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Ivanoff, Paul A. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-4223 pivanoff@osler.com
Mr. Ivanoff is a partner in the Litigation Department of Osler. His practice
focuses on the litigation and arbitration of disputes related to infrastructure
and construction projects including power projects, subways and industrial
facilities. He is listed in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading
500 Lawyers in Canada.
Isaac, Thomas Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
(604) 691-6108 tisaac@casselsbrock.com
Mr. Isaac is a nationally recognized authority on Aboriginal law and related
regulatory and environmental matters, and advises mining, energy, oil, gas,
pipeline and forestry companies, lenders and investors, and governments
across Canada.
Imerti, Vincenzo F. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5555 vimerti@stikeman.com
Mr. Imerti is a partner in the Real Estate, Private Equity and Tax Groups. His
practice focuses on domestic and cross-border corporate, trust and partner-
ship matters. He has extensive experience forming funds and structuring,
negotiating and implementing direct and indirect infrastructure, real estate
and private equity investment transactions for both Canadian and inter-
national clients.
Hurley, John Gowling WLG
(514) 392-9431 john.hurley@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Hurley has extensive experience in commercial and public law, with spe-
cial emphasis on First Nations, energy and infrastructure, government rela-
tions, regulatory matters, environmental law and international development.
Hull, Robert G.S. Gowling WLG
(416) 369-7313 robert.hull@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Hull specializes in infrastructure/energy fund formation on behalf of
both managers/sponsors as well as domestic and international institutional
investors. He is also active in creating open and closed end real estate funds.
He represents domestic and international clients active in the Canadian
infrastructure and energy sectors, including the supply chain.
Hudec, Albert J. Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
(604) 661-9356 ahudec@farris.com
Mr. Hudec is an M&A and securities practitioner with 30+ years experience
in cross-border mergers & acquisitions, public and private equity and debt
financings (including bought deals and tax-incentive financings), corporate
governance and board and independent committee representation. He also
practises extensively in the area of Aboriginal law, leading consultations
on major resource projects.
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comes a very serious issue."
"Right now under NAFTA, Canadian and US
companies co-operating on a cross-border project
are governed by very similar rules. If you throw
all that out, one of the things that will have to be
rewritten are the procurement rules," says Wilson.
"As a US entity, are you going to be allowed to have
a quota on Canadian companies? Is there going to
be a prohibition on Canadian companies building?
And a critical part of any new procurement rules is
who is eligible to bid on them."
Wilson, who has advised international clients
on areas including procurement, project risk man-
agement and mitigation strategies, said she believes
if NAFTA comes to an end, the repercussions de-
pend on how the Canadian government responds,
"if at all."
If the response is retaliatory, she says, there is a
"If you've costed on the basis
of Product X with no tariffs on it,
and suddenly Product X has tariffs on it,
your costing has gone out the window,
your assumptions are all wrong."
- Ella Plotkin; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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