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Laval, Cyndi D. Gowling WLG
(604) 891-2712 cyndi.laval@gowlingwlg.com
Ms. Laval is a partner and leader of Gowling WLG's Corporate Finance, M&A
and Private Equity Group. She was named one of Vancouver's 30 leading
lawyers by the National Post , awarded the Lawyer of the Year-Mining Law
(Vancouver) by Best Lawyers in Canada and is recognized as a leading
mining, M&A and securities lawyers in several publications.
Kyte, Kevin Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3346 kkyte@stikeman.com
Mr. Kyte's infrastructure practice focuses primarily on domestic and inter-
national mergers & acquisitions, governmental requests for proposals and
contracts and regulatory issues in business and financing transactions.
He has worked extensively with many industries, including energy, aluminum,
steel, pulp & paper, construction and engineering.
Kussner, Barnet H. WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5079 bkussner@weirfoulds.com
Mr. Kussner's municipal law practice covers P3s, municipal infrastructure and
public facilities, residential, commercial and mixed-use developments, and
Official Plan and zoning by-law reviews. He has extensive experience acting
for public and private sector clients before municipal councils, the Local
Planning Appeal Tribunal (formerly OMB) and all court levels, including
the Supreme Court of Canada.
Krawchuk, Leanne C. Dentons Canada LLP
(780) 423-7198 leanne.krawchuk@dentons.com
Ms. Krawchuk advises mining producers in Canada on corporate/commercial,
construction and procurement, corporate finance and securities, mergers
& acquisitions, and other mining legal matters including the negotiation of
supply agreements with electricity producers. She advises on royalties, price
reviews, dedication and unitization agreements, and assignments and trans-
fers of mining interests.
Kierans, David B. Gowling WLG
(514) 392-9551 david.kierans@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Kierans practises in corporate and commercial law with particular em-
phasis on secured lending, real estate acquisition and finance, asset-backed,
project financing and aviation finance. His experience includes energy-
generation projects and P3 project finance.
Kelsall, Brian C. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-5493 bkelsall@fasken.com
Mr. Kelsall's practice is focused on project finance and development,
infrastructure, public private partnerships and banking. He has considerable
experience in infrastructure development and finance, spanning Canada, the
US and emerging markets. Projects include Gordie Howe Bridge, UC Merced
Campus Redevelopment, Pennsylvania Bridges, Eglinton LRT and Mackenzie
Vaughn Hospital.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
hire America, right"?
"To the extent there is Canadian-sourced mate-
rial or Canadian-sourced bidders, what he's seek-
ing to do is abolish the stipulation that NAFTA
signatories have to get the same treatment when it
comes to government procurement," says Murphy.
"at would obviously be a big problem for any
Canadian company that wants to take its P3 ex-
pertise south of the border."
He points to the Gordie Howe International
Bridge joining Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit.
Canada is paying for the new bridge and will make
its money back in tolls on the Canadian side. In
consideration, former US president Barack Obama
granted the project a "Buy American" waiver al-
lowing the iron and steel used on the project to
come from either the US or Canada.
e US owner of the rival 90-year-old Ambas-
sador Bridge, who is also building a new six-lane
span, has complained bitterly about the 2013
waiver. ere have been calls for President Trump
to revoke it and to require all the materials for the
Canadian-funded bridge be produced in the US.
"As NAFTA continues to bubble away, you'll get
all kinds of domestic interests in the rise," Murphy
predicts. "You're going to get increasing protec-
tionism, increasing use of the fight over NAFTA
to fend off Canadian bidders, Canadian suppliers,
Canadian projects."
Speculatively, post-NAFTA, any move to shut
Canadian companies out of future US infrastruc-
"It isn't one market," Murphy explains.
Clients "look at different regions, would they
be more successful in Florida, in Michigan,
etc." They look to the sectors in which
there have been successes, wind and solar
energy, for instance. And they find a local
partner with whom to co-invest and work.
- Tim Murphy; McMillan LLP
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