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36| BIG DEALS Graffagna, Jonathan Melmed, Jana Mansour, Michael Ginsburg, Enrico Granata, Ted Powers, Jeffrey Patten, John Donovan, CJ Hoppel, Yosuke Yamamoto, Anne-Carmene Almonord and Sanam Pangali; Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team that included Bryson Stokes, Gail Lilley, Leslie Wong, Vivian Kung, Thomas Rowe, James Sanders and Hilary Crangle (corporate); Kathleen Penny (tax); Joan Kennedy, Daniel Kofman, Shafaq Ahmad and Matthew Ely (real estate) and Caroline Findlay and Jonathan Kahn (First Nations and environmental); and McInnes Cooper with a team that included Matthew Clarke, Gary Scales, Jeff Cormier, Scott Wilson and Christopher Borden. GDF SUEZ secured a landmark $1.1 billion of multi-sourced project finance for its Canadian renewable power generation portfolio. This was achieved via three separate debt financings, each of which was focused on one of three separate groups of projects in the portfolio. Project finance was provided by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) and a syndicate of Japanese commercial banks led by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. > Financing 1: Project finance was provided by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company for the following operational projects located in Prince Edward Island and Ontario: (i) Norway 9 megawatt wind-powered generating facility, (ii) West Cape 99 megawatt wind-powered generating facility, and (iii) Plateau I, II and III, 27 megawatt wind-powered generating facility. > Financing 2: Project finance was provided by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company for the following operational projects: (i) Caribou 99 megawatt windpowered generating facility located in New Brunswick, and (ii) East Lake St. Clair 99 megawatt wind-powered generating facility located in Ontario. > Financing 3: Project finance was provided by JBIC (as Lender) and a syndicate of Japanese commercial banks including Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (as Coordinating Lead Arranger, Mandated Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent), Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Canada) (as Lender), Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (as Mandated Lead Arranger and Lender), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation of Canada (as Mandated Lead Arranger and Lender). Union Bank N.A. was appointed as Collateral Agent. This financing included the following construction-phase projects located in Ontario and British Columbia: (i) Brockville 10 megawatt solar photovoltaic generating facility, (ii) Beckwith 10 megawatt solar photovoltaic generating facility, (iii) Erieau 99 megawatt wind-powered generating facility, (iv) Cape Scott I 99 megawatt wind-powered generating facility, and (v) Cape Scott II 50.4 megawatt wind-powered generating facility. Torys LLP was Borrower counsel in connection with Financing 1 and 2 and Ontario counsel on Financing 3, with a team that included Valerie Helbronner, Tom Zverina, Jonathan Weisz, Daniel Ford, Sarah Crowe, Jackie Taitz, Dan Doubilet and Theresa Gregoire (energy and finance) and Don Roger (real estate). Stewart McKelvey was PEI counsel to both Borrower and Lender in connection with Financing 1, with a team that included Paul Kiley and Curtis Toombs. Stewart McKelvey was New Brunswick counsel in connection with Financing 2, with a team that included James Murphy and Christopher Stewart. Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP was British Columbia counsel in connection with Financing 3, with a team that included Dean O'Leary and Denise Nawata. Chadbourne & Parke LLP was New York counsel to GDF SUEZ in connection with Financing 3, with a team that included Agnieszka Klich and Tina Blázquez-López. McCarthy Tétrault LLP was Lender counsel in connection with Financing 1 and 2 and Ontario counsel on Financing 3, with a team that included Stephen Furlan, Lynn Parsons, William Fyfe, Kerri Lui, Michael Weiz and fi Mc Colu Finan Milel and L Ste both with Paul K Bin to Le with W in co that Amik Jeff D TRA ENT FOR GAS GEN CLOS Trans Energ 2012 (OPA own gas-fi Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers Tremblay, Louis-Michel Turmel, André Miller Thomson LLP (514) 871-5421 lmtremblay@ millerthomson.com Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (514) 397-5141 aturmel@fasken.com Mr. Tremblay's practice focuses on construction. He drafts contracts and provides legal advice on call for tenders' procedures. He counsels clients on issues pertaining to construction bonds, legal hypothec and claims for additional costs. Mr. Turmel practises energy law. He negotiates generation, supply and transmission agreements for producers in the biomass, cogeneration, biogas, hydro and wind sectors, and advises oil & gas clients on permitting and licences. ROB-Infrastructure.indd 36 Vallis, QC, FCIArb, Jeffrey D. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (403) 232-9404 jvallis@blg.com Mr. Vallis practises commercial litigation and arbitration with an emphasis on construction and engineering issues, the oil & gas industry and other industrial disputes. His clients include owners, contractors, engineers, lenders and sureties. Vesey, Derek R.G. Vilder, Sébastien von Hahn, Thomas Voore Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (416) 367-6921 dvesey@dwpv.com Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (514) 982-5080 sebastien.vilder@ blakes.com Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (416) 863-4333 thomas.vonhahn@ blakes.com Stikem (416) mvoo Mr. Vilder's practice embraces energy and infrastructure. He specializes in bank and project financing. His clients include sponsors, financial institutions, development banks and investors. Mr. von Hahn advises on the acquisition, disposition and financing of real property portfolios. He acts for NCC Investment Group on its Nunavut P3 projects including the territorial legislative building and governmental offices and housing. Mr. Vesey acts on project finance, P3, banking and infrastructure transactions in both Canada and the US. He advises lenders, operators and sponsors in numerous sectors including mining, social and transportation infrastructure and energy. 13-08-06 10:29 AM Mr. Vo and s emph corpo (inclu institu and o corpo and c share

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