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Tenaille, France M. Gowling WLG
(416) 369-7398 france.tenaille@gowlingwlg.com
Ms. Tenaille is a leading corporate/commercial lawyer and her practice
includes private M&A, project finance and related international transactions.
She focuses particularly on the Latin American mining, energy and natural
resources sectors.
Swartz, Jay A. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5520 jswartz@dwpv.com
Mr. Swartz focuses on domestic and cross-border insolvencies,
private company acquisitions, private-equity funds, banking, debt
financings, structured and project finance, financial products
development and governance.
Stuber, Ron Dentons Canada LLP
(604) 443-7129 ron.stuber@dentons.com
Mr. Stuber is the National Co-Lead of Dentons Canada LLP's Renewable
Energy Team. Mr. Stuber's practice focuses on the development and financing
of projects and major commercial transactions, particularly in the energy and
infrastructure sectors. He has extensive international experience advising
proponents, lenders and others involved in major projects and transactions.
Stark, John E. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(604) 631-1395 jstark@stikeman.com
Mr. Stark's business law practice includes advising on securities,
corporate finance, M&A, and other transactions including infrastructure.
His experience includes large commercial transactions, including
international joint ventures.
Southam, Gregory G. Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP (416) 367-6986 gsoutham@dwpv.com
Mr. Southam acts as transaction or lender's counsel on transportation and
social infrastructure projects in Canada and the US, including as lead counsel
on projects in Indiana, Florida, Colorado, Ontario, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Québec.
Smith, QC, Lawrence E. (Laurie) Bennett
Jones LLP (403) 298-3315 smithl@bennettjones.com
Lead regulatory Counsel to oil/gas pipelines, LNG exports, Alberta's largest
gas distributor. Appeared before Supreme Court of Canada, federal/provincial
Appeal Courts; testified before House of Commons/Senate Committees,
NAF TA Chapter 11 panel, California Energy Commission. Past member
Montreal Neurological Institute Advisory Board; current member Royal
Military College Board of Governors.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
with Osler and by Borden Ladner Ger vais LLP with a team
that included R ichard Shaban, Andrew Smith, Shane Pearl-
man and Arthur Nahas.
Etobicoke Healthcare Partnership LP and the equity provid-
ers were represented by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
with a team that included Greg Southam, David White, An-
thony Spadaro and Emily Uza.
ENGIE Ser vices Inc. was represented by Dentons Canada
LLP with a team that included Anca Neacsu and Charles
Bardou.
e lenders were represented by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a
team that included Jamie Templeton and Scott Perrin.
SNC-LAVALIN
FINALIZES SALE
OF ITS INTEREST IN MALTA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
On March 30, 2016, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (SNCL) an-
nounced that it had reached financial close on the sale of its in-
direct ownership interest in MMLC Holdings Malta Limited
(formerly, SNC-Lavalin (Malta) Limited (SNCL Malta)) to an
affiliate of Flughafen Wien AG (VIE), the operator of Vienna
International Airport and a company that is publicly traded on
the Vienna Stock Exchange, for total cash consideration of ap-
proximately 64 million euros. e agreement to sell such interest
was previously announced by SNC-Lavalin on February 1, 2016.
SNCL Malta holds a 38.75 per cent interest in Malta Mediter-
ranean Link Consortium Limited, which, in turn, has a 40 per
cent interest in Malta International Airport plc, a company that
is publicly traded on the Malta Stock Exchange.
SNCL was represented in-house by Aron Halpern. SNCL
was supported by Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, which
acted as Canadian legal counsel, with a team composed of Eric
Stevens, Michelle Felsky and Emil Vanjaka (corporate) and
Derek Chiasson and Antoine Desroches (tax). Arthur Galea
Salomone of Galea Salomone & Associates acted as Maltese
legal counsel to SNCL.
VIE was represented in-house by Wolfgang Koeberl. VIE was
further supported and represented by CHSH Cerha Hempel
Spiegelfeld Hlawati, which acted as Austrian legal counsel,
with a team composed of Johannes Aehrenthal, Georg Konrad,
omas Trettnak and Jakob Hartig (corporate) and Bernhard
Kofler-Senoner and Michael Mayer (competition). GANADO
Advocates acted as Maltese legal counsel to VIE, with a team
composed of Max Ganado, Simon Schembri, Nikolai Muscat
Farrugia, Nicholas Curmi and Richard Ambery (corporate).
Antonella Penta and Alexandre Martin (corporate) and Shuli
Rodal (competition) of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP acted
as Canadian legal counsel to VIE.
THE $500M CITY
OF SASKATOON NORTH
COMMUTER PARKWAY
AND TRAFFIC BRIDGE
REACHES FINANCIAL CLOSE
On October 20, 2015, the City of Saskatoon signed a project
agreement with Graham Commuter Partners General Part-
nership, a consortium comprised of Graham Capital Partners
LP and BBGI CanHoldco Inc., to design, build, finance and
