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32| BIG DEALS The project financing was provided by National Bank of Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, The Bank of Nova Scotia and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as short term lenders, and National Bank Financial Inc. and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, as underwriters in respect of the long term facility. The Rideau Transit Group Partnership was represented by Davis LLP with a team that was co-led by Andrew Burton and Ian Bendell, and included Mitch Mostyn, Elizabeth Mayer, Eric Belli-Bivar, Ali Owaisi, Lindsay Krauss and Jonathan Gilhen. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP acted as counsel to the City of Ottawa with a team that included Morty Gross, Kasim Salim, Heather Douglas, Sharon Vogel, Daniel Boan, Gus Karantzoulis, Andrew Smith, Xue Yan, Noella Milne, Paul Taylor, Nina Aggarwal, Robert Shouldice, Doug Sanders, Doug Copland, Emma Blanchard, Gerry Stobo and Vincent DeRose, Marc Jolicoeur, Rocco D'Angelo, Jamison Young, Sybil Johnson-Abbott, Katherine Levitt, Janet Bradley, Stephen Waqué, Rick Coburn, Pitman Patterson, Morton Mitchnick and Mathieu Socqué. Infrastructure Ontario's legal team was led in-house by Eric Tilley, Simon Finlayson and Agnes von dem Hagen. Torys LLP were counsel to the lenders with a team that included Mark Bain, Scott Kraag, Tara Mackay, Simon Williams, Sabrina Kumar and Graeme Murray. Alstom was represented by Isabelle Melody, its Vice President Legal and Contract Management North America, and Stikeman Elliott LLP with a legal team that included William Rosenberg, Howard Rosenoff, Kenton Rein, Dana Borshy, Allison Jaskolka, Stephen Hamilton and Eric Lévesque. FIERA AXIUM INFRASTRUCTURE PURCHASES GE ENERGY INTERESTS IN TOBA MONTROSE AND DOKIE 1 FACILITIES CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 7, 2012 A consortium of investors managed by Fiera Axium Infrastructure Fund acquired GE Energy EFS's entire 60 per cent interest in the Toba Montrose General Partnership which owns and operates the 235 MW Toba Montrose Hydro Facility in British Columbia and its entire 49 per cent interest in the Dokie General Partnership, which owns and operates the 144 MW Dokie Wind Facility in British Columbia, from GE Energy EFS. The balance of each facility continues to be owned by Alterra Power. GE Energy EFS was led by Mark Tonner, Kevin McCarthy, Rink Smith and Jatin Gupta, and internal counsel Marc Adler, and represented by a Heenan Blaikie LLP team including Allen Garson, Ilia Danef, Mark Jadd, Mike Hollinger, Maxine Ethier, Andrew Bourns, Ryan Patryluk, Jon Smithen and Leslie Chong. Fiera Axium was led by Stéphane Mailhot, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Frederic Brassard, Vice President, Corporate Development and Legal Affairs, and represented by a Davis LLP team including (former partner) Doug Buchanan, QC, Mark Schmidt, Mike Styczen and Megan Filmer (corporate/ commercial and financing); Jonathan Gilhen (competition); Carlos Mendes (real estate); Laura Bissett (environmental) and Angeline Nyce (First Nations). The consortium of Project Lenders for both the Toba Montrose and the Dokie Facilities was led by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, which was represented by Kevin Wright at McCarthy Tétrault LLP. EVERGREEN LINE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT ACHIEVES FINANCIAL CLOSE CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 11, 2012 The Province of British Columbia, as represented by the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, the B.C. Transportation Financing Authority and EGRT Construction, an affiliate of SNC-Lavalin Capital Inc., entered into an $889 million design, build, finan Everg Th key c Line conn Moo Th SNC tracto EGR of su struc SNC SNC Grah comp and J Cana Th ed by of Br Bake LLP, Bruc SN ed in Jodoi team BelliEG struc Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers Scott, William A. Sebastiano, Rocco M. Stikeman Elliott LLP (416) 869-5521 wscott@stikeman.com Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (416) 862-5859 rsebastiano@osler.com Mr. Scott practises principally in the structured finance & derivatives, corporate finance and M&A areas. He advises a variety of clients on complex financial structures including those involving P3 and infrastructure transactions. ROB-Infrastructure.indd 32 Mr. Sebastiano, also an engineer, focuses on infrastructure and P3 projects. He has advised on major infrastructure projects such as 407 ETR, Maritime Link, Lower Mattagami, Union Pearson Express, GTAA, Deh Cho Bridge, Sheppard and Spadina subways. See, Jonathan Seidel, QC, Robert A. Shaban, Richard H. Shouldice, Robert R. Sibay McCarthy Tétrault LLP (416) 601-7560 jsee@mccarthy.ca Davis LLP (780) 429-6814 rseidel@davis.ca Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (416) 367-6262 rshaban@blg.com Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (604) 640-4145 rshouldice@blg.com McCa (416) gsiba Mr. See's practice focuses on acting for sponsors, funds, lenders and dealers on a wide range of domestic and cross-border real estate, infrastructure and power transactions. Mr. Seidel provides legal and strategic advice to private and public bodies, senior executives, boards of directors and elected officials on matters respecting infrastructure & project finance, governance, energy, environment and natural resource. Mr. Shaban's practice includes infrastructural renewal, contracts, project delivery methods and dispute resolution. He represents most stakeholders in the construction industry. He is a frequent speaker and author of numerous articles. Mr. Shouldice's domestic and crossborder corporate and commercial law practice embraces public and private infrastructure projects, M&A, energy and transportation sector transactions and projects, and corporate reorganizations & governance matters. 13-08-06 10:26 AM Ms. S Board practi infras projec and r 25 ma hospi unive facility projec

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