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Stuber, Ron Dentons Canada LLP
(604) 443-7129 ron.stuber@dentons.com
Mr. Stuber is the Co-lead of Dentons' Renewable Energy team in Canada. His
practice focuses on the development and financing of projects and major
commercial transactions, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
He has extensive international experience advising proponents, lenders and
others involved in major projects and transactions.
Stenger, Geoffrey Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3642 stengerg@bennettjones.com
Mr. Stenger's practice is focused on the development of infrastructure projects,
including in the oil & gas, industrial, transmission, renewable, pipeline, LNG,
and government infrastructure industries, both in Canada and internationally.
His experience includes assistance on EPC, EPCM, DB(FM), OEM, O&M
and JV agreements as well as RFP, lien and performance security
(LC, PCG, bonds) matters.
Smith, Marianne Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(416) 863-3156 marianne.smith@blakes.com
Ms. Smith's practice encompasses public procurement, infrastructure
and public-private partnerships. She advises clients on the development,
preparation and ongoing administration of public tenders and procurement
processes, and the development and negotiation of commercial agreements for
the design, construction, financing and maintenance of infrastructure projects.
Smith, QC Lawrence E. (Laurie) Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3315 smithl@bennettjones.com
Mr. Smith acts for utilities, pipeline/LNG/offshore projects before federal and
provincial regulators and has appeared before federal and provincial appellate
courts and the SCC. He is former counsel to the National Energy Board; a former
federal ministerial policy advisor; and has testified as an expert witness in a
NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitration and before the California Energy Commission.
Skelton, Christopher R. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3309 skeltonc@bennettjones.com
Mr. Skelton is a partner in Bennett Jones' Calgary office and a member of the
firm's Oil & Gas and Private Equity groups. His practice relates primarily to
commercial transactions, with a focus on private investments and acquisitions,
and project joint ventures, construction and procurement.
Singleton, QC, John R. Singleton Urquhart Reynolds
Vogel LLP (604) 682-7474 jsingleton@singleton.com
Mr. Singleton is the founding member and managing partner of Singleton
Reynolds. He has concentrated his practice in the areas of construction,
insurance, professional liability and environmental matters, on behalf of
property owners, architects, engineers, contractors, regulatory agencies and
insurers, and has acted as counsel in many precedent-setting cases for clients
in these areas.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
Asset Management Inc., a global alternative asset
manager with approximately US$285 billion of as-
sets under management.
Enercare Inc. is one of North America's largest
home and commercial services and energy solu-
tions companies, as well as the largest non-utility
sub-metre provider in Canada.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP advised Brookfield
Infrastructure with a core team led by Jonathan
See, Jake Irwin and Isabel Henkelman that in-
cluded Cameron Belsher, Robert Richardson,
Scott Bergen and Nicole Chiarelli, and including
Patrick McCay and Yaroslavna Nosikova (Tax),
Ian Mak and Noel Chow (Financial Services),
Sarit Pandya and Andrejs Mistiouk (Real Property
and Planning), Catherine Samuel, Andrew Arm-
strong, Shauvik Shah, Paulina Bogdanova and
Andrea Schneider (Corporate), Oliver Borgers and
Jonathan Bitran (Competition/Antitrust), George
Vegh and Heloise Apestéguy-Reux (Energy Regu-
latory), Joanna Rosengarten (Environmental),
Adam Ship and Paul Kunynetz (Franchise and
Distribution), Nancy Carroll (Insurance), Trevor
Lawson, Patrick Pengelly and Matthew Demeo
(Labour and Employment), Ana Badour (Regula-
tory), Eric Block and Kosta Kalogiros (Litigation),
Deron Waldock and Kelleher Lynch (Pensions
and Benefits), John Boscariol and Robert Glasgow
(Trade) and Ryan Prescott (Technology and In-
tellectual Property). White & Case LLP advised
Brookfield Infrastructure in the US with a team
that included Oliver Brahmst, Samuel Raboy and
Adam Cieply (Corporate), and Binoy Dharia and
Shana White (Financial Services).
Enercare was led in-house by John Toffoletto, Se-
nior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Cor-
porate Secretary with a team that included Chelsea
Provencher, Senior Legal Counsel and Monique
Lampard, Legal Counsel. Enercare was advised by
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP with a
team that included Bill Ainley, Brett Seifred, Ha
Nguyen, and Todd Wierenga (Corporate/M&A),
Anita Banicevic and David Feldman (Competi-
tion) and Paul Lamarre (Tax).
e acquisition was financed, in part, through
a new credit facility entered into between Brook-
field Infrastructure and a syndicate of lenders and
the Toronto-Dominion Bank ("TD Bank"), as ad-
ministrative agent and as issuing bank. TD Bank
was advised by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team
that included Craig Mitchell, Kelly Niebergall and
Laura Von Heynitz.
Veridian Corporation
and Whitby Hydro
Complete Merger
On April 1, 2019, Veridian Corporation and
Whitby Hydro Energy Corporation amalgam-
ated to form Elexicon Corporation, and their
