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Senior partner and the 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. Has experience
in all aspects of electricity sector restructuring. For the past 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. Also has corporate governance, business
planning and utility M&A experience, including the fi rst-ever long-term lease involving
an Ontario distribution utility. Has been counsel to municipalities and private-sector
clients regarding the restructuring and commercialization of water and wastewater
assets. Recognized in the 2014 edition of Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading
Lawyers for Business (Energy – Power).
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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 fi nancing, project development, regulatory and contractual matters.
Provided strategic advice on federal/provincial regulatory regimes, and has a strong
understanding of project development. Recognized by various publications as a leading
Canadian lawyer in energy regulatory law, including Woodward/White's ! e Best
Lawyers in Canada 2009‒2013, ! e 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.
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Chair of Osler's Energy (Power) Group and partner in the Construction and
Infrastructure Group. 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, Atomic Energy
of Canada Limited, GTAA, Toronto Transit Commission and Cintra on matters
such as project structuring, project fi nancing, development, permitting, engineering,
procurement, equipment supply, construction, energy supply, power purchase and
off -take arrangements, outsourcing, privatization, operation, maintenance and
refurbishment. Major project experience includes Highway 407ETR, 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 Project, York
Energy Centre and East Windsor Cogeneration Centre.
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Gordon Cameron is a partner who practices regulatory litigation at Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP. He deals primarily in matters relating to natural gas utilities and
pipelines, before the National Energy Board and the Ontario Energy Board. Cameron
also acts as counsel to several federal administrative tribunals, and is active before the
Federal Courts on applications for judicial review and appeals related to regulatory
proceedings. Cameron has taught law as an Adjunct Professor, fi rst at the University
of Toronto Faculty of Law and, since 1990, at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.
BA University of Toronto 1980, LLB University of Toronto 1983. LLM University of
Oxford 1985. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1987.
J. Mark
Rodger
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6190
Fax: (416) 361-7088
Toronto
Charles
Keizer
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7512
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Rocco M.
Sebastiano
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-5859
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
Gordon K.
Cameron
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (613) 788-2222
Fax: (613) 788-2247
Ottawa
mrodger@blg.com
ckeizer@torys.com
rsebastiano@osler.com
gord.cameron@blakes.com
