Zacher, Glenn M.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5688
gzacher@stikeman.com
Mr. Zacher practises com-
mercial/administrative
litigation and energy regula-
tion. He represents clients
before courts and tribunals
(OEB, NEB) in regulatory,
compliance and appeal
proceedings. His clients
include public agencies
and energy companies.
Zimmerman, H. Alec
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6003
azimmerman@blg.com
Mr. Zimmerman has more
than 30 years' experience in
advising Canadian and for-
eign banks and other lenders,
as well as large corporate
borrowers, on complex
lending transactions, restruc-
turings and liquidations.
construction loan provided by Alberta
Treasury Branches and a long-term widely
distributed private placement underwrit-
ten by Scotia Capital and National Bank
Financial. e aggregate project value is es-
timated to be approximately $1 billion.
BC Hydro was represented by in-house
counsel Eva Weclaw, and by Borden Lad-
ner Gervais LLP with a team including
Robert Shouldice and Christopher Eagles
(corporate and commercial), Bruce Fowler
(financial services), Douglas Sanders and
Bill Woodhead (corporate and commercial).
SNC-Lavalin Capital Inc. and InPower
BC General Partnership were represented
by in-house counsel Jean Philippe Ga-
gné, Michel Jodoin and Louis Fleurent,
and by external counsel Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP with a team including
Anne Stewart, Jeff Merrick, Carrie Flem-
ing, Jennifer Chan, Nicholas Roos and
Gregory Lee (infrastructure); John-Paul
Bogden, Trisha Robertson, Aaron Palmer,
Garth Anderson, Kelly Bourassa, Larissa
Svekla, Robert Lee, Brendan Depoe (cor-
porate and securities/financial services);
and Allan Gelkopf and Zvi Halpern-Shav-
im (tax).
SNC-Lavalin Inc. was represented by in-
house counsel Emily Schwede; IMPSA was
represented by in-house counsel Florencia
Troglia and Marcela Blanca Peltier.
e underwriters and construction
lender were represented by McMillan LLP
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Alter, Matthew R., Cassels Brock
& Blackwell LLP
Bénay, Daniel, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Boulanger, Louis-Nicolas, McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
Brown, Linda G., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Burrell, QC, Keith E., McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
Clark, Ron W., Aird & Berlis LLP
Connolly, Jaime O., McInnes Cooper
Cornett, Lloyd F., Aird & Berlis LLP
Currie, John C., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Dagenais, Jean-Francois, BCF LLP
Daoust, J.E. Dennis, Daoust Vukovich LLP
Davies, Jeffrey L., Davies Howe Partners
DeLuca, G. Dino, Burnet, Duckworth
& Palmer LLP
Dickson, QC, PEng, James M., Stewart
McKelvey
Doolan, John A., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Dorion, QC, AdE, Marc, McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
Doumani, Robert G., Aird & Berlis LLP
Dubord, Mathieu, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Fehr, Patricia M.A., Burnet, Duckworth
& Palmer LLP
Frazer, D. Suzan, McInnes Cooper
Furlan, Stephen, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Gibson, QC, Byran, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Grandilli, Danny C., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Grant, QC, Robert G., Stewart McKelvey
Hoyt, QC, Leonard T., McInnes Cooper
Hughes, Frank E., McInnes Cooper
Kenny, QC, William J., Miller
omson LLP
Keyes, Colleen P., McInnes Cooper
Krupat, Howard, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
LeBlanc, QC, Denise A., McInnes Cooper
Lever, David A.N., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Livergant, QC, Stephen, McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
Lucky, Donald C.I., Reynolds Mirth
Richards & Farmer LLP
Manzer, Alison R., Cassels Brock
& Blackwell LLP
Marques, Frederico, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Mascarin, John, Aird & Berlis LLP
McCullough, William D., McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
McElman, CM, QC, Frederick C., Stewart
McKelvey
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Morrison, Perlene J., Stewart McKelvey
Nelligan, Margaret T., Aird & Berlis LLP
O'Doherty, Richard, McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
Papadimitriou, D. James, McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
Quinn, Peter D., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Rego, Conrad Albert, McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
Sato, Gordon S., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
See, Jonathan, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Seidel, QC, Robert A., DLA Piper
(Canada) LLP
Shirreff, Craig, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Sibay, Godyne N.L., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Smythe, Scott D., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Sorell, René R., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Spurn, Craig N., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Stoll, Scott, Aird & Berlis LLP
Stratton, QC, David J., DLA Piper
(Canada) LLP
Struthers, Sonia J., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
omassin, Kim, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Tod, QC, Brian W.L., Miller omson LLP
Travers, QC, James C., Stewart McKelvey
Vogt, Elizabeth M., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Vukovich, Natalie, Daoust Vukovich LLP
Welsh, Mario, BCF LLP
Westersund, QC, Lowell A., Rose LLP
Willcocks, Gordon F., McCarthy
Tétrault LLP
Wilmot, John A., Burnet, Duckworth
& Palmer LLP
Younger, Douglas, Aird & Berlis LLP
with a team including Catherine Doyle,
Chris Bennett, Peter Willis, Michael Burns,
Rob Scavone, Darcy Ammerman and Ah-
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MUSKRAT FALLS PROJECT
SECURES $5B GLOBAL
BOND FINANCING
CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 13, 2013
e
$5-billion global bond financing for the
construction and development of the
Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Generating
Facility and Labrador-Island Transmission
Link to be built on the Lower Churchill
River in Labrador was secured by Nalcor
Energy on behalf of the issuing funding
vehicles. Guaranteed by the Government
of Canada, the $5-billion bond financing
is the single-largest infrastructure financing
in Canadian history, and the $7.7-billion
project is the most expensive capital works
project in the history of the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador.
