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Beaudoin, Yannick Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(514) 982-4025 yannick.beaudoin@blakes.com
Mr. Beaudoin regularly advises proponents of infrastructure projects
throughout Canada, including in the transportation, social infrastructure,
alternative energy, power and health-care sectors. He represents a wide
variety of financial institutions in the financing of infrastructure assets,
including bond underwriters, institutional investors, and both Canadian
and international banks.
Barlow, W. Thomas Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(416) 366-8381 tbarlow@fasken.com
Mr. Barlow is a founding member and chair of Fasken's infrastructure and
PPP practice, with experience acting on procurement, infrastructure develop-
ment, alternative service delivery, and project finance in multiple sectors and
jurisdictions in Canada and the US, including first projects in emerging PPP
markets and trans-border infrastructure, such as the Gordie Howe
International Bridge.
Banfai, Geza R. McMillan LLP
(416) 865-7806 geza.banfai@mcmillan.ca
Mr. Banfai practises exclusively in McMillan's Infrastructure and Construction
groups. He has represented every participant in the construction pyramid,
from construction lenders/owners, general contractors, subcontractors,
material suppliers, and workers, as well as a variety of design professionals.
He is the recipient of the 2016 OBA Award of Excellence in Construction
and Infrastructure Law.
Bakshi, Vivek Dentons Canada LLP
(416) 863-4658 vivek.bakshi@dentons.com
Mr. Bakshi represents clients in the energy, natural resources and infrastruc-
ture sectors. He specializes in the structuring, negotiation and documenta-
tion of natural resource projects and related financings, and in domestic
and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the oil, gas, water
and power sectors.
Aycan, Nurhan Gowling WLG
(416) 814-5691 nurhan.aycan@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Aycan has 25-plus years of experience dealing with Canadian and inter-
national corporate and commercial matters. As former General Counsel to
a large multinational consumer goods business, he delivers unique problem
solving solutions to his clients. He advises on M&A transactions, securities
and corporate finance matters, private-equity and venture capital financings
for high-growth companies.
Atcheson, Aaron E. Miller Thomson LLP
(519) 931-3526 aatcheson@millerthomson.com
Mr. Atcheson is co-lead of MT's Projects Group and chair of its National Real
Estate Group. He advises on energy, transportation, water/waste water and
other infrastructure projects for developers, EPCs and lenders, across Can-
ada, in the US and internationally, with respect to development, permitting,
construction and finance.
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CEO of the Canadian Council for Public-Private
Partnerships (CCPPP), the REM demonstrates
that governments need to keep an open mind to
meet the Infrastructure challenges they face.
"Governments should not be prescriptive about
how to achieve their goals and they should keep
all options on the table when examining funding
and financing alternatives," he says. "ey need to
be clear about the outcomes they are seeking and
then let the private sector innovate to achieve those
outcomes in the best way possible."
To be sure, Romoff doesn't see P3s as the be all
and end all to Canada's Infrastructure conundrum.
"P3s are one tool that can successfully achieve
outcomes, but they are not a panacea," he says.
If mainstream acceptance reflects a mature
market, however, there's no question that public-
private partnerships (P3s) have made the grade
"P3s are now viewed
as a traditional procurement
methodology. So much so that
we're seeing some traditionally
conservative Canadian players,
like insurance companies,
come into the market."
- Doug Sanders;
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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