Ontario.
Chris Roine
mrodger@blg.com (416) 367-6190 Senior partner and the Toronto regional leader of the Energy Markets Group. Mark specializes in the commercial, regulatory, and government relations components of the electricity and natural gas sectors, and regarding water, broadband, and other municipal infrastructure renewal. For over 30 years he has served as counsel to a range of stakeholders including municipal, provincial, and national governments; large industrial, institutional, and commercial energy consumers; local electricity distribution & telecommunications companies, water utilities, and their municipal shareholders; transmitters; generators; energy retailers; out-of-province electricity importers; and energy regulators. Mark is a director at EMERA Nova Scotia Power (Halifax) and Chairman of Logistec Corporation (Montreal). For years, Mark has been recognized in Chambers Global (Energy: Power), The Legal 500 Canada as one of BLG’s leading lawyers, and in “PLC Which Lawyer?” in the Energy and Natural Resources Multi-Jurisdictional Guide. He has also been listed as one of the top 500 lawyers in Canada in the Lexpert ALM 500 Directory because of his expertise in the electricity field. He was also the recipient of the Energy Bear Award by the Canadian Energy Law Forum for his contributions to the Canadian energy sector.
J. Mark Rodger
aross@blg.com (416) 367-6130 Alan is the regional managing partner of BLG’s Calgary office and Chair of the firm’s US practice. Alan practises administrative and regulatory law, representing energy clients in national and provincial regulatory proceedings. He has expertise in the areas of pipeline transmission, oil and natural gas, renewables (solar and wind), energy transition technologies, sustainable infrastructure, and electricity. Alan has significant experience with regulators in the UK, EU, and the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He has represented clients before the Alberta Energy Regulator, Alberta Utilities Commission, British Columbia Utilities Commission, Ontario Energy Board, and the Canada Energy Regulator. Beyond the energy sector, Alan advises clients on regulatory matters in transportation, technology, and international trade. Alan received a Queen’s Counsel designation in 2020. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and is a current and past board member of, among others, the Canadian-American Business Council, the Western Canada General Counsel Awards, and the Calgary International Film Festival. He is also highly ranked in Chambers and recognized since 2012 in The Best Lawyers in Canada.
Alan L. Ross
dsanders@blg.com (613) 369-4783 Passionate about being an integral team member on infrastructure and other construction projects, including public-private partnerships. Led and advised on legal teams for many projects in health (Fort St. John, Surrey Outpatient, Royal Jubilee), transportation (Champlain, Golden Ears, Grimstad, Kicking Horse, Henday, Calgary), education (Alberta and New Brunswick schools), water/wastewater (McLoughlin Point, Britannia, Sooke), and corrections (Okanagan, Nanaimo, Allouette, Surrey Pre-trial) in Canada, the US, Europe, and Asia for public authorities, developers, and design-builders. Frequent author, lecturer, and co-author of Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering and Geoscience (4th ed., Pearson, 2022) and A Practical Guide to Ethics and Professional Practice for Engineers and Geoscientists (Pearson, 2021). Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada in the fields of Construction Law, Project Finance Law, and Public Procurement Law; and recognized in Chambers Canada and Chambers Global. Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Professional Engineer licensed in Saskatchewan and BC. Called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1990, the BC Bar in 1999, and the Yukon Bar in 2015.
Douglas R. Sanders, PEng
ksalmon@blg.com (403) 232-9476 Karen is a partner in BLG’s Commercial Litigation Group in Calgary. In her practice, Karen focuses on commercial disputes with an emphasis on the energy industry including oil, gas, and electricity in both litigation and regulatory matters. Karen advises energy companies in litigation related to oil and gas operations, contracts, acquisitions and divestitures, environmental contamination matters, and mineral ownership and title disputes. She also acts for electricity clients in both regulatory proceedings as well as unregulated matters, and for energy clients in regulatory proceedings. Karen is consistently recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Commercial Litigation) and Benchmark Canada – The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys (Class Actions, Energy, Commercial), Litigation Star (Class Actions, Energy, Commercial), and Future Star: Alberta. Called to the Alberta Bar in 1995 and the Northwest Territories Bar in 2010.
Karen A. Salmon
drossi@blg.com (604) 640-4110 Dionysios Rossi is the regional group manager of Specialized Disputes in the Vancouver office of BLG. He practises primarily in the areas of shipping & transportation, environmental, and energy law. Dionysios represents and advises clients in transactional, regulatory, and dispute-related matters. He has represented clients before the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal, at all levels of court in British Columbia, and before several administrative tribunals. Dionysios frequently speaks and publishes on a variety of legal subjects, in national media outlets, newspapers, trade magazines, and legal publications. He is widely recognized in his areas of practice. He was awarded the highest Martindale-Hubbell designation of AV Preeminent (4.9 out of 5 in client and peer reviews). In addition to The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, he has also been recognized in editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to Litigation Firms and Attorneys in Canada, and The Legal 500.
Dionysios Rossi
smuggah@blg.com (604) 640-4020 Sean Muggah is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office and regional manager of the Corporate Commercial and Securities and Capital Markets Groups. Sean has experience with mergers & acquisitions, disposition and acquisition of businesses on behalf of Canadian, US, and international companies, cross-border transactions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, and partnership agreements in a variety of industries, including professional services such as engineering and computer services. His practice includes infrastructure and energy projects, and power and electricity. He advises financial institutions on regulatory and other corporate/commercial matters, and has experience advising clients in the education and not-for-profit sectors. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law), Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers, Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A, Lexpert Special Edition: Canada’s Leading Energy Lawyers, and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Mid-Market). Sean was also named Leading Infrastructure Lawyer in Lexpert Special Edition — Infrastructure.
Sean A. Muggah
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Jonathan Doll
jdoll@blg.com (403) 232-9659 Jonathan is a partner in BLG’s Securities and Capital Markets Group and is the regional leader of BLG’s Investment Management Group in Calgary. He acts for public and private companies, fund managers, securities dealers, advisers, and trust companies on securities and corporate law matters. Jon advises clients on mergers & acquisitions and the formation, management, and operation of investment funds, ETFs, private equity funds, real estate funds, and other structures. He acts for cryptocurrency funds and platforms and other digital asset-based businesses. He also provides advice on a wide range of registration, regulatory, and compliance matters affecting registered firms and individuals. Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2020) of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Securities Law) and since 2022 (Private Funds Law). Jon obtained his LLB from the University of Western Ontario and was called to the Alberta Bar in 2006.
(416) 367-6091 tmccormick@blg.com Timothy McCormick is a partner practising corporate and securities law in the firm’s Toronto office. Tim’s clients include Canadian, US, and foreign public, private, and multinational companies representing a broad range of industries, investment and merchant banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, and sovereign funds. Tim is frequently involved in transactions with international aspects and has extensive experience in a variety of commercial and corporate finance matters, including initial public offerings, alternative go-public transactions, restructurings, reorganizations, joint ventures, and debt and equity financings. Additionally, Tim has assisted in setting up Canadian operations of multinational corporations, as well as the incorporation and shareholders’ agreement in connection with domestic start-ups.
Timothy McCormick
(403) 232-9689 rmcnaughton@blg.com Robb is a partner at the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in the M&A and Capital Markets Group. His clients include local and multinational mining and resource issuers along with national and international funds and investment banks focused on the sector. Robb and his team completed over the last year or so more than a dozen mining-related listings and financings. Robb is a national leader in public listings on the NEO and TSX. He has been a leader in innovation and his accomplishments include RTO structures for NEO listings, and the first trust and international capital pool companies, among other things. Robb is a member of the TSX Venture Exchange Local Advisory Committee. Robb’s professional experience includes working as the vice-president of Strategy and Corporate Operations at Assante Corporation, a financial services company formerly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange that was sold to CI Financial for approximately $850 million. He was previously an executive of a large private company in Japan. Robb has sat on multiple public and private company boards of directors (including resource issuers) and has a large shareholder activism practice specializing in hostile and special situations.
(416) 367-6060 ptardif@blg.com Philippe Tardif is partner in BLG’s Securities and Capital Markets Group in Toronto. Philippe’s practice focuses on corporate finance, with an emphasis on public and private equity and debt financings including cross-border financings, mergers & acquisitions involving public companies, and corporate governance matters including board and special committee advisory roles. His industry experience includes energy and mining. He is a member of the Securities law Committee, International Bar Association. Recognized in The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Finance & Securities), in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law, Corporate Governance Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Securities Law), in IFLR1000 — The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms (Capital Markets), in Lexpert Special Edition — Finance and M&A, and in Lexpert Special Edition — Mining. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1987.
Philippe Tardif
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BWoodhead@blg.com (403) 232-9765 Bill Woodhead is a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP working in its Calgary and Vancouver offices. He practises corporate commercial, construction, and energy law, with an emphasis on procurement and construction law. He acts for clients involved in public-private partnership, commercial, residential, and mixed-use development and industrial EPC projects. Bill often speaks at industry and legal conferences on all aspects of construction and procurement law. Bill is the founder of the Infrastructure Professionals Association in Calgary.
Bill Woodhead
mswilson@blg.com (403) 232-9505 M. Scott Wilson is a partner in the Calgary office of BLG. Scott practises in securities, corporate financial, and commercial transactions with a special focus on corporate and securities law matters relating to public companies, pooled funds, and investment bankers. These range from venture capital enterprises to senior issuers inter-listed on stock exchanges in Canada and the United States. Over the years, Scott’s practice has evolved to include representation of business organizations in a variety of commercial transactions. Scott is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
M. Scott Wilson
rwilliams@blg.com (604) 640-4074 Rick Williams is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office, national leader of BLG’s Environmental Law Group, and regional leader of the Regulatory and Oil and Gas Groups. Rick represents and advises clients on commercial and regulatory aspects of project development, permitting, and operations in the energy and natural resource sectors, including land, environmental, and Indigenous issues. Rick also represents and advises clients on dispute resolution including regulatory proceedings, corporate/commercial litigation, and arbitration, with a focus on energy, transportation, forestry, and mining. He is recognized in Chambers Canada and The Best Lawyers in Canada, including being named Vancouver Lawyer of the Year in the 2020 (Oil and Gas Law), 2022 (Environmental Law), and 2024 (Natural Resources Law, Aboriginal Law/Indigenous Practice, Energy Regulatory, Oil and Gas) editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada.
Rick L. Williams
jvellone@blg.com (403) 232-9787 John is a partner at BLG’s Toronto office and is national leader of the firm’s ESG Initiative. He has an energy and technology law practice encompassing corporate, commercial, and regulatory issues with a focus on Canadian electricity markets and infrastructure revitalization. His clients include provincial and territorial governments, system operators, regulated utilities, developers, investors, and lenders. He provides counsel on corporate, commercial, and regulatory aspects of the electricity and natural gas industries and power project development for a variety of technologies, with a particular expertise in renewables. John represents clients in proceedings before provincial regulatory agencies, primarily the Ontario Energy Board. Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2019) of Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Energy - Provincial Regulatory (Nationwide)). Called to the Ontario Bar in 2008.
John A.D. Vellone
jvallis@blg.com (403) 232-9787 Partner and member of BLG’s Construction Group, International Trade and Arbitration Group, and International Construction Projects Group. Jeffrey’s practice is focused on dispute resolution in the construction, engineering, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. He has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and the Supreme Court of Canada. Acts as an arbitrator, primarily in construction matters. Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, the American College of Construction Lawyers, and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Member of the Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society. Former instructor, University of Calgary Law School Trial Advocacy Program. Recognized in Chambers Global for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and in Chambers Canada for Construction and Dispute Resolution: Arbitration. Recognized in The Legal 500 Canada for Dispute Resolution. Recognized in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Canada Hall of Fame (Construction). Canada and Alberta winner of Lexology Client Choice Award (Construction). Recognized as 2023 Construction Lawyer of the Year for Calgary by The Best Lawyers in Canada. Called to the Bar: Alberta (1982), Manitoba (2015), and Saskatchewan (2016). Appointed King’s Counsel in 2004.
Jeffrey D. Vallis, KC, FCIArb
(604) 640-4245 fpletcher@blg.com Fred Pletcher is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office and the national leader of BLG’s Mining Group. He provides practical advice on complex transactions and prides himself on achieving exceptional results for clients. Fred advises public companies and underwriters in connection with mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, continuous disclosure, and general commercial matters. In the mining field, Fred acts for Canadian and international mining companies in acquisitions and dispositions of mines, development projects and exploration properties, joint venture and option agreements, royalty and streaming transactions, expropriations, and NI 43-101 reporting obligations. Fred often advises boards of directors and special committees of public companies. He also has considerable experience in the field of shareholder activism. He frequently speaks and publishes papers on corporate, securities, and mining issues. He is recognized as a leading Canadian practitioner in these areas in numerous Canadian and international ranking publications.
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Michael S. Allen
mallen@farris.com (604) 661-9311 Michael Allen has over 47 years of practice. He has developed a broadly based national and international practice in infrastructure (P3), corporate and project finance, and banking law. He regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in Canadian and international project finance. This has included transactions in North, South, and Latin America; Africa; Russia; Australia; the Asia-Pacific region; and the Caribbean. His industry sector experience includes infrastructure, mining, energy, forestry, chemicals, and telecommunications. He continues to receive national and international recognition in legal publications. Michael practised for a number of years in his native Toronto before relocating to Vancouver, and is called to the Bar in British Columbia, Ontario, and England and Wales.
Albert J. Hudec
ahudec@farris.com (604) 661-9356 Senior partner Al Hudec currently focuses his practice on LNG and other resource industry transactions involving Indigenous parties. He has been lead lawyer on many of Canada’s most significant resource transactions involving First Nations over the last 12 years. Al is an M&A and Corporate Governance practitioner with 40 years of experience in all legal aspects of securities and corporate finance, including mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, and independent committee representation, with emphasis on the North American resource (mining, forestry, oil & gas), infrastructure, and technology industries. His practice focuses on cross-border mergers & acquisitions (takeovers and arrangements) and board and special/independent committee representation. Al writes and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics relating to resource law, Aboriginal law, M&A, and corporate governance. Al is named in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024, The 2023 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and the 2023 Lexpert Special Editions — Mining, Energy, Finance and M&A and Technology and Health Sciences. Certified Financial Analyst (1994). Called to Bars of Alberta (1981) and BC (1994).
hmackay-dunn@farris.com (604) 661-9307 Senior partner Hector MacKay-Dunn, KC has 30+ years of experience providing advice to high-growth public and private companies and public institutions, over a broad range of industry sectors including early and advanced stage exploration and development mining companies, large-scale long-term infrastructure services projects, life sciences, technology, health, and cleantech, advising on corporate domestic and cross-border public and private securities offerings, M&A, international partnering & licensing transactions, and to boards of directors and independent board committees on corporate governance matters. Hector is recognized in the Lexpert Special Editions — Finance and M&A, Technology and Health Sciences, and Mining; in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024; and in Chambers Canada 2023. Hector received the 2014 Life Sciences Milton Wong Leadership Award, King’s Counsel (BC) designation in 2003, and AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Hector has served as board member with a number of private and public companies and the board of the BC Tech Association, Chair of the BC Innovation Council and Genome BC and the board of Tennis Canada. Admitted to the BC, Alberta, and Ontario Bars.
R. Hector MacKay-Dunn, KC
lherbst@farris.com (604) 661-1722 Partner Ludmila Herbst, KC is a leading litigator in corporate, commercial, regulatory, and constitutional cases. She has represented clients before all levels of court in BC, the Federal Court, and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as before arbitral and administrative tribunals including the BC Utilities Commission. She co-authored Commercial Arbitration in Canada: A Guide to Domestic and International Arbitrations, which is a leading text cited by trial and appellate courts across Canada. She has written many articles, has presented at and chaired numerous conferences, and is the long-time assistant editor of The Advocate, which is distributed six times per year to BC lawyers and subscribers beyond. She also chairs The Advocates’ Society Regional Advisory Committee, sits on the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre’s board, and participates on various subcommittees. She has been a member of advisory groups including on reform to the provincial Limitation Act and Arbitration Act. She is ranked highly by Best Lawyers (including as one of its 2023 Lawyers of the Year), Benchmark Canada (including as one of its top women in litigation nationwide), Chambers Canada, and Lexpert. Admitted to the British Columbia Bar (1999). Appointed Queen’s Counsel (2015).
