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Mondrow, Ian A. Gowling WLG
(416) 369-4670 ian.mondrow@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Mondrow leads Gowling WLG's energy regulation and policy practice in
Toronto. He advises on a variety of matters in the natural gas and electricity
sectors, including energy policy, regulatory policy and process, rates and
tariff matters, facilities applications and compliance and licensing issues.
Mitchell, Craig Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5509 cmitchell@stikeman.com
Mr. Mitchell is a partner in the Banking & Finance Group with a practice
focus on restructurings and workouts. He has expertise in private acquisition
financings, take-over bid financings, debtor-in-possession financings, asset-
based lending and mezzanine lending. He counsels both lenders and borrow-
ers on domestic and cross-border financings internationally.
Messinger, Stephen J. Minden Gross LLP
(416) 369-4147 smessinger@mindengross.com
Mr. Messinger focuses on commercial development and leasing. He acts for
developers, property managers, trust companies, pension funds and retail
chains. A frequent lecturer, he is recognized as a most frequently recom-
mended leasing lawyer.
Merrick, Jeffrey Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(604) 631-3386 jeff.merrick@blakes.com
Mr. Merrick practises in the areas of commercial real estate and project
financing law with an emphasis on P3 projects. He has substantial expertise
in all aspects of investing in and developing commercial real estate and
infrastructure projects. His clients include private equity funds, Canadian
pension funds, as well as other private investors.
Ménard, Yves J. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(613) 787-3518 ymenard@blg.com
Mr. Ménard is the Business Law Leader in BLG's Ottawa office. His practice
focuses on real estate, corporate/commercial, construction and procurement
law, with emphasis on real estate acquisition and financing, construction
contracts, procurement and business acquisition. He has advised public
institutions on complex P3 infrastructure projects from recreational facilities
to transit projects.
McLellan, Bradley N. WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5017 bmclellan@weirfoulds.com
Mr. McLellan is the Co-chair of WeirFoulds's Infrastructure and Public Proj-
ects Practice, and Chair of the Commercial Real Estate Practice. He acts for
municipalities in the planning and development of infrastructure projects,
including the award-winning York Region VIVA rapid transit project since
2002. He has also worked for municipalities on numerous sports and enter-
tainment centre projects.
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the Union Pearson Airlink Group, which is a subsidiary
of SNC-Lavalin.
"It was meant to be a revenue-risk project," he says.
SNC-Lavalin was to build and operate the rail link as
a commercial operation, paying the capital costs and re-
couping them from the fare box. But aer two years of
failed negotiations — including, says Murphy, the On-
tario government's refusal to cover the risk of the pro-
ject — SNC-Lavalin's Union Pearson AirLink Group
walked away, and Crown agency Metrolinx took over
the ownership and operation of UP Express.
"If the Bank had been around it could have provided
support to the project, and even if the project was not
economically successful, the province would have been
better off in two ways," says Murphy. "First, it would
have had the expertise of a private-sector entity looking
to operate it efficiently and well so as to encourage riders,
and second, even in the circumstance where the project
did not succeed, the project would still have benefited
from the contribution of the SNC equity."
e Bank will not take over the business of granting
Infrastructure money, says Jane Bird, who works in com-
plex public and private construction and Infrastructure
initiatives with Bennett Jones LLP in Vancouver.
"e vast majority of [granting ] will come through
the traditional source: Infrastructure Canada." A small
portion of that funding will be available through the
bank, which can play a significant role, she says, through
direct investment of money allocated and facilitating
