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Singer, Jeffrey Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5656 jsinger@stikeman.com
Mr. Singer is a partner, member of the firm's Executive Committee and Part-
nership Board. His practice focuses on M&A, corporate finance and private
equity–related transactions across a broad range of industries. He is a widely
published author, has lectured at various conferences and law schools and
a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his service
to Canada.
Singer, Cathy Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(416) 216-4053 cathy.singer@nortonrosefulbright.com
Ms. Singer practises corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on
related party transactions, mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance and
corporate governance, including advisory mandates for issuers, investment
dealers, managers and independent committees.
Simeon, Peter E. Gowling WLG
(416) 862-4448 peter.simeon@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Simeon focuses on corporate finance, M&A and structured products.
He works closely with issuers, underwriters and other corporate clients in
the energy, mining and technology industries. His expertise involves public
offerings, private placements, reverse take-over and qualifying transactions,
secondary offerings, and share and asset purchases. He is also an experi-
enced in-house lawyer.
Simard, Chris D. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-4485 simardc@bennettjones.com
Mr. Simard is co-head of the firm's Restructuring and Insolvency group.
His practice encompasses all areas of restructuring and bankruptcy, as well
as energy litigation. He acts for creditors, debtors, court-appointed monitors,
receivers and trustees.
Sigouin, C. Nicole Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(416) 216-3929 nicole.sigouin@nortonrosefulbright.com
Ms. Sigouin represents financial institutions and borrowers in domestic and
cross-border debt financings. Her broad range of experience includes asset-
based lending, project finance, acquisition financings and complex financial
restructurings, particularly in the power and energy sector. She recently
led a complex financing that won the IJGlobal North America Wind Deal
of the Year Award.
Sherrard, Matthew Gowling WLG
(514) 392-9428 matthew.sherrard@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Sherrard has advised extensively on renewable energy projects,
including on environmental matters, power purchase and impact and benefit
agreements. Working closely with Indigenous clients, he has advised on com-
mercial agreements and government relations matters. He also advises
on governance matters, including government negotiations and
nation-to-nation agreements.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
net, Duckworth & Palmer LLP with a team led
by Sean Korney and Jody Wivcharuk, and that
included Jon Ozirny and Randon Slaney (ener-
gy), Nancy Smith and Nicole Chorley (banking),
Jeff Oke and Bill Maslechko (securities), Heather
DiGregorio and Brandon Holden (tax), and Gina
Ross and Richard Smith (employment).
Cenovus was represented by its in-house legal
team that included Geoffrey Paskuski and Su-
zanne Smith, and externally by Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP with a team led by Ben Rogers
and Chris Harris, and that included Evan Her-
bert (energy), Michael Howcro (employment),
Anna McKilligan (energy), Julie Soloway (regula-
tory) and others.
AXIUM INFRASTRUCTURE
ACQUIRES ONTARIO
SOLAR PORTFOLIO FROM
TRANSCANADA CORP.
On December 20, 2017, Axium Infrastructure
Inc. (Axium), through a special-purpose acquisi-
tion vehicle Axium Infinity Solar LP, and Trans-
Canada Energy Ltd. (TransCanada) completed
its acquisition of TransCanada's Ontario solar
portfolio, consisting of eight facilities with a total
generating capacity of 105 MW (DC). All eight
facilities operate under 20-year power purchase
agreements with the Independent Electricity Sys-
tem Operator. e aggregate purchase price was
approximately $540 million. e acquisition was
financed in part with credit facilities provided by
institutional lenders.
Axium is an independent portfolio manage-
ment firm dedicated to generating long-term
investment returns through investing in core
infrastructure assets. Axium manages dedicat-
ed infrastructure funds having approximately
$2.8 billion in assets under management as of
September 30, 2017, as well as more than $1 bil-
lion in co-investments.
TransCanada is a large independent power
producer that currently owns or has interests in
approximately 6,200 megawatts of power genera-
tion in Canada and the United States.
Axium was represented internally by Julie
Chabot, Vice President, Legal Affairs, and exter-
nally by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
with a team consisting of Nick Williams, Antho-
ny Spadaro, Gabriella Lombardi, Sarah Powell,
Emily Uza, Stefanie Milner and Debbie Elm-
hirst. Charles Tingley and Alysha Manji-Knight
provided regulatory approval advice to Axium
in connection with the transaction, and Chris
Anderson, both of Davies, provided tax advice to
Axium on the transaction. Dan Wolfensohn and
Elise Beauregard of the firm's Montréal office ad-
vised with respect to Québec security issues.
TransCanada was represented internally by