Ludmila B. Herbst, KC
mgropper@farris.com (604) 661-9322 Senior counsel Mitchell Gropper, KC has an extensive corporate and securities practice with an emphasis on complex transactions including complex real estate transactions, corporate finance, reorganizations, and M&A. Mitchell has acted for purchasers and sellers in M&A transactions; advised Boards of Directors and Special Committees; and been involved in going-private and related-party transactions. Mitchell has advised on financial reorganizations and debt restructurings, including as special legal advisor to City of Vancouver for the Olympic Village. Mitchell is the chair of the Deans Advisory Committee of the Business Law Centre at the University of British Columbia Allard School of Law, Chancellor and a director of University Canada West, and immediate past Chair of the Project Assurance Board having oversight of the British Columbia Hydro Site C Clean Energy Project. He is named in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2023, Chambers Canada 2023, The 2023 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, the 2022 Lexpert Special Editions – Finance and M&A and Energy, and Martindale-Hubbell ranking AV (preeminent 5.0 out of 5). Admitted to the Bars of BC (1966) and Ontario (1970). Appointed Queen’s Counsel (1990).
Mitchell H. Gropper, KC
dnawata@farris.com (604) 661-1746 Denise Nawata is a corporate-commercial partner practising in the fields of corporate finance & securities, cross-border mergers & acquisitions, and corporate governance law. Her practise is focused on complex business transactions, for both public and private companies at various stages of their corporate growth. Denise acts for clients in a wide range of industries, including natural resources (with extensive experience in mining and oil & gas transactions), technology, and life sciences. In 2016, Denise was named as one of the Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. She was also recognized as a 2017 Lexpert Lawyer to Watch, in the 2022 Lexpert Special Edition — Technology and Health Sciences, and in the 2023 Lexpert Special Editions — Mining, Energy, and Finance and M&A. She is also recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023 and the 2024 The Best Lawyers in Canada directory for her work in mergers & acquisitions, corporate, and securities law. Admitted to the Alberta Bar (2005) and British Columbia Bar (2006).
Denise Nawata
jsujir@farris.com (604) 661-1704 Partner Jay Sujir has 30+ years of experience acting for mining and other resource companies, as well as for a number of technology companies. His primary focus is in securities law in the mining, natural resources, and energy areas with an emphasis on public offerings of securities, mergers & acquisitions, and takeovers. He’s acted as lead counsel for issuers and investment dealers in a number of significant financings and mergers & acquisitions transactions and in dealings with stock exchanges and securities regulatory authorities. Admitted to the Bar of British Columbia (1986).
H. Jay Sujir
R. Hector MacKay-Dunn
chad.eggerman@procido.com (306) 380-7664 Chad Eggerman is a member of the Law Societies of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario where he practises law. Chad has been an equity Partner at a national law firm and Partner at a Western Canadian law firm for more than a decade before founding Procido LLP in 2022. In his mining practice, Chad acts for miners, contractors, suppliers, and Indigenous groups. Chad’s experience in mining is varied but recently has been acting for multinational miners on greenfield and brownfield mine site wind/solar/cogen/storage power projects. Chad has also advised miners on port facilities and permanent power contracts on existing mine sites. Chad provides general legal advice to those in the mining industry on contracts and procurement. Chad has advised on different project delivery models for multinational miners. Chad has also acted as counsel to a junior uranium exploration company on a joint venture with a Chinese partner. When acting for mining supply companies, Chad has advised on mine site projects in Canada, US, Australia, and South Africa and established joint ventures in the US and Latin America. Chad has also acted for European mining equipment suppliers on mining projects in Canada. When acting for Indigenous groups, Chad has advised First Nations on investment in mines and miners.
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Robert F. Peters
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Michael O’Brien
mobrien@tyrllp.com (416) 617-0533 Michael is a partner at Tyr LLP. He carries on a business litigation practice representing emerging and established companies in various sectors, including energy, consumer products, infrastructure, financial services, manufacturing, real estate, and technology. Michael represents publicly traded and privately held companies, directors, officers, shareholders, and professionals in disputes before courts, arbitral tribunals, and regulators, including commercial and civil proceedings, private arbitrations, public inquiries, investigations, and class actions. Clients value the tact and judgment that Michael brings to complex and sensitive matters, and consult Michael on their obligations in the political sector, including elections finance, conflicts of interest, and lobbying law. Michael represents both plaintiffs and defendants in class actions. He is the Vice-Chair of an American Bar Association subcommittee on Class and Derivative Actions, the former editor of the Class Action chapter of the ABA’s annually published Recent Developments in Corporate and Business Litigation, co-author of its “Cross-Border and Multijurisdictional Proceedings” chapter, and a contributing author to the fourth and fifth editions of Defending Class Actions in Canada. He practises out of Toronto, Ontario.
jdoris@tyrllp.com (647) 519-5840 Jim is an experienced litigator handling complex commercial disputes. Prior to founding Tyr LLP in 2019, he was a senior Litigation partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. He excels at identifying critical business issues in clients’ litigation and resolving them in practical ways to achieve clients’ business objectives. His expertise includes shareholder and oppression remedy actions, class actions, securities disputes, insolvency, gaming, and competition matters. He has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada, and various other courts and tribunals across the country. Jim has received numerous recognitions including the Lexpert ALM 500 Directory; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Litigation: Corporate Commercial, Litigation: Directors’ & Officers’ Liability, Litigation: Securities, and Class Actions; Lexpert Special Edition — Litigation; Chambers Canada in Litigation, General Commercial; Benchmark Canada as Litigation Star in Competition and General Commercial; and The Best Lawyers in Canada in Class Action Litigation, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Director & Officer Liability, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring and Securities Law. He was awarded Gaming Law Lawyer of the Year 2018, Toronto.
James W.E. Doris
scampbell@tyrllp.com (416) 527-3934 Sean Campbell is a founding partner of Tyr LLP. Prior to founding Tyr LLP in June 2019, he was a senior partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP in the Litigation and Financial Restructuring & Insolvency practices. Clients in diverse sectors choose Sean to advise on commercial litigation, securities and class action litigation, shareholder disputes, and competition matters. They appreciate his practical and creative approach to high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional litigation. Sean represents clients of various sizes on matters before the Capital Markets Tribunal, the Competition Tribunal, and all levels of court in Canada. Sean has represented some of Canada’s largest companies in the telecommunications, mining, and energy sectors, in both court and arbitration proceedings under both domestic and international arbitral regimes. Most recently, Sean was co-lead counsel in a mining dispute representing one of Canada’s largest mining companies before the International Chamber of Commerce.
Sean R. Campbell
Eric Bédard
ebedard@woods.qc.ca (514) 982-1736 Eric is an experienced litigator specializing in major commercial and administrative disputes, boasting extensive expertise in domestic and international arbitration, both as counsel and arbitrator. He acts for private and public companies in a variety of fields, including mining and gas, financial services, securities, and telecommunications. His profound experience in navigating complex litigation within highly regulated sectors equips him with the ability to provide practical guidance and simplify the inherent complexities of mining disputes. He bridges the gap between public and private entities operating under distinct legal frameworks, particularly in capital-intensive transactions and intricate projects. Furthermore, Eric has contributed to publications focusing on the specificities of Canadian law in mining disputes. Eric is also frequently consulted on employment law, shareholder disputes, and corporate governance. With his diversified experience, he is familiar with the decision-making processes of the federal, provincial, and municipal governments, and with negotiating with them to defuse contentious situations. Eric is among the most prominent lawyers of his generation and is very active in the Canadian and international arbitration community.
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rvachon@woods.qc.ca (416) 598-8648 Partner and Chair of the Management Committee of Woods LLP, Richard Vachon acts predominantly in the fields of commercial litigation, administrative law, class actions, securities litigation, defamation, and employment law. He has established a distinguished reputation rooted in his keen understanding of economic, strategic, and operational intricacies, often positioning him as a trusted advisor in business matters. He pleads regularly before the courts of first instance and the Court of Appeal, as well as before arbitration tribunals. Richard has represented and is representing some of the most important companies in Quebec, including mining companies, in cases of paramount strategic importance for his clients’ operations and reputation. Whether handling contractual disagreements, regulatory compliance issues, or employment litigation, he is praised for the strategic approach that he brings to litigation files that are of paramount importance for his clients, as well as for the effective management of legal teams working on the firm’s largest, most complex matters. He is highly regarded by his peers and clients in the most reputable legal publications.
Richard Vachon
adobrota@woods.qc.ca (514) 982-4559 Bogdan-Alexandru (Alex) Dobrota is a seasoned partner with a primary emphasis on handling intricate commercial cases, cross-border disputes, both domestic and international insolvency matters, and international arbitration. Alex has achieved favourable outcomes for his clients, demonstrating his prowess in resolving disputes stemming from a range of issues, including shareholder conflicts, construction and mining ventures, contractual disputes, product liability matters, and cases involving defamation. With a deep understanding of the mining industry’s intricacies, Alex has showcased his expertise across a diverse spectrum of mining-related disputes. Notably, he represented a multinational mining company, securing both an interlocutory injunction against a service provider in Alberta and later securing a $1.2 million damages award on the merits. Alex has also navigated complex claims exceeding $10 million for another multinational mining entity against service and equipment providers. His versatility further shines through in his role as counsel in a dispute concerning an international mining company’s mining rail network, as well as in his advocacy for bondholders in the Nemaska Lithium Inc. case, highlighting his ability to adeptly resolve multifaceted mining conflicts.
Bogdan-Alexandru Dobrota
Bryan Duguid, KC, FCIArb
duguidb@jssbarristers.ca (514) 393-8300 After obtaining his business degree from the University of Regina and his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Bryan articled with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and continued resolving disputes there for the next 15 years, ten as Partner. Bryan joined JSS Barristers in January 2009. He has served as Managing Partner and Firm Chair. In 2014, Bryan was appointed King’s Counsel, a Fellow of the UK-based Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Litigation Star by Benchmark. Bryan’s practice focuses exclusively on the resolution of corporate/commercial disputes. Bryan has extensive experience as an advocate and advisor, including as a trial lawyer and appellate counsel on high-stakes, high-profile matters before all levels of the Courts of Alberta, the Alberta Utilities Commission, arbitral tribunals, and applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition to substantial experience in the arbitral context (as counsel and arbitrator), the power regulatory area, and international disputes, Bryan litigates as lead counsel on disputes involving construction projects such as pipeline, oil sands, and facility construction disputes regarding complex claims about delay, cost overruns, lost profits, project cancellation, liens, and other issues.
Andrew P. Wilson, KC
wilsona@jssbarristers.ca (403) 571-1058 Andrew Wilson is the former Managing Partner of JSS Barristers and is currently Firm Chairperson. Andrew’s focus is on civil trial and arbitration advocacy, as well as representing clients before various administrative and regulatory tribunals. Andrew’s practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, corporate and shareholder disputes, construction disputes, and representing corporations and individuals in regulatory matters. He has acted for upstream, midstream, and downstream operators. He has also acted for oilfield services companies and electrical utility companies. Upon graduating from Dalhousie, Andrew clerked at the Alberta Court of Appeal and the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench. This experience has given Andrew unique insight into how judges assess the matters that come before them, an insight that he has incorporated into his practice. Andrew has significant trial, court, arbitration, and regulatory experience. He has appeared successfully as lead counsel before all levels of Court in Alberta and has significant experience before regulatory tribunals. He has also appeared as counsel before the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, and the superior courts of other provinces. Further, Andrew has acted as lead counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations.
gsolomon@jssbarristers.ca (403) 571-1507 Glenn Solomon, KC, FCIArb, ICD.D, BA, LLB, LLM, LLM is a senior partner at JSS Barristers. Glenn’s counsel and advocacy work is in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law. He has successfully appeared before all levels of Court in Alberta, the Supreme Court of Canada, and at a variety of administrative boards and commissions. Glenn’s civil litigation practice includes business litigation, and corporate commercial and contract disputes. As a civil litigator, Glenn is routinely engaged as legal counsel in lawsuits, arbitrations, and appeals involving shareholder and business disputes, securities, oil and gas, real estate, debt collection, regulatory proceedings, constitutional law, and wills and estates. In his administrative law work, Glenn has participated in many judicial reviews, including extensive appearances in the areas of privacy and access law. Glenn’s biography can be found at https://jssbarristers.ca/litigators/glenn-solomon/.
Glenn Solomon, KC
jensenc@jssbarristers.ca (403) 571-1526 Carsten is a founding partner of JSS Barristers. His practice focuses on dispute resolution, with an emphasis on corporate and commercial litigation, including energy sector claims. Carsten has represented energy sector firms, pipelines, and utilities. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Member of its Conduct Committee. From 1998 to 2000 Carsten was senior legal officer and then team leader at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva, which resolved claims arising from Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait. Carsten has a Martindale-Hubbell "AV Preeminent" peer review rating, the highest possible rating, and he has been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading practitioner in Corporate Commercial Litigation. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark, and Chambers Global. He was a Bencher of the Law Society and then President in 2013. He was later appointed to the Federation of Law Societies and currently chairs its Standing Committee on the Model Code of Conduct, which establishes the ethical code for lawyers in Canada. Carsten is Chair of Windmill Microlending, a national charity providing low-interest loans to newcomers, to assist them in obtaining Canadian accreditation for foreign credentials.
Carsten Jensen, KC, FCIArb
hoo@jssbarristers.ca (403) 571-1529 Born and raised in Calgary, Oliver Ho is a graduate of the University of Calgary. He was conferred a BA and LLB concurrently in 2002, and an MBA in 2016. After articling and working as an Associate with a national firm, Oliver joined JSS Barristers in 2004; has been their Managing Partner since 2022. Significant portions of Oliver’s practice include corporate and commercial litigation, and he has worked extensively with and for clients of all sizes from individuals, private companies, and public companies with international operations. In July of 2017, Oliver was featured in the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers’ Spotlight Series. In 2019, Oliver was selected as a Future Star by Benchmark Litigation Canada; later that same year, Oliver was also selected for inclusion in Benchmark Litigation’s Top 40 and Under Hot List. He received the Alberta Excellence in Mentoring Award by The Advocates’ Society in 2020 and was ranked in the Repeatedly Recommended category by Lexpert in 2023. Oliver is very active in his community. Among other things, Oliver has served as a Senator of the University of Calgary, a Member of the Admissions Committee for the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, a Board Member of the Legal Archives Society of Alberta, FACL Western, and the Calgary Zoo.
Oliver Ho
September 2023 special edition
Ronald M. Kruhlak, KC
ronald.kruhlak@mross.com (780) 482-9226 A senior partner in the firm’s Energy, Environmental and Regulatory practice group, Ron’s practice focuses on resource development applications and commercial disputes. He has extensive experience in administrative hearings on environmental and regulatory issues and the defence of environmental prosecutions. He provides strategic advice to corporations involved in stakeholder issues and enforcement proceedings. Ron has been involved in major hearings before the Environmental Appeals Board, the Alberta Utilities Commission, the Alberta Energy Regulator, and the Canadian Energy Regulator. He has also been involved in a number of commercial arbitrations and mediations involving energy, regulatory, and construction disputes. He is a past President of the Alberta Chamber of Resources and the past President of the Environmental Law Centre. He is recognized as a leading practitioner in The Best Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, and Who’s Who Legal: Canada. He was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1984 and appointed King’s Counsel in 2012.
gfitch@mross.com (403) 303-9120 Gavin Fitch is an award-winning lawyer and KC working in environmental, regulatory, energy permitting, and Indigenous law. He’s a respected and trusted advisor who provides sound, practical advice geared toward keeping his clients out of the hearing room. When necessary, however, he is a strong and fearless advocate, whether in negotiations or in a courtroom. Gavin’s extensive experience is based in administrative law, whether it relates to municipal, environmental, energy, regulatory, or Indigenous matters. A degree in journalism and his talent for writing give him an advantage in this area of law where most advocacy is written. In his environmental practice, he knows the important policy issues in detail and understands the delicate balance between environmental impact and economic development. He handles contaminated site litigation, as well as environmental approval and energy permitting processes for companies both provincially and federally under the Impact Assessment Act. Gavin’s experience covers mining projects, electric power facilities, including power plants, transmission lines and hydroelectric projects, as well as oil and gas facilities such as wells, pipelines, and processing plants.
