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PROJECT FINANCE
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Partner in the Banking, Infrastructure, Corporate/Commercial and Energy practices,
with emphasis on banking, project fi nance, PPP, infrastructure development, secured
lending and structured fi nance. Has participated in numerous project fi nance, PPP,
infrastructure and private-equity transactions advising lenders, sponsors, equity inves-
tors, developers, operators, purchasers and various levels of government across multiple
sectors, including infrastructure, energy and mining. Has extensive experience in
syndicated lending, having acted for lenders and borrowers on syndicated domestic and
multijurisdictional fi nancing transactions. Recognized in Chambers Global: ! e Guide
to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business; ! e Best Lawyers in Canada; IFLR1000:
! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms; Expert Guides' ! e Guide to
the World's Leading Banking Finance & Transactional Lawyers; ! e Lexpert®/Ameri-
can Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Who's Who Legal: Project
Finance; and the Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition on Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers.
Ontario, 1989.
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Head of Torys' Project Finance Practice, co-head of the Secured Lending Group, Japan
Practice Group and Chair of the fi rm's fi nance committee. Advises in the area of project
fi nance, project development, energy, infrastructure, mining and secured lending. Acted
as lead counsel to the borrower in the fi nancing of GDF Suez's portfolio of wind and solar
projects across Canada; the fi nancing of Potentia Solar's portfolio of 95 roo op solar
projects in Ontario; the lenders in the C$942-million project fi nancing of the 850 MW
Goreway power project; the borrower in the C$650-million project development and
fi nancing of the 1005 MW Greenfi eld Energy Centre power project; and the monoline
insurers on the fi nancing of the Golden Ears Bridge and Calgary Ring Road. Represented
Mitsubishi Corporation (Tokyo) in the $2.3-billion Antamina mining project in Peru
and in the $1.32-billion fi nancing for the project. Former member of the Board of Direc-
tors and Executive of e Canadian Solar Industries Association (2010–2012). Ontario
Bar, 1992. LLB, 1990, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
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Senior Partner. Michael Allen has a broadly based practice in corporate fi nance and
banking law. He regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in international project
fi nance and is well known for his work in secured transactions and public-private
partnerships. He is also highly experienced in large commercial restructurings and work-
outs. Allen's practice has included transactions in North, South and Latin America,
Africa, Russia, the Asia-Pacifi c and Caribbean. His industry sector experience includes
infrastructure, mining, energy, forestry and telecommunications. Allen has been recog-
nized by Lexpert® as one of Vancouver's leading practitioners in Banking & Financial
Institutions, Corporate Commercial and Project Finance. Named in ! e 2015 Lexpert®/
American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and the 2014 Lexpert®
Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. He was also
listed in the Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition on Canada's Leading In astructure Lawyers.
Nicholas C.
Williams
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5559
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Jonathan
B. Weisz
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-8157
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Michael
S. Allen
Farris, Vaughan,
Wills &
Murphy LLP
Tel: (604) 661-9311
Fax: (604) 661-9349
Vancouver
nwilliams@dwpv.com
jweisz@torys.com
mallen@farris.com
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Partner in the corporate commercial department and member of the fi rm's partner-
ship board. Practice is focused on fi nancing and commercial transactions. Has acted for
borrowers and lenders in international syndicated bank transactions, public bond issues,
project fi nancings, cross-border fi nancings, restructurings and other types of debt trans-
actions involving oil and gas, oil sands, pipelines, utilities and other industries. Recent
transactions have included acting for Nexen Inc. in a $3 billion internationally syndi-
cated credit facility; Canadian Natural Resources Limited in a C$3.8 billion credit
facility; and acting for major Canadian and international energy companies and banks
in fi nancings for the development of Canadian oil sands projects with aggregate project
costs in excess of C$15 billion.
Philip D.
Backman,
QC
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (403) 298-3366
Fax: (403) 265-7219
Calgary
backmanp@bennettjones.com
