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Mantini, S. Paul Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-4837 mantinisp@bennettjones.com
Mr. Mantini practises public infrastructure, commercial real estate, project
finance, corporate/commercial (with an emphasis on lending and secured
transactions) and gaming law. His experience encompasses some of Canada's
largest P3 projects, including Toronto Waterfront Revitalization, Niagara
Fallsview Casino, MaRS Discovery District and Humber River Hospital.
Maguire, Patrick T. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3184 maguirep@bennettjones.com
Mr. Maguire's practice spans all areas of commercial energy law including
energy project and infrastructure development, joint ventures, asset and
share sales and project financing. Most recently, he has been particularly ac-
tive in connection with the development, sale and use of pipelines, gas plants
and related energy infrastructure.
Madras, Mark L. Gowling WLG
(416) 862-4296 mark.madras@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Madras specializes in the practice of environmental law, including en-
vironmental issues in project approvals, regulatory compliance, commercial
transactions and dispute resolution.
MacKenzie, Daphne J. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5695 dmackenzie@stikeman.com
Ms. MacKenzie is Head of the Banking & Finance Group in Toronto. Her
practice focuses on banking, project finance, restructurings and insolvency.
She acts for financial institutions and borrowers in domestic and cross border
banking, leveraged acquisition, project finance and restructuring trans-
actions. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Western Ontario.
MacKay-Dunn, QC, R. Hector Farris, Vaughan, Wills
& Murphy LLP (604) 661-9307 hmackay-dunn@farris.com
Mr. MacKay-Dunn has over 25 years' experience and practises in a broad
range of industry sectors, including infrastructure, investment banks and
investors in public and private domestic and international financings,
mergers & acquisitions, tender offers and joint ventures. He is recognized
by Lexpert® as being among the 100 US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate
Lawyers in Canada.
MacDonald, QC, Ross A. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(604) 631-1367 rmacdonald@stikeman.com
Mr. MacDonald's diverse real estate and commercial practice emphasizes
acquisitions, leasing, financing and all aspects of major commercial real
estate development projects. His practice also includes real estate-based
infrastructure projects, such as the Vancouver/Richmond/YVR Canada
Line rapid transit project.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
of Infrastructure Ontario's Alternative Financing and
Procurement, or Public Private Partnerships provisions.
e UK think tank, Institute for Government, sum-
marizes the UK procurement landscape (https://bit.
ly/2LURiDd): "Public procurement — how the public
sector organisations buy goods, works and services — is
big business and is currently governed by EU rules. In
2015 the UK's public procurement market was valued
at over £260 billion — 13.6% of gross domestic product
— excluding expenditure on utilities. e total public
procurement market in the EU, to which UK firms have
access as part of our membership of the EU, was worth
£1.5 trillion in 2015.
"e rules that govern public procurement will
change with the UK leaving the EU. at will in turn
change how much market access UK businesses will
have to procurement markets in the EU, and EU busi-
nesses to the procurement market in the UK.
"Public procurement in the UK is regulated by EU
rules, covering different types of procurement, such
as public contracts, utilities, and defence and security.
ese common rules are designed to prevent member
states discriminating in favour of their own companies
Despite the
uncertainties of Brexit,
and a new Premier
in Ontario,
Infrastructure lawyers
say they are busy
on projects and expect
more ahead