Gavin S. Fitch, KC
cdevlin@mross.com (780) 482-9261 Corbin’s practice focuses on the complex issues that impact the construction, energy, and resource industries. His litigation experience includes professional liability claims, contract disputes, construction defect and delay claims, negligence actions, builders’ liens, and commercial matters including tendering disputes. His years of litigating construction contract disputes have also made him highly effective at drafting and negotiating tough but fair construction contracts. In the environmental field, Corbin has experience representing both industry and stakeholders, with a particular focus on resolving contaminated site claims. He has successfully represented industry clients and landowners in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions. Among his various board positions, Corbin is the Former Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Environmental Energy and Resources Law Section and the Alberta Branch, Environmental Law Section – North as well as the former Director and Executive Director of the Environmental Law Centre. Corbin has received recognition from a number of directories including The Best Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Lexology Client Choice, and Who’s Who Legal: Canada.
Corbin Devlin
stuart.chambers@mross.com (780) 482-9113 Stuart’s practice focuses on environmental, energy, and regulatory law. He has substantial knowledge in the environmental field and previously chaired the Canadian Bar Association’s National Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law Section, with which he remains involved as an Honourary Executive Member. He is particularly known for his environmental prosecution defence work. His experience includes advising clients in responding to environmental investigations, dealing with contaminant releases and other environmental emergencies, and emergency preparedness. Stuart also has experience advising clients in connection with occupational health and safety investigation response and policy development. Clients in the Northwest Territories also benefit from Stuart’s extensive legal knowledge. He advises clients in the north on environmental matters as well as organizational matters such as bylaws. Stuart remains engaged in both professional associations and the community. In addition to his involvement with the CBA, Stuart is a former Director of the Environmental Services Association of Alberta, with whom he still works and presents. He volunteers on the Governance Committee of the Alberta Emerald Foundation and is on the Alberta Chamber of Resources event planning committee.
Stuart W. Chambers
Sarah D. Hansen
shansen@millerthomson.com (604) 643-1273 Sarah Hansen’s legal expertise is in general commercial litigation. She has represented individuals, industry, and First Nations in a wide variety of commercial disputes including breach of contract and tort claims, criminal and quasi-criminal environmental defense matters, contaminated sites, judicial reviews, and environmental assessment of projects. With over 20 years of practice, she has specialized in the areas of environmental and Aboriginal law. She represents (or has represented) clients in complex commercial litigation and regulatory matters in relation to various energy projects (both fossil fuel and renewable energy) focusing on regulatory and administrative law, contractual disputes, extra-provincial regulatory regimes, industry standards, sustainable energy practices, climate change, and environmental compliance issues. With respect to Aboriginal law, Sarah represents clients in matters relating to land claims, environmental assessment processes, judicial reviews and injunctions, and various other issues concerning consultation with and accommodation of First Nations in relation to energy projects.
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tfarber@millerthomson.com (416) 595-8520 Certified Specialist in Environmental Law, Tamara focuses her practice on environmental law matters in a civil litigation context as well as in commercial transactions. She has advised Canadian and US clients on transactions involving brownfield redevelopment and portfolio land acquisitions, investigation of contaminated lands, corporate environmental due diligence, environmental social and governance issues (ESG), property remediation, indemnities, site decommissioning, waste management, environmental compliance matters, risk management, risk assessments, environmental insurance, environmental regulatory compliance issues, and the intersection of environmental and insolvency laws. She deals extensively with contaminated land litigation, spills, environmental consultant claims, remediation contract disputes, and insurance disputes involving environmental damage. She understands and is experienced in resolving complex technical issues, facilitating early resolution in regulatory or litigation matters. Named a leading lawyer for Environmental Law by Lexpert (and a former Top 40 Under 40), consistently ranked by Chambers for Environmental Law, and named in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for Environmental Law.
Tamara Farber
bbuttigieg@millerthomson.com (905) 532-6637 Bryan Buttigieg has expertise in matters relating to civil litigation, regulatory defence, due diligence, compliance, environmental approvals, brownfields development, and contaminated land. Bryan is a Certified Specialist in Environmental Law by the Law Society of Ontario. He has negotiated numerous, complex settlements of environmental disputes and represents clients in defence of charges under provincial and federal regulatory regimes for environmental, occupational health & safety, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, TSSA, and similar legislation. Bryan has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and in administrative hearings before a variety of tribunals and ADR venues. Bryan is the leader of Miller Thomson’s National Environmental Law Group. Bryan is listed on the roster of mediators/arbitrators with the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation. He has been consistently recognized by Lexpert in Environmental Law, as well as in Chambers Canada and by Who’s Who Legal: Canada for his expertise in environmental law. Bryan is appreciated by his clients for giving practical advice and finding creative and efficient solutions to complex legal and environmental problems.
Bryan J. Buttigieg
aatcheson@millerthomson.com (519) 931-3526 Aaron Atcheson practises in real estate and business transactions, and energy and infrastructure projects. Aaron is the Lead of the Projects Group, and has been repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer and expert in energy, environmental law, and property development. He concentrates his practice on the development, acquisition, disposition, and financing of infrastructure facilities, with a particular focus on the energy sector, across Canada and, with the assistance of local counsel, in the United States and internationally. He represents parties in transactions and projects in the renewable energy industry, including developers and power producers, equipment manufacturers, debt and equity providers, vendors and purchasers of projects, underwriters, and consultants. Aaron has also provided development, construction, and financing advice on district energy, electricity storage, landfill gas, bio-gas, energy-from-waste, waste heat recovery, geothermal, gas-fired thermal power generation, co-generation, hydro-electric, natural gas production, gas pipeline and gas storage projects, as well as transactions related to water testing and treatment, waste and recycling, and electric vehicle charging and other transportation projects.
Aaron E. Atcheson
lisa@resilientllp.com (647) 991-1190 Lisa DeMarco is a Senior Partner and CEO at Resilient LLP. She is recognized as one of the world’s leading climate change lawyers with over 25 years of experience in all aspects of climate change and clean energy law. Lisa assists financial and energy companies and Indigenous business organizations on domestic and overseas renewable power project development, energy storage projects, sustainable and climate finance transactions, carbon capture and storage, climate-related financial disclosure, corporate climate risk, environmental and social governance (ESG), green bonds, and sustainable business strategy. Lisa plays an active role for Fortune 500 companies in corporate ESG, climate change, and transition strategy, target setting, and compliance. She represents several governments and leading energy companies in a wide variety of natural gas, electricity, pipeline, and energy storage matters. Lisa is a director of the board at the Advanced Energy Centre at MaRS, Chair of the International Emissions Trading Association, and member of Climate Economy Strategic Council; she was on the board of directors of Radicle Inc., now BMO Radicle. Lisa is ranked in Chambers Global as one of the world’s leading climate change lawyers and regularly attends the United Nations climate negotiations.
cduchaine@sodavex.com (514) 989-9119 Christine adopts her clients’ causes with passion. A fierce litigator and negotiator, she advises her clients in order to find the best available strategies, making her an appreciated ally. Her reputation as a pioneer in the fields of environmental and energy law is well established. She actively participates in the development and the evolution of environmental law in Quebec and has done so for over 30 years, namely by being the author of many reference works as well as being an outstanding public speaker. She founded Sodavex in 2009 after having practised in prominent national law firms for more than 20 years to answer her clients’ needs in a better and more cost-effective way. Christine has been involved in countless transactions and litigation cases, many of which have helped forge the current state of environmental law. A firm believer in the sustainable management of our resources and energy, she assists a large clientele in the field of waste management and reuse, as well as companies working in soil rehabilitation. The current challenges affecting project authorizations for innovative technologies, wetlands, and protected species, as well as issues surrounding community acceptance and urban planning, which are linked to the current environmental law, have no secrets for her.
Technology and Health Sciences
June 2023 Special Edition
Joel P. Rochon
jrochon@rochongenova.com (416) 363-1867 Joel Rochon is managing partner at Rochon Genova LLP and heads the firm’s Class Action practice with emphasis on securities, product liability, transportation law and consumer goods litigation. Joel’s achievements of note include acting as lead counsel in the CIBC securities misrepresentation class action (resolved for a record-setting $125 million). He has acted as lead or co-lead counsel in a number of significant securities class actions including cases against SNC Lavalin (resolved for $110 million), Valeant (resolved for $124 million), Barrick Gold and Aphria. Joel represented the plaintiffs in the successful trial and appeal of a group action against the Ontario Government and two psychiatrists in respect of coercive medical experimentation at the Mental Health Centre in Penetanguishene. Joel acts as co-lead counsel in two precedent-setting class actions against the provincial governments, hospitals and long-term-care facilities in respect of the COVID-19 crisis. Joel acted as class counsel in the precedent-setting class action trials in respect of market timing in mutual funds and the Lac-Mégantic train disaster. Joel was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1988.
Rochon Genova
Howard Borlack
Lexpert-ranked leading technology and health sciences lawyers
Lexpert-ranked leading Technology and health sciences lawyers
June 2023 special edition
JUNE 2023 special edition
Elyse R. Sunshine
sunshine@rosensunshine.com (416) 223-4222 Elyse Sunshine maintains a practice in professional regulation. Elyse assists health organizations and professionals with inspections and audits, including quality assurance reviews, independent health facility inspections and out-of-hospital premises assessments. Elyse has experience appearing before all statutory committees of the regulatory colleges. Elyse also serves as independent legal counsel to several regulatory bodies. She assists associations and organizations and professionals and health care professionals by providing advice and opinions with respect to regulatory, administrative and civil matters. Elyse has also represented clients before the various levels of court and at tribunals. In addition to her advocacy practice, Elyse regularly provides opinions and general advice to individuals and organizations, such as associations and regulatory bodies. Elyse is very active in the health law and professional regulation communities. She is a founding Board member of the David Cornfield Melanoma Fund and a member of the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto, Ontario Bar Association, and The Advocates’ Society.
Lonny J. Rosen
rosen@rosensunshine.com (416) 572-4901 Lonny Rosen, C.S. is a founding partner of the Toronto, Ontario, regulatory and health law boutique Rosen Sunshine LLP. Certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Health Law, he advises professionals, regulators, health-care providers, professional associations, and individuals. Lonny represents clients in civil and administrative proceedings, including in complaint and discipline matters, investigations, audits and peer reviews in hospital privileges matters, and in hearings before various tribunals. Lonny advises on privacy law, assisting clients in managing breaches and responding to complaints. For 10 years, he was a part-time Senior Lawyer member of the Consent and Capacity Board. An Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, he teaches health law. He served as Chair of the Health Law Sections of the Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations and as a Director of The Advocates’ Society. Lonny is included in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Chambers Canada, Who’s Who Legal, and The Best Lawyers in Canada for Health Care Law. In 2016, Lonny was the inaugural recipient of the OBA Susan Hilary Davidson Memorial Award for Excellence in Health Law.
Rosen Sunshine
Maxime Gagné
mgagne@stlawrence-mtl.com (514) 360-1336 Maxime (Max) is the co-founder of St. Lawrence Law Firm LLP. He is consistently recognized as one of the best lawyers in Canada in the fields of intellectual property, entertainment, technology and litigation specialized in these areas. In the context of his practice in technology law, Max provides advice in relation to technology commercialization, including artificial intelligence, robotics, cloud computing and IT services. In the field of intellectual property, Max advises his clients on matters related to intellectual property registration and licensing. He has been the lead counsel on complex intellectual property litigation matters. Max is also a Registered Trademark Agent and has extensive experience in both trademark prosecution and enforcement. Finally, his practice in the entertainment sector extends to all legal aspects of the development and distribution of film projects, television programs, live stage performances and musical productions. Max is co-chair of the Board of Directors of the National Theatre School of Canada and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Bar Association (Quebec Division). Prior to founding St. Lawrence Law Firm, Max practised law at two preeminent Canadian firms, namely Stikeman Elliott LLP and Heenan Blaikie LLP.
St. Lawrence Law Firm LLP
Infrastructure
MAY 2023 special edition
Lisa Corrente
lcorrente@torkinmanes.com (416) 643-8800 Lisa Corrente is a partner in the Health Law and Litigation Groups at Torkin Manes LLP, where she skillfully counsels healthcare facilities and health professionals. As part of her robust healthcare practice, she represents long-term-care homes, retirement homes, group homes, treatment foster homes and other residential care facilities and their staff members. These clients benefit from Lisa’s diligence, acute attention to detail and experience with matters related to ministry inspections and compliance, licensing, directors’ reviews and appeals, professional complaints and discipline proceedings, civil litigation, CAS verification decisions, tenancy disputes, privacy and requests for access to information, and the resolution of issues concerning residents and their family members. Lisa is the past chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Health Law Section and the Canadian Bar Association’s National Health Law Section. In addition to being recognized for her work in health law by preeminent legal directories, she is a recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s Susan Hillary Davidson Memorial Award for Excellence in Health Law.
Lisa R. Lifshitz
llifshitz@torkinmanes.com (416) 775-8821 Lisa is a partner in Torkin Manes’ Business Law Group and Chair of its Technology, Privacy & Data Management Group. She has particular expertise in preparing, negotiating and advising on technology agreements, including cloud computing, AI/smart contracts, fintech and blockchain contracts. Lisa also practises in the areas of privacy/cybersecurity, advising on trans-border data transfers, breach management and CASL compliance. Lisa has earned numerous accolades and rankings as a leading lawyer in Information Technology, Privacy and Data Management with Chambers Global, Chambers Canada, LEXPERT, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Who’s Who Legal (as a Global Elite Thought Leader) and LEXPERT/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Lisa is a well-known author and speaker, contributing to such publications as Business Law Today. She is the co-author of Cloud 3.0 – Drafting and Negotiating Effective Cloud Computing Agreement (May 2019). Lisa is currently the Content Officer and Chair of the Content Board of the Business Law Section (BLS) of the ABA and is Co-Chair of the BLS Robotics and AI Subcommittee, Cyberspace Committee. She is also a Director/past President of the Canadian Technology Law Association and the Co-Chair of its Privacy/Cybersecurity Committee.
Michael T. Tamblyn
Gregory D. Hersen
David Wotherspoon
david.wotherspoon@wotherspoonlaw.com (604) 900-4818 David Wotherspoon is a strategic-minded commercial litigator with a broad-ranging practice including crisis management and defamation, anti-counterfeiting, social media, intellectual property, and technology. He has acted for clients large and small in various industries, as well as for individuals. One of David’s corporate clients has said he “has the strongest client relationship skills of any lawyer I’ve worked with in Canada or the US. I’ve lost count of the number of matters he’s gone to court for me, and he has never lost any of them.” When it comes to early resolution, one client said, “Any company would be well served in retaining him to advise them when they need a win-win outcome for both sides.” Many of his cases have involved protecting businesses that have been targeted in a way that requires intense and swift action and often injunctions to safeguard clients’ rights. He is consistently ranked in numerous publications for his expertise. David is extensively engaged in pro bono cases, taking on several opportunities to represent those who would otherwise have difficulty in accessing or navigating the justice system. David was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1992.
Wotherspoon Law
may 2023 special edition
Yannick Beaudoin
yannick.beaudoin@blakes.com (514) 982-4025 Yannick specializes in local and cross-border banking and structured finance, infrastructure and project financing, asset-based financing and real estate. Yannick advises developers, lenders and investors. He also advises proponents of infrastructure projects throughout Canada, including in the transportation, social infrastructure, alternative energy, power and health-care sectors. Yannick acts for local, national and international banks, financial institutions, asset-based lenders and borrowers. He is also involved in securitization programs of every significant asset class involving Quebec assets, including trade, credit card and other retail receivables, lease or instalment receivables, as well as commercial loans, and commercial and residential real estate loans. His expertise in real estate law includes the financing, acquisitions and dispositions of property, the development and leasing and management of commercial property.
