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Head of Torys' Public-Private Partnerships Practice and co-head of the Infrastructure
and Energy Practice. Acted on over 50 major P3 and AFP transactions and related
project fi nancings. Recent project mandates include acting for the public authority
on the C$240-million Regina Wastewater Treatment Plant, the underwriters and
lenders on the C$2.1-billion Ottawa LRT, the public authority on the C$60-million
Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link, the sponsors on the C$1.4-billion Windsor Essex
Parkway, the sponsors on the C$100-million SRO Renewal Initiative, the sponsor on
the C$460-million Women's College Hospital, and the underwriter on the C$1-billion
bond fi nancing for the federal government's Long Term Accommodation Project.
Consistently recognized as one of Canada's leading infrastructure, P3 and project
fi nance lawyers in various publications, including ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide
to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, Law Business Research, and
Legal Media Group/Euromoney.
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Head of the fi rm's Commercial Real Estate and Infrastructure Groups. Principal focus
is on real estate development, joint venture and fi nancing work, with an emphasis on
infrastructure and development projects, including technology parks, casino complexes,
transportation projects, urban revitalization, water treatment plants, trade centers,
hospitals, offi ce buildings and mixed-use projects. Recognized as a Most Frequently
Recommended Property Development practitioner and a Repeatedly Recommended
Project Finance practitioner in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Listed in Law
Business Research's International Who's Who of Business Lawyers as a foremost real
estate legal practitioner. Also listed in ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, ! e Legal 500: Canada, ! e Best Lawyers in Canada,
IFLR1000 and PLC Which Lawyer? Achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating
(AV). AB, Harvard (1969); LLB, University of Toronto (1974). Called to Ontario Bar
in 1976.
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Chris Bennett leads Osler's Project Finance practice in Toronto and focuses on fi nancial
services with an emphasis on project fi nance, infrastructure, public-private partnerships
and structured fi nance. Bennett has extensive experience acting for domestic and
international lenders, developers, equity sponsors and other participants in connection
with major projects in many Canadian jurisdictions across a variety of sectors, including
social infrastructure, transportation and energy. Bennett is a member of the adjunct
faculty at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law where he teaches a course on the
Law and Policy of Public Private Partnerships in Canada. Bennett has been ranked as
a leading lawyer in the project fi nance/public-private partnerships area in a number of
international legal publications and directories.
Mark W.S.
Bain
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7349
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Robert T.
Bauer
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5552
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Chris
Bennett
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-5992
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
mbain@torys.com
rbauer@dwpv.com
cbennett@osler.com
PROJECT FINANCE
