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Cosentino, Joseph Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4245 jcosentino@goodmans.ca
Mr. Cosentino's practice focuses on construction law, contracts and com-
mercial litigation. He advises owners, contractors, material suppliers and
lenders on the drafting and negotiation of complex construction contracts,
lien litigation, resolving disputes with respect to high-profile infrastructure
and other large capital projects. He is also active in construction related
insolvency proceedings.
Cole, Avril Gowling WLG
(416) 369-4605 avril.cole@gowlingwlg.com
Ms. Cole is a partner in Gowling WLG's Mining and Energy industry groups and
co-leads the firm's Africa Group. She advises international and Canadian cli-
ents and has represented public and private entities, including private equity
funds. Her problem-solving skills are often sought by industry for contract
negotiations with governments and other regulatory authorities.
Chamberlain, Adam Gowling WLG
(416) 369-7223 adam.chamberlain@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Chamberlain's practice at Gowling WLG encompasses environmental,
Indigenous, natural resources and other regulatory requirements for mining,
energy and other large projects. He has acted for project developers, govern-
ments and Indigenous organizations across Canada and in the Canadian
Arctic. He is an active member of the firm's Canada North, Environmental
and Indigenous Practice Groups.
Carson, Lorne W. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(403) 260-7083 lcarson@osler.com
Mr. Carson, also an engineer, focuses on domestic and international project
development, as well as bank and capital markets financing in the infrastruc-
ture, electrical power, renewables, oil & gas, and other sectors.
Carrière, Mathilde Dentons Canada LLP
(514) 878-5823 mathilde.carriere@dentons.com
Ms. Carrière leads the corporate and commercial law practice of Dentons'
Montréal office. She is also one of the leaders of the office's infrastructure
and public private partnership practice, and of the Construction group
in Canada. She focuses her practice on large scale construction and
infrastructure projects but has also dealt extensively with M&A
and venture capital investments.
Carmona, Eric Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5597 ecarmona@stikeman.com
Mr. Carmona is a partner in the Real Estate Group. His commercial real
estate practice focuses on real property transactions of commercial com-
plexes, shopping centres, apartment buildings, hotels, retirement homes and
long-term residences. His corporate commercial law practice focuses on the
acquisition and/or privatization of public real estate enterprises and capital
markets transactions.
municipalities and Aboriginal communities to
adopt the P3 model."
e Bridgepoint Hospital-Don Jail P3 in
Toronto's East End, Romoff points out, is an
excellent example of how public and private sector
stakeholders are working together to build and
retrofit urban and suburban places. One feature of
the 10-storey, 680,000-square-foot, state-of-the-
art facility for the treatment of complex chronic
diseases is the restoration and reuse of the five-level,
84,000-square-foot Don Jail, a heritage site which
now houses the hospital's administration. "Cells to
offices, that's how innovation works," Romoff says.
In Québec, a focus has also emerged on building
and repairing schools. "ere is a movement
toward maintaining Infrastructure that already
exists," says Clementine Sallée, a partner in Blakes'
Montréal office. "at doesn't mean megaprojects,
like transit, won't continue, but smaller projects are
finding their own momentum."
From the P3 perspective, it doesn't hurt that the
federal government has taken a proactive approach,
creating the Canadian Infrastructure Bank (CIB)
in 2017 and funding it with $35 billion annually
over the next decade. e Crown Corporation's
mandate is to use federal support to attract private
sector and institutional investment to new revenue-
generating projects. "e CIB's participation
reduces risk and gets other investors interested in
revenue-generating projects, which have rarely been
used in Canada, but is utilized in many other parts
of the world," Romoff says.
What makes the CIB even more interesting is
that it will respond to unsolicited proposals. "is
is novel, because historically government has never
considered unsolicited proposals, preferring to
initiate projects on their own," Romoff says. "Now
they're not only prepared to consider unsolicited
proposals, but actually encouraging them."
If even government is innovating, does the
private sector, especially P3 stakeholders, have any
other choice? Probably not — but they're clearly
rising to the challenge.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
"Municipalities can tax property and
impose development charges and levies,
but they can't tax income. That has
left them hamstrung for a long time,
but they're starting to realize that
P3s — especially revenue-based models
— are one way in which they can
begin bridging the gap."
- Catherine Doyle; Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP