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Voore, Mihkel E. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5646 mvoore@stikeman.com
Mr. Voore is a senior partner in the Capital Markets and M&A Groups in
the Toronto office. His corporate and securities law practice includes
specializations in M&A, corporate finance (infrastructure and P3 projects),
corporate governance and contested shareholder meetings. He has been
involved in a number of innovative transactions including bond and hybrid
bank/bond financing structures.
Vogel, FCIArb, Sharon C. Singleton Urquhart Reynolds
Vogel LLP (416) 585-8602 svogel@singleton.com
Ms. Vogel is a partner at Singleton Reynolds and co-chairs the firm's
Construction and Infrastructure practice group. She specializes in infrastructure
and industrial project dispute resolution and contract negotiation in relation to
highways, railways, tunnels, pipelines, hospitals and mines. She was recently
named one of the top 25 women in litigation by Benchmark Canada.
Vilder, Sébastien Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(514) 982-5080 sebastien.vilder@blakes.com
Mr. Vilder specializes in bank financing, project financing and asset-based
financing. He has been involved in numerous bank and project financings in
Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia. Other areas of expertise include energy and
infrastructure projects. He acts for financial institutions, investment funds,
development banks, sponsors and companies.
Turcotte, Maxime Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-2421 mturcotte@stikeman.com
Mr. Turcotte focuses on corporate finance, private and public M&A, P3 sponsor
work and infrastructure & energy M&A. He also has extensive experience in the
energy industry, in particular with respect to wind power and hydro projects. In
2018, he was included in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading
500 Lawyers in Canada.
Tosto, Anna M. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(613) 696-6887 atosto@fasken.com
Ms. Tosto's practice focuses on corporate financing for the technology and
transportation sectors. She regularly assists clients on asset-based finance as
well as mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and large contract negotiations.
A leader in the international transportation community, she serves as Canadian
counsel on financing transactions to many of North America's Class 1 railways.
Torrey, John W. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-4394 jtorrey@fasken.com
Mr. Torrey has a practice focused exclusively on lending transactions. With
experience in all areas of lending, he has particular expertise in project and
acquisition financings and in all aspects of mine finance. He acts on behalf of
both borrowers and lenders and has extensive experience with a broad range of
financings in a broad range of industries.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
subsidiaries amalgamated to form a single regu-
lated electricity distribution subsidiary, Elexicon
Energy Inc., and a non-regulated subsidiary, El-
exicon Group Inc.
Elexicon Energy is a local distribution company
regulated by the Ontario Energy Board ("OEB")
and is the successor to Veridian Connections Inc.
and Whitby Hydro Electric Corporation. It will
provide more than 162,000 residential and busi-
ness customers with reliable, affordable energy
services in parts of Durham Region and beyond.
Elexicon Energy is the fourth-largest municipally
owned electricity distributor in Ontario.
Elexicon Group is not regulated by the OEB
and will provide a wide range of energy solutions
to customers.
Elexicon Corporation will operate primarily
as a holding company. Its board of directors com-
prises six independent directors and the mayors, or
their designates, of the five municipalities (Whit-
by, Pickering, Ajax, Clarington and Belleville) that
hold shares in the Corporation.
Veridian Corporation is a holding company that
owns Veridian Connections Inc., an OEB-regulat-
ed utility that distributes electricity to more than
121,000 residential and business customers in nine
communities east and north of Toronto.
Whitby Hydro Energy Corporation is a holding
company owned by e Town of Whitby, and con-
taining two subsidiaries: Whitby Hydro Electric
Corporation and Whitby Hydro Energy Services.
Aird & Berlis LLP acted as joint legal counsel
to Veridian and Whitby Hydro in relation to the
merger and to the Mergers, Acquisitions, Amal-
gamations and Divestitures application to the
Ontario Energy Board, with a team comprised
of Ron Clark, Jeremy Burke, Stephen Craw-
ford and Sarah Newman (Corporate), Dennis
O'Leary (Energy), Barbara Worndl (Tax), Lo-
renzo Lisi and Barbra Miller (Labour & Employ-
ment), and Jill Fraser and Alyssa Gebert (Financial
Services).
Suzanne Murphy (Corporate), Kimberly
Howard (Corporate), Chris Zawadzki (Cor-
porate) and Bill McCullough (Real Property)
of McCarthy Tétrault LLP were Independent
Counsel to Whitby Hydro and Counsel to the
Town of Whitby.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP acted as indepen-
dent counsel to Veridian and counsel to e Cor-
poration of the City of Belleville, e Corporation
of the City of Pickering and e Corporation of
the Municipality of Clarington, with a team com-
prised of Bernadette Corpuz (Corporate, Energy),
Jessica-Ann Buchta (Corporate, Energy), Rick
Coburn (Environmental), Tamila Ivanov (Real
Estate) and James Fu (Labour & Employment).
omas J. Timmins of Gowling WLG was
counsel to the Town of Ajax.
