Voore, Mihkel E.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5646
mvoore@stikeman.com
Mr. Voore's capital markets
practice includes PPPs and
infrastructure and project fi-
nance. He has been involved
in a number of innovative
transactions involving
bond offering and hybrid
bond/bank structures.
Warren, Robert B.
WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5075
rwarren@weirfoulds.com
Mr. Warren's litigation
and administrative law
practice includes advising
public- and private-sector
clients on energy and en-
vironmental matters in
infrastructure projects.
Williams, Nicholas C.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5559
nwilliams@dwpv.com
Mr. Williams's practice
focuses on project finance,
infrastructure development,
PPPs and banking. He advis-
es lenders, developers, oper-
ators and governments, and
has experience in a variety
of sectors including energy,
infrastructure and mining.
Waitzer, Edward J.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5587
ewaitzer@stikeman.com
Advises on complex business
transactions, public policy
& governance matters.
Former OSC and firm chair.
Professor/Director of Hen-
nick Centre for Business
and Law, Osgoode Hall,
Schulich School of Busi-
ness, York University. Chair,
LCBO; ViceChair, SQM
Weisz, Jonathan B.
Torys LLP
(416) 865-8157
jweisz@torys.com
Mr. Weisz's practice fo-
cuses on project finance,
project development and
secured lending in the
energy, infrastructure and
mining sectors. He has
represented some of North
America's most prominent
energy companies and
project finance lenders.
Willis, Peter A.
McMillan LLP
(416) 865-7210
peter.willis@mcmillan.ca
Mr. Willis's finance practice
emphasizes PPPs, infra-
structure, project finance,
structured finance and
high-yield lending. He
has extensive experience
advising consortia, arrangers,
lenders and other partici-
pants in the PPP sector.
Griffin (corporate and real estate), Justin
Lapedus, Ian Mak, Albert Lin and Na Fan
(banking ), Sunil Kapur (employment), Al-
fred Macchione (IP) and Patrick McCay
and Wendy Brousseau (tax). BMO Capital
Markets also advised Nieuport.
BNS, Desjardins and NBC were repre-
sented by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
LLP with a team led by Brian Kelsall and
Sean Stevens and included Louise Kennedy
and Marc Lefler.
JOSEPH BRANT HOSPITAL
PHASE 1 CAPITAL
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
REACHES FINANCIAL CLOSE
CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 15, 2014
On
December 15, 2014, Joseph Brant Hospi-
tal and Infrastructure Ontario reached fi-
nancial close with EillisDon Infrastructure
JBH Inc. (Project Co) to design, build and
finance the Joseph Brant Hospital Phase 1
Capital Redevelopment Project (the Pro-
ject), located in Burlington, Ontario. Ellis-
Don Design Build Inc. is acting as the Con-
struction Contractor for the Project.
Financing for the Project is being pro-
vided through a short-term bond issued by
Project Co with RBC Dominion Securities
Inc. as the bond underwriter and BNY
Trust Company of Canada as the adminis-
trative agent.
Once the Project is completed, the Bur-
lington community will have improved ac-
cess to a larger modern hospital and more
single patient rooms.
e Project includes a new seven-storey
tower that will house 172 beds. e Pro-
ject also includes a new emergency depart-
ment; nine new operating rooms; a post-
anesthetic care unit; a new and expanded
cancer clinic; expanded ambulatory care
programs; a renovated level 2B neo-natal
intensive care unit; expanded diagnostic
imaging services; expanded medical, sur-
gical and outpatient services; and a new
main entrance.
e contract commits Project Co to
design, build and finance the Project for a
guaranteed price of approximately $353.6
million, part of which will be paid by Jo-
seph Brant Hospital when the interim
completion of the new tower, scheduled
for summer 2017, is achieved and the re-
mainder of which will be paid when sub-
stantial completion of all of the other hos-
pital facilities, scheduled for the summer of
2018, occurs.
Joseph Brant Hospital and Infrastructure
Ontario were represented by McCarthy
Tétrault LLP, as Project counsel, with a
legal team comprised of Godyne Sibay,
Gord Willcocks, Cynthia MacDougall,
Jonathan See, Joel Heard, Tristan Musgrave,
Ian Mak, Patrick Oufi, Adam Armeland
and Kathy Munn. Joseph Brant Hospital
was also represented by Miller omson
LLP, as corporate counsel, with a team led
by Karima Kanani, Drazen Bulat and Meg
Spevak. Infrastructure Ontario was led in-
house by Pina Di Biase, Legal Counsel.
Project Co's legal team was led in-house
by Vivian Kung, Senior Counsel, and by
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP with a
team comprising Chris Bennett, Danna
Donald, Andrew Wong, Rachel Manno
and Sean McDermott.
e lenders were represented by Farris,
Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP with a
team led by Mike Allen.
EMERA INCORPORATED
COMPLETES $1.3B
PROJECT FINANCING
CLOSING DATE: APRIL 23, 2014
Emera In-
corporated, through its subsidiary NSP
Maritime Link Incorporated, completed a
$1.3-billion bond financing in support of
the $1.56-billion Maritime Link Project.
e Maritime Link Project involves
the development, construction and com-
missioning of both a new 500MW HVdc
transmission line, as well as a 230kV HVac
line and associated infrastructure, between
the Province of Newfoundland and Labra-
dor and the Province of Nova Scotia.
e Project includes two 170-kilometre
subsea cables across the Cabot Strait,
close to 50 km of overland transmission
in Nova Scotia as well as nearly 300 km
BIG DEALS
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