Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers
McMackin, QC,
Gerald S.
Stewart McKelvey
(506) 632-2768
gmcmackin@
stewartmckelvey.com
Mr. McMackin's
corporate/commercial
practice extends to
energy and natural
resources, fi nancial
services, owner-
managed businesses,
and estate planning
and litigation. His
expertise embraces
business succession
plans.
Mercury, John M.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-4493
mercuryj@
bennettjones.com
Mr. Mercury's practice
focuses on mergers,
acquisitions and
corporate fi nance
transactions, primarily
on behalf of US and
Canadian private-
equity investors, with
an emphasis on energy
and energy services
transactions.
Milelli, Sven O.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(604) 643-7125
smilelli@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Milelli advises
Canadian and
international public and
private corporations
in a wide range of
industries, including
power, regarding M&A,
public and private
securities offerings,
take-over bids and
corporate governance
matters.
Mercier, Vincent A.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5579
vmercier@dwpv.com
Mr. Mercier focuses
on securities law and
public company M&A,
including hostile take-
overs, private-equity
acquisitions, friendly
mergers and special
committee processes.
Meunier, Pierre B.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(514) 397-4380
pmeunier@fasken.
com
Mr. Meunier helps
clients manage
environmental
crises and obtain
governmental
approvals for
development projects.
His environmental
practice also deals
with contaminated land
and climate change
issues. He assists with
lobbying compliance
and ethics.
Millen, Roy
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(604) 631-4220
roy.millen@blakes.
com
Mr. Millen advises
private-sector clients
on developing energy
projects in Canada as
part of his Aboriginal
law practice. He
negotiates agreements
and protocols with
First Nations, defends
Aboriginal litigation and
assists with regulatory
approvals.
34 | Ontario and Quebec
reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. In ad-
dition, she will not be surprised to see some relaxation in the
siting rules under the Green Energy Act, now that so much
new wind capacity has been built, both to appease rural vot-
ers and to allow the electric grid to catch up.
In Quebec, the April election of a Liberal majority under
Philippe Couillard augers well for energy development, says
Erik Richer La Flèche, a partner with Stikeman Elliott LLP
in Montreal. " e proportion of the economy which is in
government hands in Quebec – by that I mean federal, pro-
vincial, as well as municipal government – is larger than any-
where else in North America. With the election of the cur-
rent government, Quebec, for the fi rst time in a long time,
has a government that is prepared to enable the private sec-
tor rather than act as [the] main proponent. In other words,
government is looking to the private sector to lead the way,
including in the energy sector."
Also, the government is not ideological about energy or
natural resources, says La Flèche. Far from it. " e govern-
ment is looking at all forms of energy and saying 'is this a
"We don't expect that we're going to see the same volume of contracts
issued under the feed-in tariff program. Procurement for large renewables
will be through a separate Request for Proposal process and there will be
continued limited ability to connect to the transmission and distribution system
as the system does not have the capacity to support the connection."
– SHANE FREITAG, BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP
normal economic activity? Is this something that economies
around the world do, and if so, can we replicate that in Que-
bec and can we do it well?'"
In essence, he says, Quebec is open to entertaining ideas
across the board. is extends to oil exploration and produc-
tion, to shale gas exploration and development, more wind
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