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Vilder, Sébastien
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(514) 982-5080
sebastien.vilder@
blakes.com
Mr. Vilder's practice
embraces energy
and infrastructure.
He specializes in
bank and project
fi nancing. His clients
include sponsors,
fi nancial institutions,
development banks
and investors.
von Hahn, Thomas
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(416) 863-4333
thomas.vonhahn@
blakes.com
Mr. von Hahn advises
on the acquisition,
disposition and
fi nancing of alternative
energy assets.
He acts for NCC
Investment Group on
its Nunavut P3 projects
including the territorial
legislative building and
governmental offices
and housing.
Wagner, Richard A.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(613) 780-8632
richard.wagner@
nortonrosefulbright.
com
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.
Vogel, Sharon C.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6148
svogel@blg.com
Ms. Vogel practises
construction law,
focusing on disputes
relating to infrastructure
projects including
highways, railways,
tunnels, pipelines,
industrial facilities,
hospitals and mines in
various jurisdictions.
Voore, Mihkel E.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5646
mvoore@
stikeman.com
Mr. Voore's capital
markets practice
includes PPPs and
infrastructure and
project fi nance. He
has been involved in a
number of innovative
transactions involving
bond offering and
hybrid bond/bank
structures.
Warren, Robert B.
WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5075
rwarren@
weirfoulds.com
Mr. Warren's litigation
and administrative
law practice includes
advising public- and
private-sector clients
on energy and
environmental matters
in infrastructure
projects.
vested $42 million in the 135.7 MW Des Moulins wind en-
ergy project located in Thetford Mines, Kinnear's Mills and
St-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec, operated by Invenergy Wind
(Invenergy). Following the transaction, Invenergy remains
the majority controlling shareholder.
This investment follows CDPQ's announcement in early
2013 of a US$500-million investment in a portion of Inve-
nergy's wind farm portfolio, comprising 11 wind projects in
the United States and two in Canada.
Norton Rose Fulbright acted as Canadian and US legal
counsel to CDPQ with a Canadian team including Nicolas
Labrecque, Mathieu Deschamps and Peter Riddell (corpo-
rate/commercial and M&A); Michèle Friel and Mélanie
Dupuis-Giuliani (banking and finance) and Derek Chi-
asson (tax); and a US team including Mark Tibberts and
Roger Bo-Hwa Lee.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP acted for Invenergy with a
team led by Marc Dorion and Kim Thomassin and that
included Matthieu Rheault, Louis-Nicolas Boulanger, Ma-
thieu Leblanc and Cristel Chabot-Lapointe (corporate/
commercial and M&A); Frédéric Harvey and Ryan Rabino-
vitch (tax); and Richard O'Doherty and Laurent Gauthier
(banking and finance).
JOHN HART GENERATING
STATION REPLACEMENT PROJECT
Closing date: February 28, 2014
InPower BC General Partnership – a special purpose ve-
hicle established by SNC-Lavalin Capital Inc. – and the
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro)
announced financial close in relation to a 20-year project
for the design, build, partial financing and rehabilitation
of the John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project
in Campbell River, British Columbia. The project is being
procured by BC Hydro as a public-private partnership.
The existing 126-MW John Hart Generating Station on
the Campbell River represents approximately 17 per cent
of the total generating capacity on Vancouver Island. SNC-
Lavalin Inc. and its team of subcontractors will provide
engineering and construction services. The maintenance of
the generating station will be performed by a partnership of
a SNC-Lavalin Inc. entity and an Industrias Metalúrgicas
Pescarmona S.A.I.C. y F. (IMPSA) entity, in coordination
with BC Hydro staff.
BC Hydro will provide 60 per cent of the approximately
$700-million construction capital costs, with SNC-Lavalin
Capital Inc. providing the balance through equity and debt
financing, including a short-term construction loan pro-
vided by Alberta Treasury Branches and a long-term widely
distributed private placement underwritten by Scotia Capi-
tal and National Bank Financial. The aggregate project
value is estimated to be approximately $1 billion.
BC Hydro was represented by in-house counsel Eva We-
claw, and by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP with a team in-
cluding Robert Shouldice and Christopher Eagles (corporate
and commercial), Bruce Fowler (financial services), Douglas
Sanders and Bill Woodhead (corporate and commercial).
SNC-Lavalin Capital Inc. and InPower BC General Part-
nership were represented by in-house counsel Jean Philippe
Gagné, Michel Jodoin and Louis Fleurent, and by external
counsel Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team in-
cluding Anne Stewart, Jeff Merrick, Carrie Fleming, Jenni-
fer Chan, Nicholas Roos and Gregory Lee (infrastructure);
