Sebastiano, Rocco M.
Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5859
rsebastiano@osler.com
Mr. Sabastiano, also an engin-
eer, focuses on infrastructure
and P3 projects. He has
advised on projects such as
Highway 407ETR, Spadina
Subway Extension, Union
Pearson Express, Maritime
Link, St. Michael's Hospital
Redevelopment and
Toronto Pearson Airport.
Shopiro, Murray B.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6264
mshopiro@blg.com
Mr. Shopiro focuses on
commercial transactions,
with an emphasis on real
estate-based transactions.
His practice also encom-
passes P3 projects, real estate
development, purchases
and sales, financing, leas-
ing and restructuring.
Smellie, James H.
Gowling Lafleur
Henderson LLP
(403) 298-1816
james.smellie@gowlings.com
Mr. Smellie's extensive
energy regulatory practice
includes broad experience
in relation to infrastructure
projects, particularly includ-
ing pipelines and electricity
transmission, across a wide
range of stakeholders.
Shaban, Rick H.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6262
rshaban@blg.com
Mr. Shaban's practice
includes infrastructural
renewal, contracts and dis-
pute resolution. Represents
clients in project agree-
ments, negotiations and
procurement. Projects
include hospitals, transit,
urban redevelopment,
government and mixed-use.
Shouldice, Robert R.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(604) 640-4145
rshouldice@blg.com
Mr. Shouldice's domestic
and cross-border corpor-
ate and commercial law
practice embraces public
and private infrastructure
projects, M&A, energy
and transportation-sector
transactions and projects,
and corporate reorganiza-
tions & governance matters.
Smith, John
Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9120
jsmith@lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Smith's practice em-
braces representation of
large infrastructure projects,
including P3s such as the
Canada Line, and involve-
ment with terminal oper-
ations, including coal termin-
als. He also assists the firm's
growing LNG practice.
Kiewit Cie and Parsons Canada Ltée as
prime members, as well as WSP Canada
Inc. and Holcim (Canada) Inc. as princi-
pal subcontractors.
SQI and the ministère des Transports
du Québec were represented internally
by Natalie Mills and by Dentons Canada
LLP, with a team that included Mathilde
Carrière, Anca Neacsu and Charles Bardou.
KPH Turcot was represented by Mc-
Millan LLP. e McMillan team included
Philipp Duffy.
PROJECT FINANCING
CLOSES FOR UPPER LILLOOET
RIVER AND BOULDER CREEK
HYDRO PROJECTS
CLOSING DATE: MARCH 17, 2015
On March
17, 2015, Boulder Creek Power Limited
Partnership (BCPLP) and Upper Lillooet
River Power Limited Partnership (ULR-
PLP), entities owned by Creek Power Inc.,
which in turn is owned 66.67 per cent by
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (Innergex)
and 33.33 per cent by Ledcor Power Group
Ltd., and a group of financial institutions
comprising e Manufacturers Life Insur-
ance Company (Manulife), as agent and
lead lender, and the Caisse de Dépôt et
placement du Québec (CDPQ) and e
Canada Life Assurance Company (Canada
Life), as lenders, closed a $491.6-million
non-recourse construction and term pro-
ject financing for the Upper Lillooet River
and Boulder Creek run-of-river hydroelec-
tric projects.
e financing represents the largest
project-level financing ever secured by In-
nergex. e two projects, with an aggregate
installed capacity of approximately 107
MW, will be located on Crown land ap-
proximately 70 km northwest of Pember-
ton, British Columbia.
e projects are expected to reach com-
mercial operation by the end of 2016.
Electricity generated by the projects will
be sold under two 40-year electricity pur-
chase agreements with BC Hydro.
BCPLP, ULRPLP, Creek Power Inc.
and Innergex were represented by an in-
house team comprised of Nathalie é-
berge, Vice-President, Corporate Legal
Affairs and Secretary, Yves Baribeault,Vice-
President, Legal Affairs, Operations and
Projects, and Nicolas Leblanc, Janine Jones
and Shubha Krishnan, Legal Counsels, and
by McCarthy Tétrault LLP, with a team
comprising Richard O'Doherty, Morgan
Troke, Sebastian Nishimoto and Gadi Taj
Ndahumba (energy & financial services);
Craig Shirreff and Michael Neinhuis (real
property); and Selina Lee-Anderson (en-
vironmental & Aboriginal law).
e Lenders were represented by John
Hancock/Manulife's Managing Director,
Senior Counsel and Practice Group Leader
North American Investment Law, Jack Wal-
lace, by Pastor CDPQ's Director, Legal
Affairs, Julie Tremblay, by Canada Life's
in-house counsel and by Davies Ward Phil-
lips & Vineberg LLP with a team compris-
ing Nick Williams, Will Buchner and Ben
Howard (banking and project finance);
Sarah Powell (energy and environmental)
and Dan Wolfensohn (corporate); and by
Lawson Lundell LLP with a team compris-
ing James Sutcliffe (banking and debt finan-
cing), Christine Kowbel (Aboriginal and
environmental) and Ed Wilson (real estate).
CITY OF SASKATOON
CIVIC OPERATIONS CENTRE
REACHES FINANCIAL CLOSE
CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 16, 2014
On
December 16, 2014, the City of Saskatoon
signed a project agreement with Integrated
Team Solutions SCOC Partnership, a con-
sortium comprised of EllisDon Capital
Inc. and Fengate Capital Management, on
behalf of Fengate Greenfield Infrastructure
Fund L.P. and Toronto Electrical Workers
Infrastructure Fund L.P., to design, build,
finance and maintain the Saskatoon Civic
Operations Centre (COC), with EllisDon
Design Build Inc. providing construction
services and COFELY Services Inc. as the
operations, maintenance and major main-
tenance and rehabilitation provider.
e $160-million project is the City's
first Public-Private Partnership and in-
BIG DEALS
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