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Olasker, Patricia L.
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5551
polasker@dwpv.com
Ms. Olasker advises on public company M&A, proxy contests,
and international and domestic corporate finance, including public
market derivatives, high-yield debt and MJDS offerings by companies
in the mining sector. Adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall.
Oliver, Eden M.
Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-7499
olivere@bennettjones.com
Senior practitioner in corporate and commercial transactions, M&A,
joint ventures, financings and restructurings. Specialist in energy
and mining sectors, advising public & private enterprises, financial
institutions, lenders and investors.
Palm, W. Ian
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
(416) 369-7332
ian.palm@gowlings.com
Mr. Palm advises on capital markets and M&A transactions and fund
formation mandates focusing on energy, infrastructure and technology
sectors. Canadian and international clients include pension funds
and PE and infrastructure funds and investors.
Partridge, Michael
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-5498
mpartridge@goodmans.ca
Mr. Partridge's practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and ac-
quisitions, private-equity transactions and securities law, including in the
areas of mining and natural resources.
Pickersgill, Michael T.
Torys LLP
(416) 865-8180
mpickersgill@torys.com
Mr. Pickersgill is the co-head of Torys's Mining practice. His practice
focuses on corporate and securities law, with particular expertise
in equity, streaming and royalty finance and M&A in the mining sector.
Piette, Jean
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(514) 847-4584
jean.piette@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Piette provides legal counsel and strategic advice in environmental
law. He advises on permit applications, audits, due diligence and
compliance strategies. He also advises clients in the areas of mining
law and of land use planning law.
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provincial electric utility, Hydro Québec, is owned by
the provincial government. Plan Nord calls on Hydro
to build some $20-billion worth of new hydroelectric-
generating capacity, assuming it's supported by off-take
agreements from new mining projects. Controlling the
power company, arguably, could make it easier for the
province to jump-start development. Moreover, the
audacious Plan Nord is seen by some as the legitimate
successor to Hydro in the role of standard-bearer for
Québec pride.
Arrayed against the plan are stubbornly low commod-
ity prices, the remote nature of the region, the dearth of
rail lines, roads and ports – which imposes formidable
transportation costs on both development and opera-
tions – and the lack of electric power infrastructure that
further elevates cost profiles.
"e government cannot respond to the shortfalls of
the public markets," Jean Gagné of Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP says of commodity prices. But while
they wait on prices, he says, industry and government
can make modest infrastructure investments that will
