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Younger, Douglas Aird & Berlis LLP
(416) 865-4140 dyounger@airdberlis.com
Mr. Younger is Chair of the firm's Infrastructure Group. He has advised
on P3 projects since their inception in Canada, including some of the largest
transactions in the country. With domestic and international experience,
he provides sound advice to governments, equity sponsors, funders
and subcontractors on a wide variety of civil, transportation
and accommodation projects.
Wright, Brian G. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-5488 bwright@fasken.com
Mr. Wright's banking and finance practice is focused on representing financial
institutions on the structuring, documentation and negotiation of complex
lending and other debt financing transactions. He is the former Chair of the
Business Law Section for the firm's Ontario Region.
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 (Ontario
Bar 1997, New York Bar 2000) advising owners, contractors, and design
professionals in developing capital projects in industry sectors such as
municipal development, P3/infrastructure, energy, mining, and health
care. He is active with the ABA Construction Forum, the Osgoode Certifi-
cates in Construction Law and Mining Law.
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 led many infrastructure and energy
project finance loans and a wide range of other types of domestic
and international loans.
Wise, Howard M. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4281 hwise@goodmans.ca
Mr. Wise's practice includes trial and appellate work as well as mediation
and arbitration of construction disputes. He also advises on P3, DBFM and
EPC contracts. He regularly acts for owners, contractors and sub-contractors.
Author of the Manual of Construction Law and co-author of Construction,
Builders' & Mechanics' Liens in Canada (7th ed.), Carswell. Certified Special-
ist in Construction law.
Wilson, Paul C. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(604) 631-4748 pwilson@fasken.com
Mr. Wilson specializes in private and public infrastructure projects and
transactions. He advises on major port projects, pipelines, oil & gas, power,
mining and LNG projects across Canada. His work includes project agree-
ments, infrastructure agreements, project financing, Aboriginal agreements
and contracting. He is also involved in transportation projects relating to
Canada's Pacific Gateway.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
ternally by McCarthy Tétrault LLP with a team
consisting of Stephen Furlan, Lynn Parsons, Mary-
Jeanne Phelan, Jacob Stone, Christopher Zawadz-
ki, William McCullough, David Woollcombe,
Heloise Apesteguy-Reux and Joanna Rosengarten
and another group of institutional lenders was rep-
resented by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team
consisting of Sterling Dietze and Guillaume Blais.
THE GROVES MEMORIAL COMMUNITY
HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
On June 15, 2017, Groves Memorial Community
Hospital (GMCH), as represented by Ontario In-
frastructure and Lands Corporation (IO) reached
financial close with EllisDon Infrastructure
GMCH Inc. (Project Co) to design, build and
finance the new Groves Memorial Community
Hospital development project located in Centre
Wellington, Ont.
e contract is valued at $127.5 million, which
will cover the cost of design, construction and proj-
ect financing.
e new hospital will be built in Aboyne, Ont.,
between Elora and Fergus, and will replace the ex-
isting community hospital in Fergus, Ont.
e project focuses on the services most urgent-
ly needed by the Centre Wellington community.
e brand new rural hospital development
will integrate into the Grand River trail network
and the natural surroundings, and is expected to
achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environment-
al Design (LEED) Silver certification for design
excellence and sustainability.
GMHC was represented by Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP with a legal team that included
Colin Ground and Michael Alvaro. IO legal coun-
sel Hena Sial, Pina Di Biase and Nicholas Shkord-
off also assisted GMCH with this transaction.
Project Co was represented by Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP with a legal team that included
Vivian Kung, Joe Zed and David Mender and an
in-house legal team including Ken Bursey and Jes-
sica Ho-Wo Cheong.
e lenders were represented by McMillan
LLP with a legal team that included Julie Han,
Don Waters, Peter Willis, Shaheen Karolia and
Michael Burns.
COOKSVILLE STATION
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
REACHES FINANCIAL CLOSE
On November 3, 2017, Infrastructure Ontario
and Metrolinx (together, Contracting Authority)
reached financial close with EllisDon Infrastruc-
ture CGS RER Inc. (Project Co) to design, build
and finance the Cooksville Station Redevelop-
ment Project, in support of the province's Regional
Express Rail (RER) program.
e value of the contract is approximately
