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Shapiro, Elliot Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(514) 847-4516 elliot.shapiro@nortonrosefulbright.com
As Co-chair of Norton Rose Fulbright's Canadian Corporate Finance and
Securities team, Mr. Shapiro's transaction-oriented and cross-border practice
focuses on corporate and securities law, public and private M&A, Board
advisory, governance and disclosure, and private-equity and infrastructure
and project financing transactions. He also works on commercial licensing and
related transactions.
Schyven, Melissa Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5232 mschyven@stikeman.com
Ms. Schyven is a partner in the Real Estate, Energy-Power and Banking &
Finance Groups. Her practice focuses on commercial real estate as well as a
variety of banking transactions with an emphasis on project and acquisition
finance. She also acts for developers and lenders with respect to power
generation matters including renewable energy.
Sandrin, Larry R. Bennett Jones LLP
(604) 891-5142 sandrinl@bennettjones.com
Mr. Sandrin's practice includes real estate components of, and major
governmental approval processes in, PPP infrastructure projects. These
have included several of British Columbia's most prominent transportation,
healthcare, educational, utility and community recreational projects.
Sallée, Clémentine Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(514) 982-4077 clementine.sallee@blakes.com
Ms. Sallée practises in the area of infrastructure, project finance, construction
and procurement law. She advises on the development and preparation of tenders,
drafting and negotiation of partnership and other commercial agreements on
infrastructure projects and clean energy ventures, as well as on the administration
of the design, construction and/or operational phases of such projects.
Roth, Robert R. Dentons Canada LLP
(780) 423-7228 robert.roth@dentons.com
Mr. Roth advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, project development
(including P3s), corporate finance, corporate structuring and governance and
commercial transactions. With more than 25 years of experience, his practice
is focused on planning, structuring and implementing transactions, drafting
complex commercial agreements, and advising Boards on matters
of governance and policy.
Roth, Jason D. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-2070 rothj@bennettjones.com
Mr. Roth is head of the firm's Capital Projects Industry Group. He advises on
infrastructure development projects and represents owners/developers and
contractors in relation to domestic and international infrastructure, LNG, power,
electrical transmission, pipeline, natural gas processing, mining, agriculture
and other projects.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
Director, Operations Legal – East for Aecon, with
support from DLA Piper (Canada) LLP with a
team that included Andrew Burton, Elizabeth
Mayer and Natasha Rana.
e underwriters, lenders and hedge providers
were represented by McCarthy Tétrault LLP
with a team that included Linda Brown, Morgan
Troke, Samantha Cunliffe, Liezl Behm, Ailbish
Skinner and Brianne Paulin.
Brookfield Infrastructure acquires
Enercare Inc. for $4.3B
On October 16, 2018, Brookfield Infrastructure
and its institutional partners (collectively, "Brook-
field Infrastructure") completed the acquisition
of all the issued and outstanding common shares
of Enercare Inc. for $29.00 per common share or,
in the case of certain electing Canadian resident
shareholders, 0.5509 of an exchangeable limited
partnership unit ("Exchangeable LP Unit") for
each common share elected. e Exchangeable LP
Units are exchangeable, on a one-for-one basis for
non-voting limited partnership units of Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners L.P. ("BIP"). e transac-
tion was valued at $4.3 billion, including debt. En-
ercare's common shares were subsequently delisted
from the Toronto Stock Exchange and Enercare
has ceased to be a reporting issuer under applicable
Canadian securities laws.
e acquisition leverages Brookfield Infrastruc-
ture's substantial presence in the utility, home
building and multi-residential sectors in North
America, and provides significant opportunities
for growth and value creation.
BIP is a global infrastructure company that
owns and operates high-quality, long-life assets in
the utilities, transport, energy and data infrastruc-
ture sectors across North and South America, Asia
Pacific and Europe. BIP is focused on assets that
generate stable cash flows and require minimal
maintenance capital expenditures. BIP is the flag-
ship listed infrastructure company of Brookfield
