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ered 50.4 ty. contario that rina, owe, eresa oger l to tion uded wick g 2, and LLP tion uded New tion uded ez. nder and with Lynn chael s cing olios. cts al nd BIG DEALS |37 Weizman, Seán O'Neill and Joel Heard (energy and finance) and Paul Galbraith (real estate). McCarthy Tétrault LLP was British Columbia counsel in connection with Financing 3, with a team that included Sven Milelli and Josh Walters (energy and finance) and Lisa Vogt (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. Bingham Law was New Brunswick counsel to Lender in connection with Financing 2, with a team led by Kelsey Bingham. White & Case LLP was New York counsel in connection with Financing 3, with a team that included Jason Webber, Paul Harrison, Amiko Sudo, Daniel Moon, Sue Kwon and Jeff Dressler. TRANSCANADA ENERGY ENTERS ARRANGEMENTS FOR REPLACEMENT GAS-FIRED ELECTRICAL GENERATING STATION CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 14, 2012 TransCanada Energy Ltd. signed a Clean Energy Supply Contract on December 14, 2012, with the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) whereby TransCanada will develop, own and operate a new 900-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant. Concurrently with the execution of the CES Contract, TransCanada also entered into agreements with Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) to purchase a portion of the site on which OPG's Lennox Generating Station is situated and to enter into certain shared site arrangements with OPG. The new Napanee Generating Station is expected to be completed in 2018 and will act as a replacement facility for the TransCanada power project in Oakville, halted in 2010. TransCanada's legal team was led by John Cashin, Associate General Counsel, with McCarthy Tétrault LLP on commercial matters, and Doug McLean, Associate General Counsel and Director, Litigation, with Jody Johnson, Senior Legal Counsel, with Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP on arbitration matters. The McCarthy Tétrault team included David Lever, Seán O'Neill, Craig Spurn, Sheizana Murji (energy); Jamie Orzech (real property); Phil Moore (business); Doug Thomson (environmental) and Brian Pel and Jerald Wortsman (tax). The Thornton Grout Finnigan team included Michael Barrack, John Finnigan, Kim Ferreira and Jessica Prince. The OPA was represented by Michael Lyle, General Counsel and Vice President, Legal, Aboriginal and Regulatory Affairs and by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP's Rocco Sebastiano and Elliot Smith (energy); Paul Ivanoff (arbitration); Adrian Hartog (real property) and D'Arcy Schieman (tax). OPG was represented by Chris Ginther, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and by Torys LLP's Don Roger and Andy Gibbons (real property); Krista Hill (energy) and Dennis Mahony (environmental). The Province of Ontario was represented by Carolyn Calwell, Deputy Director, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Energy, Tom McKinlay, Counsel, Crown Law OfficeCivil, Jim Harbell and Lanette Wilkinson of Stikeman Elliott LLP. PROJECT FINANCING CLOSES FOR FOUR PAN AMERICAN GAMES FACILITIES CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2012 Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation signed a contract with Ontario Sports Solutions, a consortium led by Bouygues Building Canada Inc., Kenaidan Contracting Ltd. and Fengate Capital Management Ltd., to design, build and finance the Pan Am Games Hamilton Soccer Stadium, York University Athletics Stadium, Milton Velodrome and Toronto Tracks. The value of the contract is approximately $206.1 million. The stakeholders of the project and the facilities include the Government of Canada, Province of Ontario, Toronto 2015 (organizing committee) and the facilities' owners, the City of Hamilton, Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers Voore, Mihkel E. Wagner, Richard A. Waitzer, Edward J. Warren, Robert B. Weisz, Jonathan B. Welsh, Mario Stikeman Elliott LLP (416) 869-5646 mvoore@stikeman.com Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (613) 780-8632 richard.wagner@ nortonrosefulbright.com Stikeman Elliott LLP (416) 869-5587 ewaitzer@stikeman.com WeirFoulds LLP (416) 947-5075 rwarren@weirfoulds.com Torys LLP (416) 865-8157 jweisz@torys.com Heenan Blaikie LLP (418) 649-5473 mwelsh@heenan.ca Mr. Waitzer advises on complex business transactions, public policy and governance matters. Former OSC and firm chair. Professor and Director of The Hennick Centre for Business and Law, Osgoode Hall, Schulich School of Business, York University. Mr. Warren's litigation and administrative law practice includes advising public- and private-sector clients on energy and environmental matters in infrastructure projects. Mr. Weisz's practice includes both developer and lender mandates on energy, mining and infrastructure projects. He has worked on transactions across Canada and internationally. Mr. Welsh's civil litigation practice, with a focus on construction law, encompasses all legal aspects of the industry including professional liability. He litigates regularly before trial and appeal courts, and has appeared in the SCC. Mr. Voore's corporate and securities practice emphasizes M&A, corporate finance (including financial institution, infrastructure and other financings), corporate reorganizations and contested shareholder meetings. ROB-Infrastructure.indd 37 Mr. Wagner's infrastructure and P3 practice arises from his government procurement law expertise. He advises on negotiating and structuring contracts, tender issues and procedures, bid challenges, lobbying, ethics and anti-corruption matters. 13-08-06 10:30 AM

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