Jeffrey Merrick
jeff.merrick@blakes.com (604) 631-3386 Jeff is the Chair of the Blakes Infrastructure Group and the head of the Vancouver Real Estate Group. He also serves as the Firm’s Vancouver Office Managing Partner. Jeff has substantial expertise in developing, buying, selling, leasing and financing major commercial real estate and infrastructure projects. He has particular expertise in all aspects of major design, build, finance and operate projects working with private partners and governments to deliver infrastructure assets using private financing. The asset classes in which Jeff has experience include roads, bridges, hydro-electric facilities, hospitals, schools and other types of social infrastructure. His clients include private equity funds, major Canadian pension funds and their advisers, as well as other private investors and significant developers and users of real estate and infrastructure projects, lenders and various municipal, provincial and federal government agencies.
Marianne Smith
marianne.smith@blakes.com (416) 863-3156 Marianne’s practice encompasses public procurement, complex infrastructure transactions and public-private partnerships. She routinely leads teams advising clients on the development, preparation and ongoing administration of public tenders and procurement processes, and the development and negotiation of commercial agreements for the design, construction, financing and maintenance of infrastructure. Marianne acts for domestic and international clients in a wide range of sectors, including transit and transportation, civil infrastructure, roads and bridges, water and wastewater, healthcare services, information technology, gaming, energy and mining. Marianne also regularly acts for both procuring entities and bidders with respect to procurement processes, fairness issues, mitigating procurement risk and avoiding compliance issues. She has extensive expertise in the procurement of mega infrastructure development projects and alternative finance and procurement projects across multiple jurisdictions, including municipal, provincial, federal and international and has been at the forefront of many large municipal infrastructure projects. Marianne also leads teams on multiple complex infrastructure projects using progressive design build and alliance contracting models.
Sébastien Vilder
sebastien.vilder@blakes.com (514) 982-5080 Sébastien is Office Managing Partner at the firm’s Montreal Office, the Regional Practice Group Leader of the Financial Services Group, and has served on the Blakes Executive Committee for six years. Sébastien specializes in bank financing, project financing and asset-based financing. He has been involved in numerous bank and project financings in Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia. Other areas of expertise include renewable energy and infrastructure projects. Sébastien acts for financial institutions, investment funds, development banks, sponsors and companies. Sébastien is a member of many organizations, including the Barreau du Québec, the Bar of the State of New York and the International Bar Association. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in all major legal directories and ranking publications.
Judy Wilson
Blakes lost a dear friend, partner and leader when Judy Wilson passed away peacefully on March 6, 2023, after a brief illness. A trailblazer in her field, Judy was instrumental in building the market-leading Blakes procurement and owner-side infrastructure team, training and mentoring its highly specialized lawyers over the last 20 years. She leveraged her extensive experience advising the World Bank on infrastructure projects around the globe to work at the forefront of the development of the P3 model in Canada, thoughtfully and creatively advising public-sector clients on many first-of-a-kind transactions. Throughout her career, Judy played a prominent role in the realization of pivotal projects in our communities, from water, wastewater, energy and health care to major transit initiatives. She served on virtually every leadership committee at Blakes and was a strong advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in our profession. The roles she held as a board director for health-care organizations further underscored her commitment to community building. Judy had a warm personality that put people at ease, and she was a captivating and exceptionally funny storyteller. She will be dearly missed at Blakes and in the broader legal community.
Lexpert-ranked leading infrastructure lawyers
In Memoriam
catherine.doyle@blakes.com (416) 863-4160 Catherine practises in the areas of debt financing, project finance, infrastructure, public-private partnerships and construction law. Catherine regularly advises on major projects, including in the transportation, social infrastructure, alternative energy, power and health-care sectors. She has represented a wide variety of market participants in the financing of infrastructure assets, including private equity investors, bond underwriters, other institutional investors and banks. She also has extensive experience in operating and term credit facilities, asset-based financings, lease financings and structured financial products, and in structuring, negotiating and documenting domestic and cross-border financing transactions in the bank, private placement and public markets. Catherine's closed projects include the following: Highway 104 Sutherlands River to Antigonish Twinning Project, Gordie Howe International Bridge, Halifax Organics Management Project, MacDonald Block Reconstruction Project, Royal Inland Hospital Project, New Toronto Courthouse Project, Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor Care Homes Project, Nouvelle Autoroute 30, New Toronto Courthouse Project, Enterprise Data Centre Borden Expansion Project, John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project and Bow Lake Wind Farm.
Catherine Doyle
mark.johnson@blakes.com (416) 863-3318 Mark’s practice focuses primarily on major power, infrastructure and public-private partnership projects, and related joint ventures, investments, acquisitions, dispositions, and insolvencies and restructurings. He has led significant transactions in a variety of industry sectors and asset classes, including social and defence infrastructure, transportation, nuclear, renewables, battery storage, clean hydrogen, manufacturing and telecommunications. In particular, Mark has extensive experience acting for domestic and international clients on a full range of project development matters, including procurement processes, offtake agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, major equipment supply agreements, and operations and maintenance agreements. Mark has also worked as in-house counsel on long-term secondments with a Canadian resource company and an international infrastructure developer. Mark was law clerk to The Honourable Madam Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Mark Johnson
alain.massicotte@blakes.com (514) 982-4007 Alain heads the firm’s Montreal Infrastructure/P3 Group. In addition to corporate and commercial law, he has extensive experience in project financing and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) social infrastructure, public transportation and energy projects. He has acted as counsel for several governments or agencies, including of Morocco, Hungary, Bulgaria, Chad, Cameroon, Senegal, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, India and Guinea. He advised the successful consortiums on the CHUM hospital complex and the CHUM Research Center P3 projects. He also advised the lenders to the consortium that won the Autoroute 25 P3 project and acted for the government of Quebec in connection with the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra concert hall and the long-term care facilities PPPs. Alain is a member of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of the Conseil des infrastructures du Québec. He also speaks on issues affecting his practice area at conferences and seminars. Alain is recognized as a leading lawyer in all major legal directories and ranking publications.
Alain Massicotte
May 2023 special edition
Rui M. Fernandes
rfernandes@grllp.com (416) 203-9505 Rui Fernandes represents domestic and international clients in transportation, insurance and related industries. He advises clients with respect to contract and commercial law including risk analysis and regulatory matters. He provides corporate and commercial advice to foreign clients setting up and doing business in Canada. His insurance practice includes policy drafting, coverage issues, errors and omissions claims, professional liability claims, marine and aviation, inland marine, property and casualty liability defense, products liability and subrogation. Rui holds certificates from the University of Windsor for its Advanced ADR Workshop and Pepperdine University for its Systematic Approach to Mediation Strategies. He is a qualified arbitrator and obtained his Q. Arb. designation in 2019 and his FCIArb in 2020. Rui has conducted numerous mediations and arbitrations both as counsel and as a mediator or arbitrator. He has appeared as senior counsel in trial and appellate courts and agencies across Canada: the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, Ontario, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Alberta, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Canadian Transportation Agency, and the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada.
M. Gordon Hearn
ghearn@grllp.com (416) 203-9503 Gordon Hearn represents international and domestic interests involved in the transportation, supply chain and distribution of goods in litigation, regulatory and contractual matters. He advises shippers, receivers, carriers, logistics providers (3PLs, supply chain and “fulfillment” providers, freight forwarders, load brokers, customs brokers and warehousemen) and their insurers on their legal interest and exposure in the international, cross-border and domestic carriage of goods by all modes of carriage. Gordon provides advice and representation in the following areas: Litigation: Cross-Border and Domestic Commercial Litigation, Cargo Claims, Products Liability, Insurance and Casualty Claims; Contracts: Drafting and Negotiation; Insurance: Coverage and Related Issues; Regulatory Compliance: Operational and Licensing Issues; Sale of Goods (Domestic and International); Multi-Modal (ocean, air, rail + road) and Inter-modal (rail + road) carriage. Gordon is a Past President of the Transportation Lawyers Association and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars throughout North America on the above matters. Gordon has authored numerous related papers and articles on the above topics.
Gardiner Roberts LLP
cwallace@grllp.com (416) 203-9551 Carole represents domestic and international trucking and bus companies on a wide range of transportation matters including regulatory compliance, defence of provincial offences, contract drafting and commercial litigation. Carole also practices employment law, advising federally and provincially regulated employers in Canada, and employers internationally, on compliance with employment standards, the management of human rights issues, and on occupational health and safety compliance including responding to workplace harassment complaints. She prepares employment contracts, independent-contractor agreements, non-disclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and workplace policies. Carole also assists her clients with preparing termination packages, and responding to wrongful dismissal claims, unjust dismissal complaints, and human rights applications. She appears on her clients’ behalf before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Divisional Court and Court of Appeal, the Licence Appeal Tribunal, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Canada Industrial Relations Board, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Carole McAfee Wallace
kstoll@grllp.com (416) 203-9509 Kim’s practice includes a specialty in marine and trucking, logistics, cargo losses, loss transfer, transportation-related personal injury litigation and also products liability. She has years of experience in advice, litigation, mediation and adjustment of property casualty matters. Kim regularly provides detailed complex insurance coverage advice including for bespoke transportation policies. Kim has acted as Excess Counsel and for Underinsured entities. Kim has conducted trials in the Ontario Superior Court and Federal Court of Canada. She is a regular industry speaker on transportation topics. Kim is an active mediator across Canada specializing in transportation cases but available for all litigated matters. She holds her Certificate in ADR and Advanced ADR from the University of Windsor and from Pepperdine University, California’s STAR program (Systematic Approach to Mediation Strategies). She is a member of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society. Her Q.Arb designation is pending, having completed the TCAS Gold Standard Course. Amongst other roles, Kim is Past President of the Canadian Transport Lawyers Association and is National Vice President of the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (Canada).
Kim Stoll
Jonathan C. Lisus
jlisus@lolg.ca (416) 598-7873 Jonathan’s practice focuses on commercial and public law trial and appellate litigation. He has deep experience with infrastructure and P3-related litigation, class actions for plaintiffs and defendants, product liability, oppression remedies, Aboriginal land claims and securities litigation. He appears as counsel in courts and arbitral tribunals across the country and the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a member of the Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Professionalism and a member of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. He is a Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and regularly acts as Special Counsel on constitutional challenges to government actions. Jonathan has been lead counsel in many landmark decisions in the area of class actions, professional liability, public and constitutional law, and commercial litigation. He has tried over 90 cases to judgment and argued over 55 appeals in provincial appellate courts and the Supreme Court of Canada.
M. Paul Michell
pmichell@lolg.ca (416) 644-5359 Paul is a trial and appellate lawyer. His focus is commercial litigation and arbitration, judicial review and public law. He has particular expertise in complex cases with a regulatory or cross-border dimension. Over 25 years of practice, he has built experience in a broad range of industries. Paul excels at resolving difficult issues through innovative litigation strategies. Clients rely on him for insight and a creative approach to simplify and resolve their most challenging disputes. Paul has extensive trial and appellate experience at all levels in the Ontario and Federal Courts, and has been counsel in 11 appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada. He has prosecuted cases before a wide range of administrative and arbitral tribunals. He acts as an arbitrator, as a presiding officer under the Competition Act, and a tribunal chair, and has been an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto for two decades.
csmith@lolg.ca (416) 598-8648 Crawford’s litigation practice focuses on complex corporate and commercial matters, competition and insurance litigation, and administrative law, with substantial class action expertise. Crawford has appeared as counsel in all levels of court in Ontario, in the Supreme Court of Canada, in the Federal Court, in commercial arbitrations, and before a variety of administrative tribunals including the Ontario Energy Board, the Ontario Securities Commission, the Competition Tribunal, and the Environmental Review Tribunal. Crawford’s energy practice involves economic issues in multi-party litigation and frequent appearances as counsel before the Energy Board at hearings regarding rate regulation, infrastructure development, and demand-side management. His securities practice includes acting as counsel for investment dealers, mutual fund dealers, registered representatives, and other securities industry participants. He also handles regulatory proceedings and investigations by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Ontario Securities Commission.
Brendan D. Bowles
bb@glaholt.com (416) 368-8280 Brendan Bowles is a partner at Glaholt Bowles LLP and is the recipient of the OBA’s 2021 award for excellence in infrastructure and construction law. Mr. Bowles acts for a variety of clients involved in construction including subcontractors, general contractors, owners, design professionals, sureties and insurers. He is experienced lead counsel in the arbitration, mediation and litigation of construction disputes. Mr. Bowles graduated from Queen’s University with a BA in 1995 and an LLB in 1998, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2000. In 2004, he was designated as an Associate in Canadian Surety Bonding by the Surety Association of Canada. In 2011 he was certified by the LSO as a Specialist in Construction Law. In 2021 and 2022, he received certificates in Mediation and Conflict Management and in Negotiation and Leadership from Harvard Law School. From 2002 to 2017, he volunteered on the Executive for the Construction and Infrastructure Law Section of the OBA, serving as Chair of the Section in 2015–2016. Mr. Bowles was formerly a lecturer in construction law at Toronto Metropolitan University and George Brown College and has served as a guest lecturer at the U of T, Faculty of Law. Presently, he is Vice Chair of The Advocates’ Society Arbitration and Mediation Practice Group.
Andrea Lee
al@glaholt.com (416) 368-828 Andrea Lee is certified as a Specialist in Construction Law by the Law Society of Ontario and a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. She was the 2020–2021 Chair of the OBA Construction and Infrastructure Law Section. Andrea obtained her Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Toronto and her Bachelor of Law at Queen’s University. Andrea represents owners, developers, contractors, and design professionals in complex litigation and arbitration matters involving liens, trusts, bonds, construction deficiencies, delay claims, and professional negligence. Andrea also advises clients with respect to construction contracts and design agreements under various project delivery methods. She contributed to Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, Construction and Review of Construction Law: Recent Developments and co-edited Bidding and Tendering, What is the Law? (6th edition). Andrea teaches construction law at Queen’s University and through the Osgoode LLM program, and she is a skills instructor with The Advocates’ Society. Andrea is a member of the RAIC Practice Support Committee and mentors young professionals through the OBA’s mentorship program and the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers.
lenawang@glaholt.com (416) 368-8280 Lena Wang is certified as a Specialist in Construction Law by the Law Society of Ontario. Lena has experience representing clients on a variety of complex disputes on infrastructure, industrial and commercial projects. Lena has represented clients at trial and on appeal and regularly advises parties in the industry with respect to construction contracts. Lena is a frequent speaker and published writer on construction law and is a co-author of the Annotated Ontario Construction Act (Thomson Reuters, 2022). Lena is an Associate of Canadian Surety Bonding (A.C.S.B.), a designation conferred by the Surety Association of Canada. Lena is a section executive of the CBA’s Construction and Infrastructure section and a member-at-large of The Advocates' Society’s Construction Law Practice Group.
Lena Wang
mvalo@glaholt.com (416) 368-8280 Michael specializes in international construction arbitration, and has experience working for owners, contractors, and engineers. His work focuses on large-scale infrastructure projects including pipelines, power generation and transmission, refineries, tunneling, light rail, mining and hospitals. Michael’s experience includes disputes under ICC and UNCITRAL rules, as well as ad hoc rules. Michael also advises clients in respect of disputes before project Dispute Resolution Boards. Michael’s dispute practice relates to all manner of project delivery methods including EPC and EPCM contracts, as well as public-private partnerships (P3). Michael has extensive experience with claims for disruption, delay and prolongation, designer negligence, and construction deficiencies. Michael is an Adjunct Professor of construction law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is the co-author of a chapter in Review of Construction Law: Recent Developments (Toronto: Carswell, 2012) on the subject of “Building Information Modeling,” and the chapter “Sustainable Construction” in Modern Legal Landscape of Design Professional Practice. Michael was formerly a co-editor of the IBA’s Construction Law International.
