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Gillott, Roger J. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6818 rgillott@osler.com
Mr. Gillott is regularly retained as litigation counsel on the largest infrastruc-
ture projects in Canada. He also advises on risk management in construction
projects, and tendering and procurement in the public and private sectors.
Gilbert, Geoffrey G. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(613) 780-3764 geoffrey.gilbert@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Gilbert practises in the area of project finance, with an emphasis on
public-private partnerships and infrastructure transactions. He regularly
advises public authorities, private sector participants and lenders, among
others, on large and innovative projects in Canada. He has been particularly
active in the LRT space.
Gilain, Guy Miller Thomson LLP
(514) 879-2132 ggilain@millerthomson.com
Specialized in construction law, Mr. Gilain has considerable experience in
litigation and in drafting contractual documents. His clientele is composed of
owners, developers, general and specialized contractors, and equipment sup-
pliers. He also represents national and multinational companies, and various
construction industry associations.
Gangbar, Leonard A. Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-7478 gangbarl@bennettjones.com
Mr. Gangbar is consistently involved in the development, structuring and
financing of complex mixed-use urban projects, and all related multi-party
agreements governing their interconnection and use.
Gagnon, Nicolas Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P.
(514) 877-3046 ngagnon@lavery.ca
Mr. Gagnon's practice embraces infrastructure and institutional projects, in-
cluding P3s, and focuses on project agreements, negotiations, procurement,
default remedy, multi-party litigation and surety-related matters. He advises
public and private sector clients, construction professionals, contractors
and surety companies at every stage of construction projects.
Friend, QC, Anthony L. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3182 frienda@bennettjones.com
Mr. Friend's practice areas include commercial and construction litigation
and arbitration, assessment and taxation of privately held infrastructure, and
corporate arrangements and restructuring. He has acted in over 85 corporate
arrangements and restructurings.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
In these transportation Infrastructure projects,
there's always a problem of crossing roads and
other railways but one of the biggest issues is the
crossing of utilities. At the core of any P3 project
is a transfer of risk, says Porter. "ere's a long list
of things that are risks in the documentation on
the legal side and you need to be clear about who's
responsible for each risk."
e details of these huge projects must be built
into the project agreements, which are usually a
couple of hundred pages long and include a num-
ber of schedules, some more technical than others.
ese are largely handled by the engineers and
technical people, says Porter, "but it does fall to the
lawyers to make sure that those dovetail with the
contract so that things work together."
Public transit Infrastructure projects are huge,
complicated, expensive and take years to plan
and implement. "By the time you see holes in the
ground and heavy equipment moving around
and hoarding up, the work's probably 90% done
in terms of the planning and the preparation
work and the political work and the agreements,"
says Porter.
All levels of government are involved in decid-
ing whether to push forward with a major transit
project, which can create a rocky road since it "as-
sumes a fairly high level of cooperation between
the three levels of government," says Porter. "It's
also a pretty fragile model because it means you're
only as strong as the weakest link in the chain and
if one of the three levels of government decides
that they can for whatever reason opt out, then
that throws a spanner in the works."
