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Borsook, Lisa A. WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5003 lborsook@weirfoulds.com
Ms. Borsook acts for corporations and governments and their agencies
regarding their retail, industrial, office and brownfield properties.
Consistently recommended as a leader in infrastructure, property
development and leasing, she has expertise in infrastructure development
as well as mixed-use developments, single and multi-tenant projects,
sale-leaseback transactions, and ground leases.
Booth, QC, Robert (Bob) T. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3252 boothb@bennettjones.com
Mr. Booth's commercial practice focuses on infrastructure for the energy and
resources sectors and the security and defence sectors, serving clients in the
oil and gas, transportation, energy utility and defence industries. He advises
on purchases and sales, business creation and joint ventures.
Blundy, Paul D. Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-4854 blundyp@bennettjones.com
Mr. Blundy participates in P3 and AFP transactions in various sectors.
He specializes in construction and project finance and advises on project
structures. He acts for both government and private parties, including equity
investors, lenders, underwriters, contractors, design-builders and service
providers. In addition, he acts for design professionals, including architects
and engineers.
Berg, Ira Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4105 iberg@goodmans.ca
Mr. Berg focuses on P3s, alternative finance projects, public procurement
and complex construction projects. He represents public- and private-sector
clients on transportation, bridge and infrastructure projects, and revenue-
generating asset transactions.
Bennett, Chris Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5992 cbennett@osler.com
Mr. Bennett's practice focuses on project finance with an emphasis
on infrastructure and PPPs. He has acted on several major Canadian
infrastructure projects in a variety of sectors, including healthcare,
transportation and national defence.
Behar, Jonathan Gowling WLG
(416) 862-5443 jonathan.behar@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Behar's practice is focused on assisting businesses on a broad range
of corporate, commercial and business matters, including mergers and
acquisitions, private-equity financings, shareholder and partnership
arrangements, and restructuring and insolvency, including distressed
M&A, and acquisition/divestiture transactions. He often represents
clients establishing a business presence in Canada.
the funds to work. He likens the massive influx of
funds from the federal government, in some ways, as
"being invited to a destination wedding, but you still
have to pay to get there."
e analogy is apt, continues Harricks, head of the
firm's Energy, Infrastructure and Mining Industry
Group, because almost all of the potential infrastruc-
ture projects rely on municipalities having to come up
with their own financial contribution to make these
projects a reality.
And the reality today is that most municipalities are
in financially straitened circumstances. Consequently,
"municipalities may need to look at raising capital, be it
through raising taxes or selling off assets," he says.
Another way for municipalities to drive down at least
some of a project's cost is through bundling of projects,
in effect sharing costs as diverse as design, consulting or
legal fees. e challenge, of course, is that the projects
need to pretty much be "cookie-cutter," says Brian Kel-
sall, a project finance and infrastructure partner with
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Toronto.
"It's a good idea if you can find some commonality,
for example, on schools, community centres or social
housing," says Kelsall. He says this has been successful-
ly done using the P3 model for schools in Alberta and
service centres in Ontario. In Pennsylvania, 458 bridg-
es were bundled. "But unique projects such as water/
waste-water with their unique municipal requirements
don't bundle easily."
Funding Not Seen For a Generation
On the macro level, says Kelsall, Canada is in a unique
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