Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers
Ouimet, François H.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3057
fouimet@
stikeman.com
Mr. Ouimet's corporate,
real estate, and private
and institutional
fi nancing practice
includes experience
with P3s and
infrastructure projects,
capitalizations,
syndications,
commercial contracts,
leasing, securities
and securitizations.
Palm, W. Ian
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP
(416) 369-7332
ian.palm@
gowlings.com
Mr. Palm advises on
capital markets and
M&A transactions
and fund formation
mandates focusing on
energy, infrastructure
and technology
sectors. Canadian
and international
clients include pension
funds and PE and
infrastructure funds
and investors.
Plotkin, Ella
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-4489
eplotkin@fasken.com
Ms. Plotkin focuses on
infrastructure/P3, and
advises lenders and
sponsors on project
fi nance/development.
She has acted on
major projects in
Canada/US including
US36 in Colorado,
Waterloo LRT, OCC
in BC, Windsor Essex
Pky, Waterloo LRT
and others.
Overholt, Deborah H.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(604) 640-4164
doverholt@blg.com
Ms. Overholt's
practice embraces
environmental law,
energy-related
transactions and
procurement in
the electricity and
transportation sectors.
Her clients include
FIs as well as forest,
mining, manufacturing
and transportation
companies.
Pennycook, Carol D.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5546
cpennycook@
dwpv.com
Ms. Pennycook focuses
on fi nance, banking,
M&A, PPPs and
reorganizations. She
represents borrowers,
arrangers and lenders/
syndicates in project
and infrastructure
fi nancings, debt
offerings and structured
fi nancings. She is a
director of P3 Canada.
Posen, Stephen
Minden Gross LLP
(416) 369-4103
sposen@
mindengross.com
Mr. Posen focuses on
complex commercial
real estate and
leasing. He acts for
sophisticated landlords
and tenants. A frequent
author and lecturer,
he has served as
arbitrator, mediator
and expert witness on
various leasing issues.
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maintenance of its bus fl eet; and in Saskatoon, the Civic
Operations centre, which includes a bus transit facility, is
also in procurement.
Which brings up another issue related to risk. "Not only
do construction issues make P3 urban transit complicated,
I think the operation and maintenance part of them make
things very, very complicated," says Gilbert. "Do you bun-
dle those two services together? How much of the opera-
tions risk is being taken by the municipality? How much
risk does each party assume with respect to safety and se-
curity concerns? How do you make sure that is addressed
in the risk transfer?"
As P3 contracts in urban transit become more common,
lessons learned in Canada and abroad will be applied. P3
contracts "are structured in a way that they really require
seasoned lawyers to ensure the partners, whether on the
public or private side, are protected and the risks being
transferred are optimal," says Romoff . " e lawyers really
play a key role in these projects."
Bev Cline is a eelance business and legal-aff airs writer
and editor in Toronto.
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