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Jeffrey A. Armel
jarmel@kmlaw.ca (416) 595-2069 Jeffrey assists and advises successful businesses and entrepreneurs in the area of construction law with a focus on litigation. He is well adept at handling disputes before the courts including tort actions, construction lien litigation, and breach of trust actions. In addition to his litigation practice, Jeffrey reviews construction contracts on behalf of his clients and assists them in preparing new contracts. He is passionate about helping clients make informed decisions, is well respected by them, and also enjoys an excellent reputation with the courts and opposing lawyers. Jeffrey advises and represents all facets of the construction industry and his clients include owners, suppliers, contractors, engineers, trades, and sureties. He is a partner in Koskie Minsky’s Litigation Group and has been certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Construction Law. He has written several articles on construction law issues and has been a speaker and chairperson at Ontario Bar Association conferences, The Advocates’ Society seminars, and private industry forums including the Toronto Construction Association.
Jeffrey J. Long
jlong@kmlaw.ca (416) 595-2125 Partner and leader of the Construction Law Group. Jeffrey manages a dynamic advocacy practice specializing in commercial and construction litigation with an unrelenting delivery of effective and strategic legal counsel. Named as one of Canada's Best Lawyers for the past several years, Jeffrey has over 30 years of experience and represents many of Ontario’s largest builders, general contractors, subcontractors, trade unions and employee benefit trust funds. Selected as member for the special Advisory Group for the Attorney General of Ontario, Jeffrey provided advice for the Construction Lien Act review and creation of the Construction Act. He also manages an active commercial litigation practice focused on plaintiff’s claims and shareholder disputes. Jeffrey appears regularly before various courts and has accumulated extensive experience in trial advocacy, appeals, negotiations, and dispute resolution relating to shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate development, and a multitude of complex commercial matters. A graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and practising since 1992, Jeffrey has conducted numerous seminars, spoken on various construction topics at the CBAO and other construction industry events and is author of the Construction Law Bar Admission Course materials.
H. Beth Allard
beth.allard@nortonrosefulbright.com (604)641-4962 Beth Allard is senior dispute resolution counsel, with extensive experience in complex contractual and tortious disputes relating to procurement, designs and specifications, changes and risk allocation, and disruption and delay. Beth’s intimate knowledge of the construction industry enables her to identify and assess risks, and to formulate strategies to address those risks and achieve timely and efficient resolutions for her clients. Beth’s practice also includes a range of liability defence work for architects and engineers, healthcare professionals and various associations. Beth has lectured and written extensively on various legal topics, including while an adjunct professor in civil procedure at the UBC law school. Beth is the practice leader of her firm’s British Columbia litigation group, and also is the author of “Contribution and Apportionment” in CLEBC’s British Columbia Business Disputes, and is a regular contributor to CLEBC’s Builders Lien Practice Manual.
Alison Babbitt
alison.babbitt@nortonrosefulbright.com (613) 780-8665 Alison Babbitt is an English- and Ontario-qualified project finance lawyer focused on mining, renewables and clean technology sectors. Having previously worked in the London and Bahrain offices, and now located in Canada, she has significant experience advising on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional international projects, including in LatAm and EMEA. Ms. Babbitt has played an integral role advising clients on transactions across a number of industry sectors (mining, renewables, clean technology, infrastructure, P3, conventional power, and oil & gas). She is an organized, solutions-oriented lawyer with a strong familiarity of the policies and terms and conditions of many financial institutions and the commercial realities and issues faced by project developers and among lending groups. Her ability to navigate complex issues and assist with formulating solutions to satisfy often disparate requirements among project participants has been recognized by the clients she serves, which include sponsors, commercial lenders, Islamic finance institutions, export credit agencies and development and multilateral financing institutions. As co-lead of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canadian ESG team, she is actively involved in advising clients on ESG-related matters and sustainable finance.
David R. Bain
david.bain@nortonrosefulbright.com (604) 641-4812 David Bain practises commercial law with a specialty in debt financing. Since 1983 he has advised a wide range of clients on various aspects of commercial law with particular emphasis on debt financing and lending transactions, including project finance. He serves clients including Canadian and foreign banks and non-bank and private lenders, as well as corporate borrowers in a variety of industries. Over the past 38 years he has been involved in many of British Columbia's most significant financings, involving borrowers in the forest industry, marine transportation, real estate development, manufacturing, aviation and knowledge-based industries. He has provided counsel on many cross-border loan transactions and syndicated financings. His project finance experience has involved infrastructure projects (including public-private partnerships), as well as alternative energy projects. In addition, he has extensive experience in advising institutional lenders and finance companies on consumer lending issues. His commercial practice includes acting for buyers, sellers and lessors of aircraft and negotiating various commercial arrangements. Mr. Bain serves as a trusted advisor to a number of clients with respect to their financing and business activities.
Douglas B. Buchanan
douglas.buchanan@nortonrosefulbright.com (604) 641-4852 Douglas Buchanan, KC, is the Global Head, Infrastructure and Resources at Norton Rose Fulbright practising primarily in the United States (New York) and Canada (Vancouver/Toronto). His practice focuses on project development, project finance and M&A with an emphasis on infrastructure, public-private partnerships (PPP), natural resources and power generation. Prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright, Mr. Buchanan was the co-head of the global infrastructure and project finance group at an international law firm based in New York City, and prior to that, he had built a leading infrastructure and P3 group at a national Canadian law firm. Mr. Buchanan has acted as lead counsel or a primary legal team member on over 90 P3 transactions in the United States and Canada, a number of which have been recognized as international award-winning transactions. Mr. Buchanan is admitted to practice law in both British Columbia and Ontario and is licensed to practise as a legal consultant in the state of New York.
Horia Bundaru
horia.bundaru@nortonrosefulbright.com (514) 847-6018 Horia Bundaru is a well-respected litigator who acts for large corporations and financial institutions in complex legal disputes, primarily in commercial law, construction law and energy law. He has acted as counsel in several high-profile cases and has pleaded before the Quebec courts, the Federal Court of Canada and arbitration boards. He is past president of the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec branch, and current president of its construction law section, in addition to being a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Mr. Bundaru has an in-depth knowledge of the Quebec judicial system. He is chair of the liaison committee of the Bar of Montreal with the Court of Appeal and outgoing chair of the liaison committee with the Superior Court of Quebec in civil matters. He also teaches civil procedure as part of the Quebec Bar Admission Course. He has earned numerous accolades for his pleading skills and strategic input and is a sought-after speaker.
Maxime Cantin
maxime.cantin@nortonrosefulbright.com (418) 640-5961 Maxime Cantin practises primarily construction law. He has 25 years of experience in litigating complex multi-party construction disputes, including delay claims, additional costs claims, construction insurance claims, tender issues and engineers’ errors and omissions. He also has extensive experience in contract review and drafting. He also handles on a regular and continuous basis complex commercial litigations. Mr. Cantin thus regularly represents contractors, owners, commercial tenants, manufacturers, service providers, professionals, insurers, lenders and financial institutions before the civil courts and in arbitration or mediation. Mr. Cantin sits on the Executive Board of the Construction Section (Province of Quebec) of the Canadian Bar Association, and he is listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and the Construction Lawyers Society of America. He also lectures to various construction industry stakeholders.
R. Max Collett
max.collett@nortonrosefulbright.com (604) 641-4912 Max Collett is a leading environmental, real property, and planning lawyer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Max has a keen interest in urban planning and the development of sustainable cities. Max advises public, not-for-profit and private clients on infrastructure projects including hospital and related care facilities, brownfield re-development initiatives, and complex mixed-use developments including commercial joint ventures on First Nation lands. He regularly advises commercial, industrial and government sector clients on all aspects of regulatory compliance with environmental laws and other environmental, social risk and governance (ESG)-related matters, and provides strategic risk analysis on complex merger & acquisition transactions. Max is a Governor with the Law Foundation of British Columbia, contributing editor to numerous property and environmental law publications, chair of the firm’s environmental law group, head of the Vancouver real estate group, and past member of the firm’s executive committee. Max is recognized as a leader in multiple legal disciplines: The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Chambers Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Legal 500 Canada.
Stephen P. Coyle
stephen.coyle@nortonrosefulbright.com (604) 641-4879 Stephen Coyle has an established practice in the areas of insurance law and construction disputes with an enhanced understanding of the litigation process and methods of alternative dispute resolution to resolve conflicts. Stephen brings a broad range of skills to meet the expectations of various stakeholders involved in Insurance managed claims, coverage and construction disputes, and is particularly sensitive to his client’s needs, including the need for near certainty when dealing with costs and outcome. Stephen is the lead author of the Construction Law chapter for the CLE Annual Review of Law & Practice, has written legal thought pieces on insurance and construction law, and often presents to legal practitioners and insurance and construction industry participants on these and other legal topics.
James (Jay) J. LeMoine
jay.lemoine@nortonrosefulbright.com (604) 641-4844 Jay is a business lawyer whose work focuses on the commercial aspects of infrastructure projects and business transactions. His practice includes the negotiating, drafting and implementation of long-term commercial contracts, public-private partnerships, infrastructure development agreements as well as project structuring and procurement. Jay has acted for public authorities, project proponents, principal subcontractors and lenders for projects across Canada in the rail, transit, highways, healthcare, wastewater, bio-solids and housing sectors. Jay also advises on M&A transactions, including acting for purchasers and vendors in the secondary market for long-term infrastructure projects.
Jenya Hammond
jenya.hammond@nortonrosefulbright.com (604) 641-4904 Jenya Hammond is a business lawyer whose work focuses on all aspects of infrastructure and construction projects, as well as general commercial matters. Ms. Hammond’s experience includes all aspects of infrastructure projects, from project planning, design and procurement to construction, operation and maintenance across a range of project delivery models, including public-private partnerships, progressive design-build and construction management. She regularly advises owners and bidders on RFP, tender and other procurement processes, including the structuring of procurements, drafting of complex procurement documents, evaluation of submissions and negotiation of commercial agreements. In her commercial work, Ms. Hammond assists public bodies, private companies, health authorities and non-profits with drafting and negotiating all types of commercial contracts. Ms. Hammond is recognized in Chambers in the category of Projects: PPP & Infrastructure and in The Legal 500 in the area of construction law, and has been named in International Financial Law Review 1000 as a Rising Star in Project Development and Project Finance for four consecutive years.
Ian Gosselin
ian.gosselin@nortonrosefulbright.com (418) 640-5029 Ian Gosselin handles complex litigations, primarily in construction law and product liability. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and is also involved in the defence of class actions. Mr. Gosselin has frequently pleaded before civil courts and arbitration tribunals and has cumulated more than 500 days before the courts over the course of his career. He also acts as mediator in civil and commercial disputes. Due to his considerable experience in construction and engineering, Mr. Gosselin is often called upon to help structure infrastructure projects and draft various related documents and contracts.
Geoffrey G. Gilbert
geoffrey.gilbert@nortonrosefulbright.com (613) 780-3764 Geoffrey Gilbert is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Canada. He practises Canadian and US corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on infrastructure, mining, and project finance. He regularly assists clients with public and private financing by mining entities; bank financing (including mine project financing and corporate lending); mergers & acquisitions of mining companies and assets; royalty agreements and offtake arrangements; and the structuring and implementation of national and international mining joint ventures. From a projects/infrastructure perspective, Geoff is experienced in PPP and AFP projects with a particular emphasis on complex transit projects. Working for both public and private sector clients, he is able to anticipate and understand issues and problems that may arise during the course of a project and find constructive solutions. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1998 and the New York Bar in 2000. He is recognized as a leader in his field by The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Global 2021.
Vincent Filiatrault
vincent.filiatrault@nortonrosefulbright.com (514) 847-6105 Vincent Filiatrault practises business law, with a focus on private mergers & acquisitions, complex commercial arrangements as well as infrastructure. Vincent also routinely advises clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial law matters. Vincent has developed a business law practice ranging from advising small and medium enterprises in the context of mergers & acquisitions, as well as in the context of shareholders’ agreements and other complex commercial agreements, to advising multinational corporations on large-scale transactions. In addition, Vincent has been involved in some of the most important public-private partnership transactions occurring in Quebec in recent years.
Wayne W. Fedun
wayne.fedun@nortonrosefulbright.com (403) 267-9414 Wayne Fedun has practised oil & gas law in Canada and internationally since 1992. He has prepared and negotiated a variety of energy industry agreements, including share purchase agreements, asset purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, project development and finance agreements, facility agreements, EPC agreements, transportation, processing and marketing agreements and offshore project agreements. These agreements have related to individual transactions and projects valued at up to several billion dollars, and have involved conventional energy matters, large and complex transactional arrangements, heavy oil and oil sands projects, large midstream transactions, LNG projects, carbon capture and storage projects, gas storage arrangements, transportation and processing arrangements and offshore drilling and production projects. In 2020, Wayne was recommended by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Corporate Commercial Law and Energy (Oil & Gas), ranked by Acritas Stars as an “Independently rated lawyer,” The Legal 500 Canada: Energy: Oil & Gas (Leading Lawyer), The Best Lawyers in Canada: Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law, Chambers Canada, Nationwide: Oil & Gas (Transactional), and Chambers and Partners.
David A. Eeles
david.eeles@nortonrosefulbright.com (403) 267-8232 David Eeles has over 25 years’ experience representing project developers, sponsors, industrial hosts and other project participants in connection with the acquisition, development, construction, financing, operation, restructuring and disposition of energy, infrastructure and industrial projects, including renewable energy projects, power plants, cogeneration plants, heavy oil upgraders and public-private partnership projects. In the electricity area, he represented Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners with respect to the development of Canada’s largest solar facility (the Travers Solar Project), and the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) with respect to the development and competitive procurement of the Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project. He also co-led the legal team representing the AESO with respect to the design and implementation of its Renewable Electricity Program for Alberta, pursuant to which nearly 1400 MW of wind generation was successfully contracted. David regularly assists clients with drafting and negotiating power purchase agreements, and with renewable energy project development matters.
Claudia Déry
claudia.dery@nortonrosefulbright.com (514) 847-4607 Claudia Déry is the Canadian co-head of the construction and engineering team. She has advised and represented before the courts a number of clients in construction-related matters, including major public-private partnership projects. She has experience in drafting tender documents and construction law topics and conducts the annual review of construction case law for the Canadian Bar Association. She has been ranked in The Best Lawyers in Canada since 2006 in the area of construction law, and was recognized in The Best Lawyers Global Business Edition 2021, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2021, and Lexpert/ALM 500 Directory 2019 and 2023. Claudia is also included as a ranked lawyer in the 2020 Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers. She is the past president of the Construction Law Section, Quebec Branch, of the Canadian Bar Association and was appointed Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers in 2012. She is the co-author of La construction au Québec: Perspectives Juridiques. She completed her LLB degree at Université de Montréal in 1992 and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1993. Ms. Déry also teaches construction law to students enrolled in the master's program at Université de Montréal.
judy.wilson@blakes.com (416) 863-5820 With over 30 years of experience dealing with commercial and procurement issues, Ms. Wilson has advised clients across the globe on the full spectrum of infrastructure and public procurement issues. She has extensive experience in contracts to engage the private sector in the provision of traditional government services. She has also led a wide range of transac-tions to engage the private sector, including design-build-finance-maintain, operations and maintenance, and facilities management of public-sector facilities, as well as the provision of clinical services in the community-care sector. Judy is a leading practitioner in the field of alternative finance and procurement projects and infrastructure development projects in industries such as health care, transit and transportation, nuclear energy, and information technology systems. She has developed and implemented procurement and contract documentation to support a wide range of public-private partnerships (P3s), and has provided advice and legal opinions relating to procurement processes and evaluation, project risk management and mitigation strategies, project structuring, and agreements. Judy is a current member of the board of directors of Halton Healthcare Services in the province of Ontario.
sebastien.vilder@blakes.com (514) 982-5080 Mr. Vilder is a partner and the Montréal Practice Group Leader of the Financial Services group. Sébastien specializes in bank financing, project financing and asset-based financing. He has been involved in numerous bank and project financings in Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia. Other areas of expertise include energy and infrastructure projects. Sébastien acts for financial institutions, investment funds, development banks, sponsors and companies. He is a member of many organiza-tions, including the Barreau du Québec, the Bar of the State of New York and the International Bar Association. Sébastien is also a lecturer on project financing at McGill University. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in all major legal directories and ranking publications.
