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Zacher, Glenn M. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5688 gzacher@stikeman.com
Mr. Zacher is a partner in the Litigation Group and Co-Head of the Energy
Group. He acts as counsel in complex court and in administrative proceed-
ings before various regulatory tribunals, including the Ontario Energy Board
and the National Energy Board. He also represents clients in review and
appeal proceedings before the Ontario Divisional Court, Court of Appeal
and Supreme Court of Canada.
Yorke-Slader, QC, Blair C. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3291 yorkesladerb@bennettjones.com
Mr. Yorke-Slader is a leading practitioner in high-stakes corporate and com-
mercial litigation with an active trial and appellate business and energy litiga-
tion practice. He is a fellow of the International Association of Trial Lawyers.
Wong, Richard G.C. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6467 rwong@osler.com
Mr. Wong is Chair of Osler's Construction and Infrastructure Group and a "front-
end" solicitor (Ontario Bar 1997, New York Bar 2000) advising owners, contrac-
tors, and design professionals in developing capital projects in various industry
sectors including renewable energy, construction, PPP/infrastructure, mining,
health care, and consumer retail.
Wong, Lilly A. Gowling WLG
(416) 369-4630 lilly.wong@gowlingwlg.com
Ms. Wong is a senior practitioner specializing in the financial services and in-
solvency and restructuring areas. She has worked on numerous financings for
businesses with operations in Canada and the United States, including power,
co-generation, infrastructure, and mining. She has led many infrastructure
and energy project finance loans and a wide range of other domestic and
international loans.
Webb, Ian D. Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9117 iwebb@lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Webb advises and represents governments, public utilities, alternative
energy producers and energy marketers on regulatory requirements and hear-
ings, commercial transactions and international trade related to energy. He
acts for the largest electric utility in British Columbia, and for several district
energy utilities in connection with the regulation of their rates and services.
Warrier, Vivek T.A. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3040 warrierv@bennettjones.com
Mr. Warrier advises on infrastructure project development and private
M&A in the energy industry. His practice encompasses the entire petroleum
and natural gas value chain, from upstream exploration and production,
to midstream transportation and processing solutions and marketing.
He is engaged on projects at the forefront of emerging trends in the
Canadian oil & gas industries
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
and Matthew Potts (energy regulatory), and Bar-
bara Johnston and April Kosten (employment) of
Dentons Canada LLP.
Canlin entered into a syndicated credit agree-
ment providing for certain credit facilities in or-
der to fund the transaction and was represented
by Cameron Hughes (corporate) and Peter Birk-
ness and Audrey Bouffard-Nesbitt (financial ser-
vices) of McCarthy Tétrault LLP.
ONTARIO POWER
GENERATION COMPLETES
$500M MEDIUM-TERM
NOTE OFFERING
On October 2, 2017, Ontario Power Gen-
eration Inc. (OPG) completed its offering of
$500,000,000 principal amount of 3.315-per-
cent Medium-Term Notes Due October 4, 2027
(Series 1). is was OPG's first offering under its
medium-term note program, established pursu-
ant to its short form base shelf prospectus dated
September 12, 2017. Under the terms of the pro-
gram, OPG may issue up to $2 billion aggregate
principal amount of medium-term notes during
the 25 month period that commenced on Sep-
tember 12, 2017.
e offering was made through a syndicate of
dealers led by BMO Capital Markets and TD
Securities and including Goldman Sachs Canada
Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., National Bank
Financial Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc.,
Scotia Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada)
Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc. and Laurentian
Bank Securities Inc.
e net proceeds of the offering will be used for
general corporate purposes and to finance a por-
tion of OPG's debt investment in the Fair Hydro
Financing Entity.
OPG was represented in-house by Leslie Wong
and Tyler McAuley, and by Torys LLP, with a
team that included Krista Hill, Glen Johnson,
David Forrester and Laura Sigurdson (corporate/
securities), Adam Delean (financial services) and
Jerald Wortsman and Richard Johnson (tax).
e dealers were represented by Blake, Cas-
sels & Graydon LLP, with a team that included
Ken Pearce, John Wilkin and Jeremy Ozier (cor-
porate/securities), Ian Binnie (financial services)
and Edward Miller and Josh Jones (tax).
RGL RESERVOIR
MANAGEMENT GROUP INC.
COMPLETES US$404M
RECAPITALIZATION
RGL Reservoir Management Group Inc. and its
subsidiaries (RGL), implemented a recapitaliza-
tion transaction. e transaction was pursuant to
a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business
Corporations Act.
