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Callaghan, Frank S. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6014 fcallaghan@blg.com
Mr. Callaghan is the National Group Head of BLG's Corporate and Capital
Markets practices. His corporate practice focuses on project finance, securi-
ties, M&A, corporate finance and commercial transactions. He represents
domestic and foreign companies, shareholders, issuers, banks and asset-
based lenders.
Brown, Darryl J. Gowling WLG
(416) 369-4581 darryl.brown@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Brown's practice focuses on infrastructure, P3 and construction law. He
drafts and negotiates project agreements, construction contracts, operating
agreements and other contracts, and regularly represents sponsors, opera-
tors and design builders.
Bremermann, Eric H. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-6821 ebremermann@stikeman.com
Mr. Bremermann has substantial transactional and project development
expertise in the infrastructure sector, including its structuring and financing.
He regularly advises in respect of public/private infrastructure, renewable
energy and independent power production. His practice includes an emphasis
on Canadian-European cross-border issues.
Bowles, Brendan D. Glaholt LLP
(416) 368-8280 bb@glaholt.com
Mr. Bowles is a partner at Glaholt LLP. Certified by the Law Society of Upper
Canada as a Specialist in Construction Law, he acts for a variety of clients,
including subcontractors and suppliers, general contractors, owners,
design professionals, sureties and insurers. He has experience conducting
motions and trials in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as well
as appellate experience.
Bouvette, Sylvie Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(514) 954-2507 sbouvette@blg.com
Ms. Bouvette is the Montréal regional leader of BLG's Electricity Markets and
Oil & Gas Groups. She has over 30 years' experience representing clients in
connection with the development, acquisition, joint ventures, partnership and
financing of hydro, biomass, LNG, biogas and wind farm projects, and has
been involved in the energy industry notably through board memberships
and industry events.
Bourassa, Philippe Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(514) 982-4061 philippe.bourassa@blakes.com
Mr. Bourassa practises in the area of corporate/M&A in the energy, private
equity and infrastructure/projects sector. He advises public and private
corporations as well as institutional investors on a broad range of domestic
and international commercial transactions in a variety of industries, including
financial services, investment funds, natural resources, construction, energy
and real estate.
tion network, and the Mayors' Council, a body of 23
mayors formed in 2014.
A common vision released in 2015 involves $7.5 bil-
lion in new capital spending, and is expected to reduce
traffic congestion by 20 per cent and allow many drivers
to save 20 to 30 minutes a day. e federal government
announced in its budget it was committing $2.2 billion
for transit improvements in Metro Vancouver. Vancou-
ver Mayor Gregor Robertson called it a "game changer,"
but looking at what's in the pipeline, that's a drop in the
bucket compared to what's needed.
One key project that has been through consultations
is a Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT. With an average
of 10,000 people a year moving into Surrey, the city's
population — already BC's second largest — will sur-
pass Vancouver by 2041. Yet, when it comes to rapid
transit, Surrey is served only by the 31-year-old Expo
Line and hasn't seen any rapid-transit capital improve-
ments in over 20 years. It's predicted the new line,
with construction expected to start in 2018, will put
200,000 people within five minutes of getting onto a
rapid transit system.
Another project worth noting is the planned ex-
tension of the Millennium Line along the Broadway
Corridor, a major east-west corridor in Vancouver that
ultimately leads to UBC. MacDonald says many were
disappointed to see that Phase One doesn't go all the
way to the university because "tens of thousands of
people commute to UBC every day, and there are fairly
few arterial routes feeding into it."
e Surrey line and Broadway extension are both
entirely government and taxpayer funded, MacDon-
ald notes, unlike the Canada Line, which was done as
a P3. So given the funding shortfall, why aren't the new
public-transit Infrastructure improvements being done
as public-private partnerships? MacDonald calls it "a
good question. You should ask the City of Vancouver
… ere's a sense of urgency that public Infrastructure
is the way to go, and every day delayed is a day lost. So
let's get on with it."
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
"I think the idea is, you could
live around the station and not
own a car because everything
you need is either where you
live or somewhere along the
rapid transit line. So it actually
all starts to make sense
both economically and
in terms of viability."
- Ross MacDonald, Stikeman Elliott LLP
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