marianne.smith@blakes.com (416) 863-3156 Ms. Smith has extensive experience in the areas of public procurement, public infrastructure, construction and public-private partnerships. Her practice is focused primarily on procurement law and she regularly advises both public and private sector clients on complex procurement processes, the development of organization-wide procurement policies that comply with the trade agreements and other organization-specific procurement obligations and the drafting of template procurement documentation. She regularly advises owner-side clients across Canada on the development, preparation and ongoing admin-istration of public tenders and procurement processes, and the development, negotiation and subsequent interpretation or enforcement of commercial agreements for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of infrastructure
alain.massicotte@blakes.com (514) 982-4007 Mr. Massicotte heads the firm’s Montréal Infrastructure/P3 group. In addition to corporate and commercial law, he has extensive experience in project financing and public-private partnerships (PPPs). Alain has acted as counsel for several governments or agencies, including of Morocco, Hungary, Bulgaria, Chad, Cameroon, Senegal, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegov-ina, India and Guinea. He advised the successful consortiums on the CHUM hospital complex and the CHUM Research Center P3 projects. He also advised the lenders to the consortium that won the autoroute 25 P3 project and acted for the government of Québec in connection with the Montréal Symphonic Orchestra concert hall and the long-term care facilities PPPs. Alain is president of the Research and Publications Committee and vice-president of the Executive Committee of the Institut pour le partenariat public-privé du Québec (IPPPQ – The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships of Québec). He also speaks on issues affecting his practice area at conferences and seminars. Alain is recognized as a leading lawyer in all major legal directories and ranking publications.
mark.johnson@blakes.com (416) 863-3318 Mr. Johnson’s practice focuses primarily on major power, infrastructure and public-private partnership projects, and related joint ventures, investments, acquisitions and dispositions. He has led significant transactions in a variety of industry sectors and asset classes, including social and defence infrastructure, transportation, nuclear, renewables, manufacturing and tele-communications. Mark has extensive experience acting for domestic and international clients on a full range of commercial matters, including procurement processes, offtake agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, major equipment supply agreements, and operations and maintenance agreements. Mark was law clerk to The Honourable Madam Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada.
catherine.doyle@blakes.com (416) 863-4160 Ms. Doyle practises in the areas of project finance, infrastructure, public-private partnerships and structured finance law. Catherine regularly advises on infrastructure projects, including in the transportation, social infrastructure, alternative ener-gy, power and health care sectors. She has represented a wide variety of financial institutions in the financing of infrastructure assets, including bond underwriters, institutional investors, and Canadian and international banks. She has extensive experi-ence in operating and term credit facilities, asset-based financings, lease financings and structured financial products, and in structuring, negotiating and documenting domestic and cross-border financing transactions in the bank, private placement and bond markets. Catherine’s closed projects include the following: MacDonald Block Reconstruction Project, High-way 104, Royal Inland Hospital, New Toronto Courthouse, Enterprise Data Centre Borden Expansion Project, Stanton Territorial Hospital, Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford, Saskatchewan Joint-Use Schools Projects, Haile Gold Mine, John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project, Fort St. James Green Energy Project, Bow Lake Wind Farm, Northeast Anthony Henday Drive, the Union Pearson Express and New Oakville Hospital.
Peter J. Wiazowski
peter.wiazowski@nortonrosefulbright.com (514) 847-6047 Peter Wiazowski is a seasoned practitioner in cross-border capital markets and banking, both in Canada and the United States. Mr. Wiazowski is responsible for the origination and execution of debt financing and equity transactions across numerous industries, including financial services, healthcare/life sciences, transportation, energy, mining, telecommunications and fintech/martech. Peter leads transactions in connection with all aspects of credit structuring and liability management, including debt offerings and placements, secured credit facilities, debt tender offers and refinancings, as well as debt capital markets and alternative lending solutions for M&A, project finance and infrastructure, in addition to institutional equity capital markets initiatives. He also advises companies on securities regulatory and compliance matters, continuous disclosure obligations and risk management and controls. In recent years, Peter also advised on transition, compliance and policy matters relating to interest rate benchmark transition (CORRA and SOFR). Peter is currently Norton Rose Fulbright’s National Practice Coordinator for Banking & Debt Capital Markets.
Sandra Nissan
sandra.nissan@nortonrosefulbright.com (416) 216-3965 Sandra Nissan practises in the areas of infrastructure, project finance and secured lending. She has extensive experience advising key stakeholders including public authorities, private sector participants and lenders in implementing public infrastructure projects in a variety of sectors, including rail and light rail, hospitals and justice facilities. She also has experience in the secondary market. Recent mandates include: Finch West LRT project, 401 RER Tunnel project, Union Station Enhancement project (Alliance model), Lakeshore West RER Enhancement project and Waterloo LRT project. Sandra also has experience in many aspects of syndicated secured and unsecured lending, acting on behalf of both lenders and borrowers. Ontario Bar, 1999. LLB, 1997, Osgoode Hall Law School.
alain.massicotte@blakes.com (514) 982-4007 Mr. Massicotte heads the firm’s Montréal Infrastructure/P3 group. In addition to corporate and commercial law, he has extensive experience in project financing and public-private partnerships (PPPs). Alain has acted as counsel for several governments or agencies, including of Morocco, Hungary, Bulgaria, Chad, Cameroon, Senegal, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegov-ina, India and Guinea. He advised the successful consortiums on the CHUM hospital complex and the CHUM Research Center P3 projects. He also advised the lenders to the consortium that won the autoroute 25 P3 project and acted for the government of Québec in connection with the Montréal Symphonic Orchestra concert hall and the long-term care facilities PPPs.
catherine.doyle@blakes.com (416) 863-4160 Ms. Doyle practises in the areas of project finance, infrastructure, public-private partnerships and structured finance law. Catherine regularly advises on infrastructure projects, including in the transportation, social infrastructure, alternative ener-gy, power and health care sectors. She has represented a wide variety of financial institutions in the financing of infrastructure assets, including bond underwriters, institutional investors, and Canadian and international banks. She has extensive experi-ence in operating and term credit facilities, asset-based financings, lease financings and structured financial products, and in structuring, negotiating and documenting domestic and cross-border financing transactions in the bank, private placement and bond markets.
Theresa Chan
theresa.chan@blakes.com (416) 863-2479 Ms. Chan’s practice covers a range of corporate and commercial matters with a focus on public procurement, infrastructure and public-private partnerships (P3s). She advises clients on the development, preparation and ongoing administration of public tenders and procurement processes and the development of commercial agreements for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of infrastructure. Theresa is a leading practitioner in the field of alternative finance and procurement projects and infrastructure development projects in transit and transportation. She has developed and imple-mented procurement and contract documentation to support a wide range of public-private partnerships and collaborative contracting models and has provided advice and legal opinions relating to procurement processes and evaluation, project risk management and mitigation strategies, project structuring, and agreements.
yannick.beaudoin@blakes.com (514) 982-4025 Mr. Beaudoin is head of the Montréal Commercial Real Estate group and specializes in local and cross-border real estate, banking and structured finance, infrastructure and project financing and asset-based financing. His expertise in real estate law includes the financing, acquisitions and dispositions of property, the development and leasing and management of com-mercial property. Yannick advises developers, lenders, investors and regularly advises proponents of infrastructure projects throughout Canada, including in the transportation, social infrastructure, alternative energy, power and health-care sectors. He acts for local, national and international banks, financial institutions, asset-based lenders and borrowers. Yannick is also involved in securitization programs of every significant asset class involving Québec assets, including trade, credit card and other retail receivables, lease or instalment receivables, as well as commercial loans, and commercial and residential real estate loans. He advises clients on issues relating to the exploration and the operation of energy-related projects.
Jamison Young
Graham Walker
Jeffrey D. Vallis, QC, FCIArb
Robin A.F. Squires
Rick H. Shaban
Kasim Salim
Stéphane Pitre
J. Pitman Patterson
John G. Murphy
Patricia L. Morrison
Patrice Morin
David L. Miachika, PEng
Yves J. Ménard
John I.G. Melia
James W. MacLellan
Marta O. Lewycky
Gabriel Lefebvre
Dirk Laudan
Gus Karantzoulis
Simon Grégoire, FCIArb
Jean-Marie Fontaine
Pascale Dionne
Simon Daigle
Cherie Brant
Daniel A. Boan
Emma Blanchard
Sarah J. F. Bird
Jean-François Bilodeau
Kevin E. Barr
Peter D. Banks
Denise L. Bambrough
Daniel Ayotte
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rdeane@blg.com (416) 863-3318 Rob Deane is a partner in BLG’s Vancouver office and the National Leader of BLG’s Arbitration group. Rob is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading counsel in commercial litigation, international and domestic commercial arbitration, and intellectual property litigation, among other areas. As litigation counsel, Rob has litigated complex cases throughout Canada and at all levels of court, in diverse areas such as contractual disputes, infrastructure and energy disputes, arbitration-related litigation including appeals, mining disputes, life sciences and other intellectual property disputes, consumer class actions, securities regulation, information and privacy law, and administrative law. Rob has also appeared in significant arbitration proceedings in North America, Asia, and Europe, under almost all major institutional sets of rules, in a wide array of industry sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, technology, distribution, pharmaceuticals, energy, and mining. After graduating from the University of Victoria as the Law Society of British Columbia Gold Medallist in 1998, Rob served as a law clerk to the Honourable Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada.
sdaigle@blg.com (514) 954-3188 Simon's practice focuses mainly on civil and commercial litigation, as well as on construction law and professional liability of engineers and architects. He advises property owners, promoters, contractors, subcontractors, materials suppliers, insurers and other stakeholders on matters related to legal hypothecs, surety and bonds, calls for tenders and construction claims. Simon also acts for bonding companies in claims related to performance and labour material bonds. He participates in preparing cases for litigation and pleads regularly before the various courts in Québec. Simon was recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Law). Called to the Québec Bar in 2012.
cbrant@blg.com (416) 367-6570 Cherie is a partner and National Leader of Indigenous Law in the firm’s Toronto office. She has an Indigenous law practice with a focus on commercial real estate, energy development, and economic development for First Nations. She provides strategic counsel to several First Nations seeking to fulfill their business development objectives. Cherie also provides counsel to industry clients seeking to develop projects with First Nations and/or to understand the legal considerations relevant to Canada, and with respect to the constitutionally protected interests of the Indigenous nations with which Canada shares its land and jurisdiction. In 2017, Cherie received the Lexpert Zenith Award, recognizing women’s contributions in the law. In 2012, she was named one of Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. Cherie is both Mohawk and Ojibway from the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and Wiikwemkoong Unceded Indian Territory. Cherie is a noted speaker, having presented on topics relevant to Aboriginal economic development and energy development across Canada since 2009. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2003.
dboan@blg.com (416) 367-6665 Dan has a dual construction practice and represents clients across Canada from the inception through to the end of all types of construction, infrastructure and alternative financing projects, including procurement, risk management, contract drafting, claims management, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. Dan has represented all parties in the construction chain, from public and private owners, financial institutions, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects and engineers. He prepares and negotiates all forms of contracts and agreements used throughout the construction and infrastructure projects, including traditional construction forms, design-build agreements, public-private partnerships, engineering and architect agreements, supply contracts, and others. Dan has advised clients on a variety of construction, and infrastructure projects in various sectors, including transportation, energy, and mining. He has also been involved in litigation and dispute resolution in respect of construction contract and negligence disputes, professional negligence, lien claims, delay claims, surety bond matters, and multi-party complex litigation. Dan was called to the Ontario Bar in 2000 and received his LLB from the University of Western Ontario.
eblanchard@blg.com (613) 369-4755 Partner in BLG’s Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation, and Regulatory group. Concentrates on expropriation, planning and development, real estate, and general municipal law. She regularly acts as counsel to municipal governments and has significant experience as an advocate and negotiator representing public authorities engaged in land assemblies and in the construction and development of major transit and public infrastructure projects. She also frequently appears before courts and tribunals, including the Ontario Land Tribunal on behalf of both public and private sector clients. Education: BA (Queen's University); BCL (McGill University); LLB (McGill University). Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2007.
sbird@blg.com (604) 687-5744 Sarah’s practice focuses on public-private partnerships, project development, project finance, Indigenous law, lending and general corporate commercial law. She is known for her ability to skillfully handle difficult legal and commercial issues, negotiate complex financings, and find creative solutions that manage business risk. She has extensive experience with leading major public-private partnership and project finance transactions, including representing proponents and lenders with respect of all phases of public infrastructure and transportation projects. Sarah also advises lenders and resource companies on securing financing or refinancing for projects and facilities in the natural resources sector, and assists clients on a broad range of commercial, regulatory and financing matters. Education: BA (Queen's University); LLB (University of British Columbia). Admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2005.
jbilodeau@blg.com (514) 954-3183 Counsel in Insurance & Tort Liability group of BLG’s Montréal office. Practice focuses on maritime law, transportation, and insurance-related disputes and construction litigation. Appears before all Québec and federal courts and the Supreme Court of Canada representing interests active in marine industry, including shipowners, charterers, shippers, consignees, freight forwarders, brokers, warehousemen, port authorities, and shipyards. Also has expertise in litigation relating to highway, rail, and air transportation, appearing before civil courts, Commission des transports du Québec, and Canadian Transportation Agency. Specializes in disputes relating to insurance coverage and the liability of insureds. Former naval officer (Lieutenant-Commander) of the Royal Canadian Navy (Reserve). Recognized by Chambers Canada. Education: LLB (Université Laval). Admitted to the Québec Bar in 1987.
kbarr@blg.com (403) 232-9786 Kevin is a partner in the Construction group of BLG’s Calgary office. He regularly acts for owners, contractors, and lenders. He defends and prosecutes claims pertaining to all forms of construction and energy liens. He also acts for lenders, creditors, debtors, suppliers, purchasers, trustees, and receivers in a variety of insolvency proceedings. Recognized as a 2019 Acritas Star. Education: BA (Simon Fraser University); LLB (University of Alberta). Admitted to the Alberta Bar in 2000.
PBanks@blg.com (403) 232-9781 Peter D. Banks is a partner in the Calgary office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He practises commercial and construction litigation and acts in disputes arising from large-scale construction and engineering projects. Peter has a BCL (with distinction) from the University of Oxford, and an LLB (with distinction and gold medallist) and BEd (with distinction) from the University of Alberta.
dbambrough@blg.com (416) 367-6008 Denise has 30 years’ experience handling both construction and surety bond disputes and civil fraud investigation and recovery proceedings. As part of her construction law practice, Denise handles all types of surety bond claims, as well as a broad range of other construction claims, including complex claims for breach of contract, breach of trust, delay claims, claims against design professionals and construction liens. She has extensive experience representing surety bonding companies in connection with claims under all types of bonds and a broad range of recovery actions, including indemnity actions, claims against auditors and claims against design professionals. She also advises owners and general contractors on a wide variety of issues arising out of construction projects and related disputes. In addition, Denise practices extensively in the areas of civil fraud recovery and commercial litigation involving issues related to fraud, including actions for fraud, breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty, claims for constructive trusts, Mareva injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal orders, Anton Piller orders, setting aside fraudulent conveyances, tracing orders, and restitution orders. Denise has particular expertise handling fraud claims that relate to construction projects.
dayotte@blg.com (514) 954-3138 Senior counsel in BLG's Construction and Engineering group. Practises in the following areas: construction, infrastructure and industrial projects, product liability, architects' and engineers' professional liability, surety, and insurance. Co-founder of the construction law section of the Québec division of the CBA. Past President of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Author of numerous papers on construction and contract law; frequent lecturer to corporations, professional associations, and insurers. Member of the CBA and QBA. Successfully pleaded several landmark cases, including Bank of Montreal v. Commission Hydroélectrique du Québec et al., in which the Supreme Court of Canada defined the duty to inform in contractual matters arising from the general obligation to act in good faith; Walsh & Brais inc. v. Montréal (Communauté urbaine de) REJB 2001-26438 (C.A.); Birdair v. Danny’s Construction Company inc., 2013 QCCA 580; and Hydro-Québec v. Construction Kiewit Cie, 2014 QCCA 947, where the Québec Court of Appeal defined the duty to cooperate in construction contracts. Called to the Québec Bar in 1972.
nandre@blg.com (514) 954-3152 Nadir André is a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and a member of the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John. He has extensive experience in Aboriginal law and has worked in this field since the beginning of his career. He services many Aboriginal clients, as well as corporations seeking to do business with Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal business organizations in Québec and elsewhere in Canada. He is directly involved in certain comprehensive and specified land claims’ negotiations throughout Canada. Nadir also specializes in matters connected with resource development involving Aboriginal communities and businesses and has taught Aboriginal Law at University of Ottawa and at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2022 (and since 2009) edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Indigenous and First Nations Practice). He was called to the Québec Bar in 1998 and obtained his LLL, University of Ottawa in 1996.
