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Pletcher, Fred R., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Vancouver - (604) 640-4245 - fpletcher@blg.com
Partner and Chair of BLG's Mining Group. Advises on all aspects of corporate finance, M&A, commercial
transactions, corporate governance and continuous disclosure, with a strong focus on the mining industry.
Considerable experience with Canadian and international mining joint ventures, project development, tenure
issues, metals streams and royalties. Clients include public and private companies, boards of directors, spe-
cial committees, underwriters, investment funds and real estate investment trusts. Recognized in Chambers
Global, e Best Lawyers in Canada and the International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers. Adjunct Professor,
University of BC, Faculty of Law (1999–2001). Frequent speaker and writer on securities and mining law
topics. Member of the Toronto Stock Exchange Advisory Committee and Editorial Board for Carswell's Se-
curities Law and Practice (3rd ed.). Past trustee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. A Director of the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. LLM, Columbia University. LLB, University of Toronto. AB, magna cum
laude, Harvard University. Called to BC Bar in 1993.
Bain, Mark W.S., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7349 - mbain@torys.com
Head of Torys' Public-Private Partnerships Practice and co-head of the firm's Infrastructure and Energy prac-
tices. Acted on over 60 major PPP and AFP transactions and other infrastructure transactions in the health-
care, power, telecom, education, justice, gaming, water and wastewater, pipelines, public records and urban
redevelopment fields. Recent mandates include Barrie Transit, Billy Bishop Airport Terminal, Downtown
Toronto Bus Terminal, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Indianapolis Consolidated Courts, Mackenzie Valley Fibre
Link, Ottawa LRT, Regina Bypass, Regina Stadium, Regina Wastewater Treatment Plant, Saint John Drink-
ing Water, Stanton Territorial Hospital, Vancouver SRO social housing, Waterloo LRT, Windsor Essex Park-
way and Women's College Hospital projects. Director, Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships.
Canadian Chair, International Project Finance Association. Ontario Bar, 1989. LLM, 2000, Osgoode Hall
Law School. LLB, 1987, University of Western Ontario. BA (Honors), 1984, University of Toronto.
Kelsall, Brian C., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-5493 - bkelsall@fasken.com
Brian Kelsall specializes in corporate project finance with particular emphasis on public-private partnerships
and infrastructure development, both internationally and domestically. He advises lenders, sponsors and in-
vestors in respect of projects in Canada and abroad in the infrastructure, energy, telecom, mining, oil and
gas, and power sectors. He has extensive banking law, securitization and mergers and acquisitions experience.
Recent transactions in which Kelsall acted as lead counsel include advising the lenders on Infrastructure On-
tario's Eglinton Crosslinx PPP Project, advising the winning consortium on the US Pennsylvania Bridges
Project and the US 36 Toll Road Project in Colorado and advising the federal government on its Communi-
cations Security Establishment Canada Long Term Accommodation Project. Kelsall is a member of the Law
Society of England and Wales and the International Bar Association. Kelsall was called to the Ontario Bar in
1982, the Alberta Bar in 1985 and the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales in 2005.
MINING / PROJECT FINANCE
PROJECT FINANCE
