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Paura, C. Mario Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5638 mpaura@stikeman.com
Mr. Paura is Head of the Toronto Real Estate Group and Co-Head of the Na-
tional Group specialising in commercial real estate and leasing, financing and
M&A for private and public companies and REITs. He advises on privatization
of public real estate companies, capital market transactions, purchases and
divestitures of businesses by way of share and asset purchases, partnerships
and joint ventures.
Parappally, Justin Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5591 jparappally@stikeman.com
Mr. Parappally is a partner in the Banking & Finance Group at the Toronto
office. He has expertise in acquisition financing, gold streaming transactions,
mining debt finance, project finance, debtor-in-possession financing,
and asset-based lending transactions. He acts for financial institutions,
non-bank lenders and borrowers in domestic, cross-border,
and international banking transactions.
Palm, W. Ian Gowling WLG
(416) 369-7332 ian.palm@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Palm advises on capital markets and M&A transactions and fund forma-
tion mandates focusing on energy, infrastructure and technology sectors.
His Canadian and international clients include pension funds and PE
and infrastructure funds and investors.
Ouimet, François H. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3057 fouimet@stikeman.com
Mr. Ouimet's corporate, real estate, and private and institutional
financing practice includes experience with P3s and infrastructure
projects, capitalizations, syndications, commercial contracts, leasing,
securities and securitizations.
Osler, William S. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3426 oslerw@bennettjones.com
Mr. Osler's practice includes securities law and M&A, commercial trans-
actions and corporate governance, with a particular focus on the energy
sector. He has significant experience in IPOs and other public offerings for
issuers and underwriters, as well as Canadian and international take-over
bids and plans of arrangement, corporate reorganizations, divestitures, joint
ventures and partnerships.
O'Leary, Dean A. Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
(604) 661-9316 doleary@farris.com
Mr. O'Leary's practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, with an
emphasis on energy and infrastructure matters. He regularly advises public
utilities on a range of issues, including power supply arrangements and
capital expenditure projects. He also advises government and private indus-
try clients on public-private partnerships, land use, expropriation and other
real property matters.
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CDPQ INFRA COMPLETES STRUCTURING
AND PROCUREMENT OF REM PROJECT
CDPQ Infra Inc., a subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt
et placement du Québec, announced on April
12, 2018, that construction of the Réseau express
métropolitain (REM) project, an automated light-
rail transportation system in the greater Montréal
area, has officially started.
e project comprises 67 kilometres of railway
and 26 stations and, once complete, will be one
of the largest automated transportation system
in the world.
For the greater Montréal area, the REM also
represents the largest public transportation infra-
structure since the Métro was inaugurated in
1966. Instead of a standard P3 project, where a pri-
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