ériault, Martin
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(514) 847-4940
martin.theriault@nortonrose-
fulbright.com
Mr. ériault's contracts,
corporate finance, financial
services and banking practice
includes a focus on the
energy sector. He acts for
borrowers as well as domes-
tic and foreign lenders on
various financings, including
syndicated transactions.
ompson, QC,
Peter C.P.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(613) 787-3528
pthompson@blg.com
Mr. ompson's particular
litigation and administrative
law expertise is in the regula-
tion of natural gas and elec-
tricity utilities. Moreover, he
appears at all court levels and
for 25 years managed BLG's
Ottawa office.
Tidball, John R.
Miller omson LLP
(905) 415-6710
jtidball@millerthomson.com
Mr. Tidball's practice is
devoted exclusively to
environmental law, with
special expertise in regulatory
compliance, environmental
assessment and approvals,
nuclear licensing, renewable
energy approvals,
contaminated land and
waste management.
ériault, Sébastien
Davies Ward Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
(514) 841-6526
stheriault@dwpv.com
Mr. ériault's transactional
practice includes structuring
and advising investment
funds in the clean tech sector
as well as financings, acquisi-
tions and dispositions of
clean tech projects
and businesses.
rasher, QC, R.J. ( Jack)
Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP
(403) 260-7019
jthrasher@osler.com
Mr. rasher focuses on
corporate, commercial and
energy law for Canadian
and international clients. He
has extensive experience as
project counsel on complex
resource and infrastructure
projects, as well as in M&A
and joint ventures.
Tse, Don
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(403) 267-8249
don.tse@nortonrosefulbright.
com
Mr. Tse practises securities
and corporate law. He assists
corporations with public and
private offerings of debt and
equity, corporate reorganiza-
tions and M&A, including
cross-border transactions
utilizing MJDS.
team included partner Michael Mollerus
and counsel Craig Phillips. Associate Elina
Teboul provided Investment Company ad-
vice. All members of the Davis Polk team
are based in the New York office.
e Blakes team included Jeff Lloyd,
Brendan Reay, Michael Hickey, Karim Am-
lani and Joshua Whitford (securities), and
Edward Miller and Ian Caines (tax).
e underwriters were represented in the
United States by Vinson & Elkins LLP,
with a team including Shelley Barber, Bren-
da Lenahan, Chris Mathiesen, David Choi
and Stancell Haigwood (securities), and
Price Manford, Debra Duncan and Sam
Kamyans (tax), and in Canada by Torys
LLP with a team that included Phil Sym-
monds, Rima Ramchandani, James Miller,
Frazer House and Sam Levitt (securities),
and Andrew Wong (tax).
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
(ULRPLP), entities owned by Creek Pow-
er 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 Manufactur-
ers Life Insurance 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 project financing for the Upper Lil-
looet River and Boulder Creek run-of-river
hydroelectric 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 kms northwest of Pember-
ton, British Columbia.
Both 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 (envi-
ronmental & Aboriginal law).
e Lenders were represented by John
Hancock/Manulife's Managing Direc-
tor, Senior Counsel and Practice Group
Leader North American Investment Law,
Jack Wallace, by Pastor CDPQ's Director,
Legal Affairs, Julie Tremblay, by Canada
Life's in-house counsel, and by Davies
Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP with a
team comprising Nick Williams, Will Bu-
chner and Ben Howard (banking & proj-
ect finance); Sarah Powell (energ y & envi-
ronmental) and Dan Wolfensohn (corpo-
rate); and by Lawson Lundell LLP with a
team comprising James Sutcliffe (banking
& debt financing ), Christine Kowbel (Ab-
original & environmental) and Ed Wilson
(real estate).
Encana, Cutbank Ridge
Partnership, and Veresen
close Montney midstream deal
CLOSING DATE: MARCH 31, 2015
On March 31, 2015, Encana Corporation,
and its affiliate, Cutbank Ridge Partnership
(CRP), a partnership between Encana and
a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation,
completed the sale of natural gas gather-
ing and compression assets supporting de-
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