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Dietze, Sterling H. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3076 sdietze@stikeman.com
Mr. Dietze's domestic and foreign institutional financing and banking practice
extends to PPPs and infrastructure. He advises borrowers and lenders.
His experience embraces infrastructure, project and international
financing transactions.
Dépelteau, Jean-Pierre Dentons Canada LLP
(514) 878-8814 j-p.depelteau@dentons.com
Mr. Dépelteau is a member of the Construction and Infrastructure groups of
Dentons' Montréal office, with over 40 years of experience in the construction
industry. He provides legal and strategic advice to a variety of public,
semi-public and private-sector owners, as well as construction contractors,
specialized construction companies and equipment suppliers.
David, Mylany Langlois lawyers, LLP
(514) 282-7827 mylany.david@langlois.ca
Ms. David's Real Estate and Commercial Law practice encompasses the
myriad legal and financing aspects inherent in developing renewable energy
and infrastructure projects. She is mainly recognized for her expertise in PPP,
implementing P3 arrangements and supervising large due diligence teams. She
advises and negotiates on behalf of developers, purchasers, governments and
financial institutions.
Custodio, Sergio C. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(604) 631-3266 scustodio@fasken.com
Mr. Custodio is Co-leader of the firm's National Real Estate Law Group. He
advises clients on a broad range of business matters, with a focus on real
estate, infrastructure and commercial transactions. He is sought out for
his ability to consistently close even the most complicated and fast-paced
transactions from commercial deals, acquisitions and dispositions, financing,
leasing and projects.
Curpen, Radha D. Bennett Jones LLP
(604) 891-5158 curpenr@bennettjones.com
Ms. Curpen is Managing Partner & Co-head of the firm's Environmental
& Aboriginal law practices. She provides strategic counsel on regulatory
compliance, the defence of environmental litigation, the avoidance and defence
of environmental-related prosecutions, crisis prevention and management,
mitigating business disruption and advises on reputation management.
Cowan, Jeff G. WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5007 jcowan@weirfoulds.com
Mr. Cowan appears regularly before tribunals and all courts including the
Supreme Court of Canada for both public and private clients focusing on public
law, regulatory law, judicial review of government decision-making, Indigenous
peoples, municipal law, finance, assessment and taxation, land use planning
and development, freedom of information, professional discipline and real
estate litigation.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
To be sure, there was what Stenger calls a "P3
hiatus" under Rachel Notley's NDP rule. But pre-
vious Conservative governments did resort to P3s
to build about 40 schools, the ring roads in Ed-
monton and Calgary, a wastewater treatment plant
and a composting facility in Calgary, among other
projects — and Stenger expects Kenney to pick up
where his Conservative predecessors le off.
"e most immediate shi will likely be from
the social housing developments to which the
NDP committed to more development under P3
models," Stenger says.
Romoff is confident that the Kenney govern-
ment's fall budget will feature a "significant role"
for P3s, encouraged no doubt by a P3 consortium's
recent completion of the $1.6 billion Fort McMur-
ray to Edmonton transmission line. e consor-
tium not only financed the project through the
largest P3 bond in history, but completed the proj-
ect on budget and three months ahead of schedule.
Also on time and on budget was the Stoney CNG
Bus Storage and Transit Facility in Calgary, a P3
project led by Plenary Infrastructure.
"When the Premier says he'll move on P3s, P3s
will move," Romoff says.
Québec P3s flourish
So, it appears, will P3s continue to flourish in Québec.
"ere's a history of P3s in the province and the
recent budget continued to identify infrastructure
as a high priority," Romoff says. "In fact, the Coali-
tion Avenir has confirmed that it would procure the
new dome on Montréal's Olympic Stadium as a P3."
And if there's any doubt that public-private part-
nerships are beacons of innovation, the emergence
of Montréal's $6.3-billion Réseau express métro-
politain (REM), which brings a new P3 model to
market, should silence the skeptics.
e model is the brainchild of the Caisse de
dépôt et placement du Québec and its subsid-
iary CDPQ Infra. What makes the REM model
unique is that CDPQ Infra is taking on the entire
risk of the project, mitigating it only by hiving
off interests to other investors. No portion of the
project resides on government balance sheets. But
"WHENEVER
THERE'S A CHANGE
IN LEADERSHIP OR PARTY,
THERE IS A CHANGE IN
APPROACH THAT AT THE
VERY LEAST CAN RESULT
IN SOME DELAYS
IN THE PIPELINE."
Tim Murphy; McMillan LLP