Gordon D. Capern
gordon.capern@paliareroland.com (416) 646-4311 Gordon Capern is a senior partner of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP and a leader of its corporate and commercial litigation practice. Gordon advises clients and acts as counsel in the resolution of disputes in many areas of corporate and commercial activity. He has extensive experience in dispute resolution involving public-private partnerships (P3), where he has acted for significant industry participants including EllisDon Corporation, SNC Lavalin, ACS and Dragados. Gordon is ranked in Chambers Global for dispute resolution where he is described as “a very prominent and effective litigator.” He is also recognized in The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada as a leading Corporate Commercial Litigation lawyer, and in the Lexpert Special Edition — Litigation. Gordon is a Director of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a Governor of the International Society of Barristers.
Catherine DiMarco
cdimarco@pallettvalo.com (289) 805-4466 Catherine DiMarco has more than 17 years of construction and general civil litigation experience. Certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Construction Law with a deep understanding of the industry, Catherine provides practical guidance on managing risks during contract negotiations and assists with project delivery plans. When disputes arise, she represents different sectors of the construction industry on claims, or on the defence of claims. These include owners, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, as well as design and engineering professionals. Clients appreciate her ability to distill and prioritize key issues and salient facts that arise in complex construction disputes. Her practical and creative approach to dispute resolution is guided by both business drivers and legal remedies. Catherine has also defended public authorities, including municipalities, in matters involving allegations of negligent design, supervision and inspection. She regularly attends at the Superior Court of Justice and before arbitrators on a variety of construction and civil matters. Recognized by The Best Lawyers of Canada as a leading lawyer in Construction Law, Catherine is also a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers’ Society of America.
Anna M. Esposito
aesposito@pallettvalo.com (289) 805-4465 Anna Esposito’s practice is focused exclusively on construction law representing all stakeholders in the industry. As a Certified Specialist in Construction Law, Anna advises and represents parties in connection with all types of construction disputes, whether by way of negotiation, arbitration, interim adjudication, or litigation. As a mediator of construction-related disputes, Anna brings her pragmatic attitude to alternative forms of dispute resolution, assisting parties to resolve claims or disputes creatively and cost-effectively, without resorting to court. Her ability to analyze complex situations, synthesize the key issues, fashion the best options, and communicate complex legal concepts in an easy-to-understand manner makes her the construction industry’s go-to legal expert. Her attention to detail, high standards of client service, and practical approach are at the core of her successful practice. Anna has also been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Construction Litigation and is a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers.
mruberto@pallettvalo.com (289) 980-5534 Maria Ruberto’s practice is dedicated to infrastructure and construction law. Focusing on the resolution of disputes in the construction industry, she represents all players in the construction industry. From negotiating construction agreements up to project close, Maria provides legal advice and representation on a wide variety of construction matters. As a certified specialist in construction law, Maria is typically involved in complex multi-party proceedings where liability is hotly contested. Her practical advice is regularly sought out in the areas of liens, breach of trust, performance bonds, labour and material payment bonds, contract preparation, and the resolution of all types of construction disputes whether by way of litigation or by other dispute resolution mechanisms. Recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in Construction Law, Maria has also been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Construction Litigation and has been recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2022 Construction Law Lawyer of the Year award winner in Toronto. Maria is a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and a frequent speaker for the Osgoode Certificate in Construction Law Course.
Maria Ruberto
Donald C.I. Lucky
dlucky@rmrf.com (780) 497-3354 Don is Reynolds Mirth’s Construction Team leader. His construction law practice involves providing advice to a large international general contractor and to many public and private owners, in respect to: construction contract delivery models and negotiation; insurance and bonding; tendering and procurement; builders’ liens; litigation and alternate dispute resolution. Don has provided advice to Contractors and Owners in numerous construction mega projects. These include power projects (oil and gas, solar, wind, nuclear and carbon capture) and 100 public-private (P3) infrastructure projects (hospitals, penitentiaries, water treatment and transportation) throughout Canada, the United States and Australia. In addition, he has appeared at all levels of the courts of Alberta and the Northwest Territories and in mediations and arbitrations as counsel and as mediator/arbitrator. He taught the Construction Law Course at the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta between 2002 and 2015. He is currently on the Board of Directors of a US public company and is a Fellow and former Governor of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers.
Timothy C. Mavko
tmavko@rmrf.com (780) 497-3331 Tim is an accomplished litigator whose work spans two of Reynolds Mirth’s key practice areas: construction law and civil litigation. He regularly represents parties at all levels of Alberta’s courts in commercial disputes. In the construction industry, he represents clients in negotiating and preparing construction contracts, bonding issues, delay claims, builders’ liens, and other project-related disputes. Since 2009, Tim is also a sessional instructor on Construction Law at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and is the Co-Chair for the Certificate in Construction Law (Western) at Osgoode Law School. Over the last several years he has been involved in both negotiating the contracts and handling the disputes for some of North America’s largest mega-projects. Tim is also an instructor and Team Leader with the Legal Education Society of Alberta on Intensive Trial Advocacy since 2003.
jtaitinger@rmrf.com (780) 497-3317 Jeremy’s practice focuses on Construction Law, assisting clients in a broad range of matters. His construction litigation practice includes navigating complex builders’ liens, delay claims, bonding issues and other disputes arising from construction projects. Jeremy has taught construction law at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law since 2015 and presents at seminars and courses for various educational and construction industry groups. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. In addition to his litigation work, Jeremy has an active solicitor’s practice. He drafts, reviews and negotiates contracts and documents for commercial, industrial, and municipal clients. His work includes oil and gas projects, public infrastructure projects including recreation centres, pools, arenas and libraries, and commercial and industrial construction projects. Solution-oriented, Jeremy brings a practical sensibility in guiding clients to a sound result. While he has appeared before all levels of Court in Alberta, Jeremy understands the value of resolving matters without proceeding to a full trial, when possible. In his experience this approach reduces the cost, the timeline, and the toll that litigation can take on parties.
Jeremy D. Taitinger
Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP
Stephen J. Berezowskyj
sberezowskyj@singleton.com (604) 682-7474 Steve Berezowskyj is counsel and co-chair of the Construction and Infrastructure Law Group and member of the Professional Liability, Insurance, and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. Steve primarily practises in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on insurance defence and construction-related disputes. Steve regularly defends design professionals and contractors in various construction defect, warranty, and general liability claims and provides advice on insurance coverage. He also acts for various interests in the construction industry providing advice on procurement, builders’ liens, and claims for extras and delay. Recognized as a leading lawyer in the areas of Construction and Professional Liability in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Named as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Canada. Ranked in The Best Lawyers in Canada and by Who’s Who Legal for Construction Law. Fellow, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Member, Canadian Bar Association, Insurance Law Section and Construction Law Section.
Jesse Gardner
jgardner@singleton.com (416) 585-8608 Jesse Gardner is a partner in the Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. Jesse advises a wide range of construction industry clients, including owners, municipalities, general contractors, engineers, and sureties in relation to major construction and infrastructure projects on issues such as delay and deficiency claims, fee disputes, and insurance matters. He provides strategic advice to clients throughout the life cycle of a project including in relation to procurement, design, construction, operation, and maintenance. His practice focuses on effective dispute resolution, advisory work, and strong written and oral advocacy. He has managed complex disputes on large-scale infrastructure projects including light rail train systems, wastewater treatment and power plants, wind farms, highway construction, and mining projects across Canada. He has experience managing delay and subject matter experts through the litigation process and has assisted clients through arbitration and litigation proceedings. Jesse has been recognized as a leading construction lawyer by Who’s Who Legal and Benchmark Canada. He was also featured in Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List and he is an On-Site Magazine (Canadian Construction) Award Winner.
svogel@singleton.com (416) 585-8602 Sharon Vogel is a named partner and co-chair of the Construction and Infrastructure Law Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. She handles the negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation of construction disputes and has appeared at all levels of court. She has been involved with Public Policy mandates, including acting as co-counsel retained by the Ontario government and federal government to prepare reports and make recommendations on prompt payment and adjudication. Sharon is a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne where she teaches international construction law and is co-author of the text, A Guide to Canadian Construction Insurance Law. Sharon is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, and American College of Construction Lawyers. She was selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada, has an AV preeminent peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell, and is ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global. She was recognized as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer Magazine, and she received the Female Trailblazer Excellence Award from Canada Law Awards. She has been named as Canadian Construction Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Canada for the past 3 years.
Sharon C. Vogel
jsingleton@singleton.com (604) 682-7474 John R. Singleton, KC, is founder and counsel at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. He has concentrated on the areas of insurance, construction, professional liability, and environmental matters, on behalf of property owners, architects, engineers, contractors, regulatory agencies, and insurers, and has acted as counsel in several precedent-setting cases for clients in these areas and on environmental issues. A Chartered Arbitrator and mediator of complex commercial disputes, he is involved in both mediation and arbitration on behalf of his clients and as a mediator/arbitrator retained by others. Over the past decade has served as fairness advisor on hundreds of infrastructure projects, including the Site C Dam and the New St. Paul’s Hospital. He is an Adjunct Professor of Construction Law at University of British Columbia and a lecturer and author of papers on loss control, construction law, insurance law, environmental law, and other subjects for trade and legal publications. John is consistently recognized as a leader in the construction legal field, regularly earning top rankings from Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal, Martindale-Hubbell, and others. Benchmark Canada has designated him a Litigation Star and he is ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global.
John R. Singleton, KC
breynolds@singleton.com (416) 585-8601 Bruce Reynolds is co-managing partner and a named partner in the Construction and Infrastructure Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. He practises contentious and non-contentious construction law. Former counsel to the Ontario Government in expert review of the Construction Lien Act. Co-author, A Guide to Canadian Construction Insurance Law, Scott and Reynolds on Surety Bonds, and Construction, Builders and Mechanics’ Liens in Canada (7th ed.). The only Canadian lawyer among the most highly regarded construction lawyers internationally. Noted by Who’s Who Legal as “‘a top practitioner’. He was the most highly nominated practitioner, and the only Canadian lawyer to be featured.” Rated Band 1 for Construction Law, Chambers Global. Past Co-Chair, International Construction Projects Committee, International Bar Association. Past Governor, American College of Construction Lawyers. Co-Chair, International Committee, American College of Construction Lawyers. Member, Board of Governors, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, President, International Academy of Construction Lawyers. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Recognized as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.
R. Bruce Reynolds
jlittle@singleton.com (416) 585-8603 James Little is a partner in the Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. He advises on domestic and international construction disputes, including court proceedings, negotiation, arbitration, and other dispute resolution alternatives and for a wide variety of construction industry clients. In particular, James has advised clients of all sizes and on a variety of different types of projects including on major national and international infrastructure projects, mining projects, hospitals, commercial and residential construction. His focus is on providing a high level of service through effective and timely advice and advocacy while managing and resolving disputes. James is often called upon to advise on construction projects during the design and construction phase, and also provides ongoing advice in respect of dispute avoidance and claims management. James has been recognized as a leading construction lawyer by Chambers Global, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal, and Benchmark Canada, and was recently featured as a leading litigation lawyer in Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List.
James Little
shankinson@singleton.com (604) 673-7479 Stuart B. Hankinson, KC is a partner in the Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. His practice is focused on complex construction, commercial, and insurance dispute resolution. His clients include owners, developers, EPC and EPCM contractors, design-builders, design professionals, and insurers. Construction and project managers and the various parties involved in P3 projects regularly request that he manage their most difficult disputes. Stuart acts as a mediator and arbitrator and also as a sole Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB)/Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) member. He is a Charter Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, and is recognized as a leading lawyer by various well-known legal publishers and rankings agencies including Lexpert, Chambers Global, The Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, and Benchmark Litigation Canada.
Stuart B. Hankinson
Guillaume Boudreau-Simard
gboudreau-simard@stikeman.com (514) 397-3694 Guillaume Boudreau-Simard is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. Over the years, Guillaume has developed a specific expertise in class actions primarily defending manufacturers and banking institutions. His practice focuses on all aspects of litigation, including advising, drafting procedures and representing clients before the courts. Guillaume also possesses a vast experience in other various types of litigation, including matters related to commercial or contractual law, and competition, consumer and administrative law. In the context of his work, Guillaume has represented clients both before courts of first instance and appellate courts, as well as before administrative tribunals. Guillaume has also represented clients in the context of internal and external inquiries related to ethics and compliance, which has allowed him to acquire a particular expertise in the matter.
Eric H. Bremermann
ebremermann@stikeman.com (416) 869-6821 Eric Bremermann is a partner and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Project Development & Finance Groups, as well as Co-Chair of the Energy Group in the Toronto office. Eric leads the firm’s business initiatives in respect of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and is recognized for his work in fostering connections between Canadian and European markets. Eric’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on Canadian-European cross-border issues, including advising on mergers, acquisitions, disposition and financing, corporate governance matters, business and family succession, project development, and the establishment of subsidiaries in the NAFTA marketplace. Eric also has specific expertise in renewable energy and independent power production. He has advised a variety of clients in the energy sector in connection with their entry into the Canadian market, including acquisitions, development and financing of power projects (including wind and solar), and advising on associated regulatory requirements.
Eric Carmona
ecarmona@stikeman.com (416) 869-5597 Eric Carmona is a partner in the Real Estate Group. His practice focuses on commercial real estate and encompasses all aspects of real property transactions, including the purchase, sale and financing of commercial office complexes, retail shopping centres, residential apartment buildings, hotels, retirement homes and long-term residences, as well as secured lending. Eric is an accomplished real estate lawyer whose capabilities set him apart as one of the country’s leading real estate attorneys. He is highly regarded for his expert handling of the whole transactional process from financing to purchase, including significant cross-border deals. He has extensive experience in joint venture structuring, portfolio acquisitions, financings and restructurings (acting on behalf of both lending syndicates and corporate borrowers). He is knowledgeable across a range of asset classes including commercial, residential, retail, senior living and industrial. Eric also practises corporate commercial law, with an emphasis on the acquisition and/or privatization of public real estate enterprises and capital markets transactions.
Pierre-Paul Daunais
ppdaunais@stikeman.com (514) 397-2428 Pierre-Paul Daunais is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group in Montreal. Focused on general business law disputes, particularly construction law, municipal law, aeronautics and insurance matters, Pierre-Paul’s practice touches on all aspects of litigation, such as providing advice, drafting proceedings and representing clients before all levels of court, including the Quebec Superior Court and the Court of Appeal. He has acquired considerable experience in procedural requirements and strategies and all aspects related to the management of complex litigation, both in interlocutory or preliminary proceedings and in hearings on the merits. Pierre-Paul regularly advises owners, real estate developers, consultants (engineering and architecture firms), contractors and manufacturers with respect to construction, product liability and municipal disputes. He has also acted for aircraft manufacturers and insurance companies in cases involving contractual disputes, product liability, application of foreign law in a domestic context and application of aviation regulations.
Pierre J. Dalphond
pdalphond@stikeman.com (514) 397-3219 The Honourable Pierre Dalphond is a senior counsel with the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. He is a Chartered Arbitrator, an accredited mediator, a former guest Professor on arbitration at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal and former senior judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal. His practice focuses on commercial arbitration and mediation and providing strategic advice in every field of law. He conducts internal investigations, provides neutral evaluations and acts as expert on Quebec Law in foreign proceedings. He is recognized in various publications as a leading arbitrator and was mentioned in previous publications as one of the best judges in Canada. Since June 2018, Pierre also sits as an independent Member of the Upper House of the Parliament of Canada (an institution modeled on the British House of Lords).
