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Stuber, Ron
Dentons Canada LLP
(604) 443-7129
ron.stuber@
dentons.com
Mr. Stuber's practice
focuses on the
development and
fi nancing of domestic
and international
infrastructure and
energy projects, and
extends to hospitals,
roads, rail, ports, power
and gas (LNG). He
advises proponents,
lenders and others.
Tabor, QC, Brian A.
Stewart McKelvey
(902) 420-3397
btabor@
stewartmckelvey.com
Mr. Tabor's practice
concentrates on
matters of real estate
acquisition, fi nancing,
sale, leasing and
development.
Thomassin, Kim
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(514) 397-5685
kthomassin@
mccarthy.ca
Ms. Thomassin acts
for project developers
and public institutions
on infrastructure
project development
and fi nancing. Her
experience embraces
project development
and implementation
of debt and equity
investments in
infrastructure and
energy projects.
Swartz, Jay A.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5520
jswartz@dwpv.com
Mr. Swartz focuses on
domestic and cross-
border insolvencies,
private company
acquisitions, private-
equity funds, banking,
debt fi nancings,
structured and project
fi nance, fi nancial
products development
and governance.
Thériault, Martin
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(514) 847-4940
martin.theriault@
nortonrosefulbright.
com
Mr. Thériault practises
in the areas of
commercial contracts,
corporate fi nancing,
fi nancial services
and general banking
law. He has acted for
borrowers and various
leading domestic
and foreign lending
institutions.
Tosto, Anna M.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(613) 696-6887
atosto@fasken.com
Ms. Tosto's practice
includes a focus on
the transportation
industry. She advises
on privatization,
fi nancing, procurement,
contract negotiations
and M&A. Her clients
include lenders,
lessors and lessees
on cross-border rail
securitizations.
transaction, Teranet made an upfront payment of $75 mil-
lion to the province and will pay to the province an annual
royalty starting at an estimated $11 million per year and
growing to an estimated $24 million by end of term. The
transaction extends Teranet's electronic land registration
and search business outside of the Province of Ontario.
Teranet was represented in-house by Agostino Russo,
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary; Jacqueline
Hawkins, senior legal counsel; and Juliet Slemming, legal
counsel and Privacy Officer, with assistance from Mc-
Carthy Tétrault LLP with a team including David Lever,
Lara Nathans, Jake Irwin and Lama Sabbagh (business
law); Gordon Sato (real property), Barry Sookman and
Ryan Prescott (technology); Brian Pel, Patrick McCay and
Greg Winfield (tax) and Trevor Lawson (labour and em-
ployment); and Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP
with a team including James Ferguson, Pamela Hilderman
and Scott Markham (business law); Milt Christiansen and
Shandra Czarnecki (labour and employment); and Robert
Sly (tax) and Kerry-Krista Pinkowski (real property).
The Province of Manitoba was represented by Neil
Trenholm, Alana Stevens, Julie Frederickson and Tracey
Sterling of the Manitoba Department of Justice, Civil Le-
gal Services.
BC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
AND BC WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
& HEALTH CENTRE COMPLETES
FINANCIAL CLOSE WITH AFFINITY
PARTNERSHIPS TO CONSTRUCT
BC CHILDREN'S AND BC WOMEN'S
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE 2
Closing date: April 28, 2014
Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Colum-
bia Branch, a branch society of the Provincial Health Servic-
es Authority (PHSA), reached financial close with Affinity
Partnerships for the BC Children's and BC Women's Re-
development Project Phase 2 to design, build, finance and
maintain the new Teck Acute Care Centre at BC Children's
Hospital and BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre.
The Teck Acute Care Centre will include medical/surgi-
cal inpatient units, an emergency department, medical im-
aging and procedural suites, a hematology/oncology depart-
ment and a pediatric intensive care unit for BC Children's. It
will also include a high-risk labour and delivery suite and a
new neonatal intensive care unit for BC Women's. The Teck
Acute Care Centre will be an eight-storey, 640,000-square-
foot facility and will be designed and built to meet the Can-
ada Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) Gold standard.
The BC Children's and BC Women's Redevelopment
Project Phase 2 was procured under the public-private part-
nership (P3) model, with Partnerships BC as an advisor, and
is the second phase of the three-phase redevelopment proj-
ect and has an estimated budget of $676 million. Affinity
Partnerships will receive annual payments from PHSA over
a 30-year period following construction completion. Pay-
ments cover construction, building maintenance, life-cycle
repair and renewal, and project financing.
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP acted as counsel to
PHSA and Children's and Women's in the structuring, pro-
curement, negotiation and settlement of the project docu-
ments, with a team including David Little, Kareen Zimmer,
