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Kierans, David B. Gowling WLG
(514) 392-9551 david.kierans@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Kierans practises in corporate and commercial law with particular em-
phasis on secured lending, real estate acquisition and finance, asset-backed,
project financing and aviation finance. His experience includes energy-
generation projects and P3 project finance.
Kelsall, Brian C. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-5493 bkelsall@fasken.com
Mr. Kelsall's practice is focused on domestic and international project
finance, with an emphasis on infrastructure and PPPs. Recent projects
include the Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, the US 36 Toll
Road, Billy Bishop Island Airport, Humber Hospital, Eglinton Crosstown LRT
and USC Merced.
Kauffman, David H. De Grandpré Chait LLP
(514) 878-3217 dkauffman@dgclex.com
Mr. Kauffman is one of the most recognized and experienced lawyers in
construction law, infrastructure and development projects in Canada. His
practice includes project structuring, financing, licensing, tendering and
contracting for major initiatives. In 2015, he published The Construction
Hypothec: Insights into Quebec Lien and Construction Law, an expanded
treatise of his 2008 monograph.
Karayannides, George J. Clyde & Co Canada LLP
(647) 789-4831 george.karayannides@clydeco.ca
Mr. Karayannides's commercial litigation and arbitration (domestic and
international) practice embraces a wide range of complex and high-stakes
business disputes, including infrastructure and construction, shareholder
remedies, product liability and class actions.
Karantzoulis, Gus Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6336 gkarantzoulis@blg.com
Mr. Karantzoulis is a partner in BLG's Toronto office, practising in the Fi-
nancial Services Group. He is the Toronto regional leader of the Structured
Finance and Securitization Group and a member of the Toronto regional
management committee. His practice focuses on secured lending, securitiza-
tion, private-equity and project/infrastructure financing.
Jolicoeur, Marc M. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(613) 787-3515 mjolicoeur@blg.com
Mr. Jolicoeur focuses on governments, crown corporations and public
institutions in his corporate-commercial practice. His advice encompasses
P3s, infrastructure projects, contract reviews, corporate matters, strategic
alliances, financing, project structuring and governance, including
conflicts of interest.
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volved in, for example, have a mandatory dispute resolu-
tion mechanism.
While health-care P3s paved the way for other such
projects throughout the country, the need for new
health-care initiatives has tapered off, Mackay says.
"ere are still some being done but the peak was a
couple of years ago." Although the needs have been well
met in Ontario, BC and Alberta, she sees Newfound-
land and the Northwest Territories as jurisdictions
where health-care projects will still be required.
Ontario especially "has run out of hospitals to build,"
says Bennett. "Right now there's a huge shi to light rail
transit, and highways and bridges. e P3 model is also
being applied to wastewater projects." Alain Massicotte
agrees but says there continues to be a need for elder,
long-term care facilities."
It seems that, despite a few blips (such as the fraud al-
legations involving the McGill University Health Cen-
tre), the introduction of P3s to Canada has been a great
success. "Infrastructure was once seen as the political
equivalent of death by a thousand cuts," David Caplan
wrote in ReNew Magazine.
"But if recent media coverage is anything to go by, it
has become a much safer place for politicians to stake
their reputations. at change has come as a result of
the positive momentum generated through projects
getting built on time and on budget. e introduction
of public-private partnerships played a major role in
generating that momentum, and although it does not
work for every project, it has been successful in giving
politicians the confidence to take the plunge, knowing
that risk is shared with the private sector."
e health-care P3s also offer lawyers a sense of satis-
faction many other such endeavours can't provide. "It's
nice to work in a practice area where you're actually able
to see a completed project," says Mackay. "I worked on
the Niagara Health System [Ontario's largest multi-
site hospital amalgamation, across 12 municipalities] a
couple of years ago and being able to tour that facility
was pretty mindboggling. It was a really, really good
feeling to see this brand-new hospital that I played a
very small part in bringing to life."