Jonathan S. Drance
jdrance@stikeman.com (604) 631-1361 Jonathan Drance was a senior partner and in January 2014 he transitioned to being a consultant to Stikeman Elliott. He has specialized expertise in project development and financing, including undertaking various activities in M&A and the capital markets relating to capital projects and infrastructure. From 2008 to 2010 Jonathan served on the Board of BC Hydro and, at various times, served as Chair of each of its Corporate Governance Committee and its Capital Projects Committee.
Patrick G. Duffy
pduffy@stikeman.com (416) 869-5257 Patrick Duffy is a partner and Co-Head of the Projects & Infrastructure Group. His practice focuses on project development that includes municipal and planning law, environmental permitting and litigation, energy regulation, and Indigenous engagement. He is highly sought after for his considerable experience with environmental assessments and other regulatory approvals in a variety of sectors, including renewable and non-renewable electricity generation, electricity transmission, mining, transit and transportation, aggregate quarries, and waste management. Patrick also advises clients in responding to environmental inspections, investigations and prosecutions at both the provincial and federal levels. Patrick is an experienced advocate and has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, all levels of courts in Ontario and a variety of administrative tribunals, including regular appearances before the Ontario Energy Board and the Ontario Land Tribunal. He has acted for both provincial and municipal governments and many of his mandates involve administrative or public law issues, including issues related to public and Indigenous engagement.
Michael Dyck
mdyck@stikeman.com (403) 266-9030 Michael Dyck is a partner in the Real Estate and Banking & Finance Groups. As part of his commercial real estate practice, Michael provides advice in connection with a broad range of real estate, development and construction transactions. He acts for purchasers and vendors with respect to acquisitions and dispositions of multi-tenant office complexes, industrial properties and development sites, as well as acting for lenders and borrowers in connection with various types of commercial real estate financings, including construction loans, acquisition loans, leasehold financings and mortgage bond financings. Michael also has an extensive leasing practice, acting for landlords and tenants in connection with office, industrial and retail leases, as well as long-term ground leases. He also acts for owners and contractors in connection with construction projects, including in the real estate industry and the oil and gas industry. Michael has significant experience in providing advice with respect to ownership arrangements, including co-ownerships and limited partnerships. In his banking practice, Michael provides advice in all matters relating to banking transactions.
Dennis P. Langen
dlangen@stikeman.com (403) 266-9074 Dennis Langen is a partner in the Energy Group and leads the Energy Regulatory Team in the Calgary office. His practice focuses on the regulation of energy development, infrastructure, markets and services. Dennis assists energy industry and utility industry clients whose businesses are focused on oil and gas, electricity, district energy, renewables and hydrogen. He frequently advises clients on all aspects of federal and provincial regulation of infrastructure including environmental, engineering, operational, Indigenous, economic, market and compliance aspects. Dennis regularly appears before the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) in respect of pipeline facility, tolling, tariff and energy export approval applications; the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) in respect of facility, tariff, cost of service, performance-based regulation, rule-making and enforcement applications; the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in respect of oil and gas development, facility and resource equity applications; and the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) in respect of utility applications. He is routinely involved in review applications and appeals relating to decisions of these authorities.
Maxime Jacquin
mjacquin@stikeman.com (514) 397-2444 Maxime Jacquin is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice is mainly focused on corporate financings, mergers and acquisitions and infrastructure and energy projects. He regularly acts for institutional lenders, private equity funds, project sponsors and public and private companies in a variety of transactions, including acquisition financings, project financings, public-private partnerships, public debt offerings and mergers and acquisitions. He has also acquired extensive experience in the area of renewable energy, infrastructure and utilities. He is also a member of the Montreal office’s Knowledge Management and Legal Innovation Committee.
Richard J. Jackson
rjackson@stikeman.com (604) 631-1357 Richard Jackson is the Managing Partner and former Head of the Commercial Real Estate Group at Stikeman Elliott’s Vancouver office. Richard’s diverse real estate and commercial practice emphasizes acquisitions, sales, leasing, and all aspects of major multi-use development projects, including zoning, subdivision, environmental and municipal approvals. His practice also includes corporate real estate–based joint ventures as well as First Nation’s treaties and major energy projects. Richard is consistently sought out by top developers in British Columbia, providing counsel on the most significant real estate projects throughout Vancouver and BC’s Lower Mainland. He has acted for the Province of British Columbia on land-related matters in the development of all four concluded modern-day Indigenous treaties in British Columbia. Richard has also played an integral role influencing Impact Benefit Agreements on behalf of First Nations groups and communities.
Peter E. Hamilton
phamilton@stikeman.com (416) 869-5564 Peter Hamilton is a partner in the Banking & Finance Group. He practises extensively in the area of banking and corporate finance with particular emphasis in the areas of corporate finance, project finance, the regulation of financial institutions, derivatives, structured finance and insolvency. Peter has been active on a variety of regulatory mandates in recent years, including advising international banks such as Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Allied Irish Bank, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Deutsche Bank, Bank of New York, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, UBS AG, Credit Suisse and Macquarie Bank and National Australia Bank on the acquisition of Canadian assets, the establishment of Canadian business, transactional matters and associated regulatory requirements. Domestically, he has advised a number of Canadian banks, insurance companies and trust companies with respect to regulatory matters and transactions, including potential mergers in the 1990s. He has represented a Canadian chartered bank in litigation relative to various corporate governance and board matters.
Aude Godfroy
agodfroy@stikeman.com (514) 397-3360 Aude Godfroy is a partner in the Banking & Finance and Real Estate Groups. Her practice covers all aspects of financial services, with a focus on debt financings, on both national and international stages. Aude regularly represents corporate borrowers and financial institutions alike across a wide range of industries including the infrastructure and power sectors in a variety of corporate transactions, such as corporate financings, acquisition financings, project financings and capital call financings. She has also had the opportunity to act for investors, including development finance institutions, in their investments in emerging markets aligning the rise of impact investing and growth.
Aaron Fransen
afransen@stikeman.com (416) 869-5231 Aaron Fransen is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance, and Projects & Infrastructure Groups. His practice focuses on M&A and the project finance of infrastructure and energy projects in the bond and bank markets. Aaron’s diverse clientele includes banks, securities dealers, technology companies, resource companies, media and telecom companies, government entities and private equity firms. Aaron is recognized as a leading lawyer by national and international directories, including Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, IFLR1000, Lexpert and The Best Lawyers in Canada.
Stefan Fews
sfews@stikeman.com (514) 397-6493 Stefan Fews is a partner in the Corporate and Real Estate Groups. Stefan’s practice is focused on commercial real estate law, secured financing transactions and joint ventures. His experience includes the acquisition, financing, leasing and development of shopping centres, office towers, hotels and other major real estate assets. He regularly acts for REITs, pension funds and other institutional investors in the negotiation and structuring of partnerships, corporations and other business entities established for the purposes of real estate transactions in Canada and internationally. He has acted for the dominant CMBS lender in Canada for the past 20 years. He also has a particular expertise in Quebec agricultural law.
G. Frederick Erickson
ferickson@stikeman.com (403) 266-9016 Fred Erickson is a partner in the Energy – Oil & Gas Group. His practice focuses on significant transactional and advisory engagements, and he has extensive involvement as lead counsel in major acquisitions and dispositions, restructuring projects, project developments, joint ventures, financings, asset monetizations, securitizations and other transactional matters. Fred has considerable experience in most aspects of the upstream oil and gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) industries, including the purchase and sale or development of oil, gas and NGL pipelines, storage, processing and other upstream and midstream facilities. In that regard, Fred represents several major producers, midstream companies and financial entities in their transactional, trading and other oil and gas and NGL matters. In addition, a significant portion of his practice involves advising on derivatives and derivatives-related matters. He has also had considerable involvement in the development of cogeneration, wind and other power projects.
Craig Mitchell
cmitchell@stikeman.com (416) 869-5509 Craig Mitchell is a partner in the Banking & Finance Group. His practice focuses on banking, restructurings and workouts. He has expertise in private acquisition financings, take-over bid financings, debtor-in-possession financings, asset-based lending and mezzanine lending. Craig acts as counsel to both lenders and borrowers on domestic and cross-border financings in North America, Europe and Asia, and as counsel to creditors and debtors in commercial insolvencies and restructurings. He also acts as counsel to private equity funds in connection with leveraged mergers and acquisitions.
David Massé
dmasse@stikeman.com (514) 397-3685 David Massé is a partner and Head of the Montreal office’s Securities Group. David has extensive experience focused primarily on corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring and corporate governance. He has been counsel to strategic purchasers, financial sponsors, private equity funds, pension funds and boards of directors in several complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including going private transactions and initial public offerings. He is involved in a wide range of industry sectors including power and renewable energy, mining, aviation, telecommunications, technology, pharmaceuticals and entertainment. David has been recognized by various industry publications including international directories, as a leading lawyer in the areas of corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate commercial and mining. In 2007 and 2008, David garnered international experience working in the London office of Stikeman Elliott. He is a member of the Montreal office’s Finance Committee.
Daphne J. MacKenzie
dmackenzie@stikeman.com (416) 869-5695 Daphne MacKenzie is a partner and former Head of the Banking & Finance Group and serves on the firm’s Partnership Board. Her practice focuses on banking, project finance, restructurings, insolvency and public debt securities. Daphne acts for financial institutions and borrowers in cross-border banking and project finance transactions, and for creditors, debtors, receivers and monitors in commercial insolvencies and restructurings. She acts for private equity funds in connection with leveraged acquisitions and acts as corporate counsel to numerous Canadian corporations. Daphne advises lenders, sponsors and borrowers in connection with project finance transactions in the mining sector. These transactions involve mining projects in Canada, the United States, South America, Europe and Africa. Daphne has been recognized in numerous legal publications as a leading lawyer in among other practice areas, Banking & Finance, Project Finance and Asset-Based Lending.
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gzacher@stikeman.com (416) 869-5688 Glenn Zacher is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Energy Groups and is Co-Head of the Energy Group. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and class actions, particularly in the energy sector, and on energy regulatory law. He has appeared before all levels of provincial courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, and has conducted arbitrations and acted as counsel before various administrative tribunals, including the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) (formerly, the National Energy Board). Glenn is a member of the firm’s Professional and Ethics Committee. Glenn’s energy dispute/regulatory practice includes advising and representing public agencies and private sector companies (generators, marketers, transmitters, developers, lenders, etc.) before the OEB, CER, and in litigation and appeal proceedings before the Ontario Superior Court, Divisional Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. Glenn also has significant experience defending class actions involving deceptive marketing, consumer protection, securities, product liability and competition law claims.
Glenn Zacher
mturcotte@stikeman.com (514) 397-2421 Maxime Turcotte is a partner in the Corporate Group and a member of the firm’s Partnership Board. He has a diverse national and cross-border practice supporting our clients, their boards and special committees with complex and strategic transactions including private & public mergers and acquisitions, corporate & fund finance and project development. Maxime has been recognized as a leading lawyer in these areas by various industry directories such as The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada and the IFLR1000. Maxime has developed industry experience in various sectors including in professional services, infrastructure and renewable energy, financial services and insurance. He is committed to offering clients with the best tailored expertise we have to offer, and provide them with proactive, precise and practical advice to meet their business needs. He is a member of the Montreal GBI Committee (Gender Balance Initiative).
Maxime Turcotte
jtempleton@stikeman.com (604) 631-1441 Jamie Templeton is Co-Head of the Projects & Infrastructure Group at Stikeman Elliott, and his practice includes all aspects of infrastructure investment, project finance and banking. Since 2001 he has advised on major infrastructure projects in Europe, Australia and Canada. His recent experience includes advising on many P3s throughout Canada and advising on complex project financings in the energy, renewables and resources sectors.
Jamie Templeton
NShapiro@stikeman.com (416) 869-5252 Neil Shapiro is a partner in the Real Estate Group. His practice focuses on commercial real estate, construction, infrastructure projects, public-private partnerships, commercial leasing, and real property financing. His real estate practice includes all aspects involving the purchase, sale, financing, leasing, and development of all asset classes, including retail and commercial, industrial and office, multi-residential, and hospitality. Neil also has extensive expertise in the construction and infrastructure sectors, and regularly advises and assists a variety of clients on a full spectrum of construction-related matters, including procurement, drafting and negotiation of construction contracts, construction liens, and dispute management.
Neil Shapiro
mschyven@stikeman.com (416) 869-5232 Melissa Schyven is a partner in the Real Estate Group. She is also a member of the Banking & Finance and Energy - Power Groups, and serves on the Associates’ Committee in the Toronto office. Melissa is former Chair of the Education Committee in the Toronto office. Melissa’s practice focuses on commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leasing and related matters, as well as a variety of banking transactions with a particular emphasis on project finance and acquisition finance. She has had frequent involvement in transactions involving large real property portfolios, the hospitality sector, REITs, and the retail sector. In addition, Melissa acts for developers and lenders with respect to power generation matters including renewable energy.
Melissa Schyven
dporter@stikeman.com (416) 869-5533 Dana Porter is a partner in the Real Estate Group. He also practises in the Projects & Infrastructure, Financial Products & Services and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups, and is a former member of the Management Committee in the Toronto office. Dana’s practice includes most aspects of commercial real estate, with an emphasis on acquisition and financing of income properties, structured and project finance, public-private partnerships and other public sector transactions. He represents a number of institutional investors, lenders and advisors, both domestic and international, as well as public sector entities and private sector suppliers of services and materials to the public sector.
Dana Porter
gplater@stikeman.com (604) 631-1318 Greg Plater is Head of the Real Estate Group in the Vancouver office, lead partner of the Real Estate Group for Western Canada, Co-Head of the National Real Estate Group and a member of the Projects & Infrastructure Group. Greg provides advice with respect to all aspects of real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, pre-purchase transactions, development projects, joint ventures, construction arrangements and leasing (including ground leases of private and government-owned land) in British Columbia and Alberta. His clients include a broad range of public and private real estate companies and developers, pension funds, real estate advisors, lenders and municipalities. In particular, the development projects in which he has provided advice have involved all aspects of the real estate industry and have included significant ground lease, mixed-use, joint development, and complex strata space/air space parcel projects, as well as projects involving the redevelopment of highly contaminated land. Greg has provided advice on a variety of significant public-private partnership (PPP) transactions for transportation, medical, judicial and other government infrastructure projects in British Columbia and Alberta, both as counsel to project proponents and as lender’s counsel.
L. Greg Plater
cperry@stikeman.com (403) 266-9010 Chrysten Perry, KC is Managing Partner of the Calgary office, Co-Head of the Energy Group and a member of the Partnership Board. With more than 30 years of experience practising corporate and commercial law related to energy projects, Chrysten structures, negotiates and drafts agreements for joint ventures, partnerships and other investments in the energy industry. She is widely known for her expertise in operating and governance matters, complex asset purchase and sale, and equity purchase and sale transactions. In addition, Chrysten’s seasoned practice also involves processing, sales and transportation, marketing and operational issues facing energy companies. Her advice is frequently sought in connection with the strategic and business law aspects of oil and gas projects by companies working in the upstream and downstream sectors and by pipeline and midstream companies. In 2020, Chrysten was honoured with a King’s Counsel (KC) designation, a prestigious designation conferred on members of the legal profession to recognize their distinguished legal service and expertise in a particular area of law.
Chrysten E. Perry
sperrin@stikeman.com (604) 631-1310 Scott Perrin retired from the partnership on December 31, 2022, but continues his relationship with the firm as a consultant on various banking matters. During Scott’s nearly 20-year career with the firm he has built a solid practice in the areas of corporate lending, construction financing, acquisition financing, and public-private partnership (P3) financing. He has acted for lenders and borrowers in connection with all aspects of loan financings and other secured transactions. Scott’s expertise has been recognized by numerous legal publications including The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Banking and Financial Institutions, The Best Lawyers in Canada in Banking and Finance, and International Financial Law Review’s IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms in Project Finance. Scott’s experience includes numerous syndicated loan financings, several mine financings and power project financings, and a number of P3 financings in the transportation, social infrastructure, and healthcare sectors. His practice has involved transactions throughout Canada as well as in the United States, Mexico and the DRC.
Scott Perrin
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