Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers
Muggah, Sean A.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(604) 640-4020
smuggah@blg.com
Mr. Muggah's practice
focuses on large
infrastructure projects
in various sectors
across Canada
including energy,
transportation,
healthcare and
education. He
is also involved
in privatizations
and commercial
transactions involving
governmental bodies.
Nordick, D'Arcy
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5508
dnordick@
stikeman.com
Mr. Nordick advises
foreign and domestic
clients on infrastructure
projects with a focus
on fi nancing. His
clients include P3
and infrastructure
participants, banks,
dealers, governments
and quasi-government
entities, and private-
equity fi rms.
O'Doherty, Richard
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(514) 397-5467
rodoherty@
mccarthy.ca
Mr. O'Doherty
focuses on project
fi nance, corporate
lending and other
structured fi nancings.
He acts in particular
for developers and
fi nancial institutions in
the development and
fi nancing of projects in
the infrastructure and
energy sectors.
Murphy, Timothy J.
McMillan LLP
(416) 865-7908
tim.murphy@
mcmillan.ca
Mr. Murphy, former
Chief of Staff to
Canada's prime
minister, focuses
on project fi nance
transactions, including
P3s, for sectors such
as infrastructure
and energy. He
also advises clients
here and abroad
in construction,
procurement
and fi nance.
Northey, Rodney V.
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP
(416) 369-6666
rodney.northey@
gowlings.com
Mr. Northey is in
his 25th year of
practice focused on
federal and provincial
environmental
assessments and
approvals. Has
advanced infrastructure
in water, energy and
transportation sectors.
Current work for
major urban and rural
municipalities.
Osler, William S.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3100
oslerw@
bennettjones.com
Mr. Osler's practice
includes securities law
and M&A, with a focus
on oil and gas. His
experience embraces
IPOs and other public
offerings for issuers
and underwriters, as
well as Canadian and
international take-over
bids and plans of
arrangement.
28 | Transit
from a multiplicity of regulatory authorities. "You have to
be conscious of the fact there has to be a solid leader and de-
cision-maker of policy from a transit perspective. Contrac-
tually, how does this consolidated group of entities reach a
consensus, so that when the government purchaser brings
the project to market to the public sector, there's one voice?
Further, how is risk allocated among the entities? How are
the zoning, site development, city approvals going to work?"
Getting the relationship between those jurisdictions
right becomes very important. " e lawyer has to put
himself or herself in the private sector's shoes and say 'if
I'm looking at this multi-jurisdictional project what risks
am I worried about and do I want, for example, a one-
window contact. Am I confi dent there's an entity that has
the authority to do this project and make their side of this
contract work?'"
MORE THAN LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS
When the public thinks about P3 projects in urban transit,
it's generally in the context of mega projects such as LRTs.
But, urban transit encompasses much more than a track or
road, extending to vehicles, stations and maintenance yards.
For example, says Romoff , the VIVA bus rapid transit Phase
1 is operational in York Region, with Phase 2 in procure-
ment; the City of Barrie, Ontario, is currently procuring
a P3 for a new transit facility, as well as the operation and
"Most of the country's P3 projects have been concentrated
in federal and provincial social infrastructure projects such as hospitals,
penitentiaries, schools and courthouses…Now, P3s are moving
into the realm of some of the more traditional municipal responsibilities
such as transit."
– JUDY WILSON, BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP
