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ENERGY - ELECTRICITY Charles Keizer Co-head of Torys' Infrastructure and Energy Practice. Advises various energy sector participants, with a focus on administrative and corporate/commercial law. Also advises on financing, project development, regulatory and contractual matters. Provided strategic advice on federal/provincial regulatory regimes, and has a strong understanding of project development. Advised wholesale power sellers on interjurisdictional trading and market rules, and proponents of international power lines on approvals. Regularly appears before the Ontario Energy Board on rates, licensing and leave-to-construct matters. Recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer in energy regulatory law in Woodward White's Best Lawyers in Canada 2009‒2013, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2009 ‒ 2012 and Chambers & Partners 2010 ‒ 2012. Director, Burlington Hydro Inc. and Ontario Energy Association. Member, LSUC, Law Society of Prince Edward Island, OEA and ABA. Ontario Bar, 1993. Prince Edward Island Bar, 1995. LLB, 1991, Osgoode Hall, York University. MA, (Economics), 1985, University of Toronto. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7512 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto S T F ckeizer@torys.com J. Mark Rodger Partner and Toronto regional leader of BLG's Energy Markets Group. Specializes in the commercial, regulatory and government relations components of electricity and natural gas markets and infrastructure revitalization. Experience in all aspects of electricity sector restructuring. For more than 20 years has served as counsel to a broad range of stakeholders, including municipal, provincial and national governments, large industrial, institutional and commercial energy consumers, local distribution and transmission companies, generators, energy retailers, out-of-province electricity importers and energy regulators. Corporate governance, business planning and utility M&A experience, including the first-ever long-term lease involving an Ontario distribution utility. Broad commercial and regulatory experience in renewable generation and electricity conservation and demand management, including program development and smart meter implementation initiatives. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Tel: (416) 367-6190 Fax: (416) 361-7088 Toronto W B T F mrodger@blg.com Rocco M. Sebastiano Chair of the firm's Energy (Power) Group and partner in the Construction and Infrastructure Group. Professional engineer who has worked as a nuclear design engineer. Practice focuses on energy and infrastructure/P3 projects. Acted for project participants, including owners, governmental authorities, developers, contractors, operators, lenders, architects and engineers, including the Ontario Power Authority, Hydro One, Emera, Pristine Power, Veresen, Pattern Energy and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, on matters such as project structuring, permitting, development, engineering, procurement, equipment supply, construction, project financing, energy supply, power purchase and off-take arrangements, outsourcing, privatization, operation, maintenance and refurbishment. Major projects include Highway 407 ETR, Sheppard Subway, Spadina Subway Extension, GTAA Terminal 1, Maritime Link, Bruce Nuclear Refurbishment, Pt. Lepreau Nuclear Refurbishment, Lower Mattagami Hydroelectric Project, Goreway Station, Portlands Energy Centre, South Kent Wind Energy Project and East Windsor Cogeneration Centre. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-5859 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto T F rsebastiano@osler.com David W. Bursey Partner with Bull Housser's Energy and Infrastructure Practice Groups. Practices regulatory law, focusing primarily on energy, water resource management, First Nations relations and environmental law. Formerly counsel to the NEB, he offers extensive experience with the federal and provincial regulatory approval process with emphasis on energy projects, environmental reviews and Aboriginal rights issues. He provides counsel work before administrative tribunals and ongoing advice on regulatory issues to various resource industry clients, First Nations, and several industry associations in the energy, natural resource, transportation and manufacturing sectors. He has acted on major environmental reviews on behalf of participants, and in other instances, on behalf of the Review Panel. Past President of the National and British Columbia Administrative Law Sections of the CBA. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1984 and the British Columbia Bar in 1991. Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP Tel: (604) 641-4969 Fax: (604) 646-2563 Vancouver dwb@bht.com 96 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 96 13-05-16 1:54 PM T F