Infrastructure projects

Jessica Ho-Wo-Cheong

Associate

Liezl Behm

Liezl is a partner in McCarthy Tetrault’s Financial Services and Infrastructure Groups in Vancouver. Her practice is primarily focused in the areas of project finance, infrastructure, public-private-partnerships and secured lending. She also has experience with refinancings and other secondary market transactions in respect of completed projects. Liezl represents a wide variety of clients, including borrowers and lenders, in connection with project finance agreements, secured credit facilities and the development of projects. She also regularly advises developers and lenders in connection with developing and financing renewable energy projects.

Sarah Bird

Partner

Natasha Rana

Partner

Mark Bain

Mark is consistently recognized as one of Canada’s leading infrastructure and project finance lawyers, providing clients with strategic counsel and deep technical insight on complex and first-of-kind infrastructure projects and PPP transactions across sectors and geographies.Head of Torys’ PPP practice and co-head of the firm’s Infrastructure and Energy practice, Mark has advised on major capital projects across Canada, including over 80 significant PPP projects. He has represented all principal stakeholders in such transactions, including sponsors, equity investors, lenders, arrangers and underwriters, contractors, service providers and public authorities, giving him a broad perspective to offer practical and effective solutions balancing public and private interests and risks to meet project goals.His experience spans all fields, including complex and innovative PPP and infrastructure transactions in healthcare, power, transit, telecom, education, justice, gaming, water and wastewater, pipelines, public records and urban redevelopment. His wide-ranging work includes recent award-winning projects such as the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road, Saint John Safe Clean Drinking Water, Calgary Stoney CNG Bus Storage and Transit Facility, Ottawa LRT, Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway, Mosaic Stadium, Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link and Corner Book Acute Care Hospital.

Linda Brown

Focus on projects, project finance and infrastructure. Regularly advises project proponents on all aspects of the development of projects across Canada and internationally. Advises borrowers, banks, life insurance companies and pension funds regarding projects/project lending, and investment dealers regarding private placements of debt products relating to projects.

Catherine Doyle

Catherine advises project proponents in the transportation, social infrastructure, alternative energy, power and health-care sectors on their Canadian and, in a growing number of cases, global infrastructure projects. A former banker, Catherine brings a rare combination of skills to an infrastructure deal — a thorough understanding of the public-private partnerships and infrastructure landscape, combined with top-tier project financing capabilities, which clients value deeply as they look to access capital for their projects. She also represents a variety of financial institutions in the financing of infrastructure assets, including bond underwriters, institutional investors, and both Canadian and international banks. She has extensive experience in operating and term credit facilities, asset-based financings, lease financings and structured financial products, and in structuring, negotiating and documenting domestic and cross-border financing transactions in the bank, private placement and public markets.

Daniel Ford

Across a wide range of public infrastructure projects and financings, Dan brings holistic perspective and seasoned negotiation skills to help clients close projects.Dan has extensive experience representing lenders, sponsors, governmental authorities, borrowers and developers on a broad range of public infrastructure financing and development transactions, primarily in the area of public-private partnerships (PPP). In addition, Dan has acted in a number of commercial construction and project development transactions.His work regularly involves commercial lending matters, and Dan acts for both lenders and borrowers in large and medium structured finance transactions, syndicated/club loans, bond and note financings. He has also acted on the solicitor side of a number of high-profile insolvency and restructuring matters.Dan has also represented shareholders, partners, owners and managers in a number of corporate and partnership formation transactions and in the structuring, negotiation and preparation of asset and share purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, servicing agreements, and leasing and licensing agreements.

Scott Kraag

One of Canada's leading project finance lawyers, Scott gives clients rigorous, solution-focused counsel to help them advance their objectives in lending matters of all levels of complexity.Head of Torys’ Project Finance practice and co-head of the Banking and Debt Finance practice, Scott has broad experience representing all of the principal parties on projects, including lenders, sponsors, equity investors, arrangers and underwriters, contractors, service providers and public authorities, on a variety of complex project finance transactions. His work regularly focuses on the energy, infrastructure and mining industries.Scott’s finance experience extends to corporate banking transactions and he frequently advises lenders and borrowers in transactions which include bank credit facilities, bond financings, structured finance transactions, mezzanine financings and derivatives.

Jay LeMoine

Partner, Canadian Head of Infrastructure

Alain Massicotte

In addition to general business law, Alain specializes in project financing, construction law, infrastructure and P3s projects. He has been involved in all major infrastructure projects, including P3 transactions in Quebec and heads Blakes' Montréal Infrastructure-P3 Group. He has acted as counsel for the governments or for agencies of Morocco, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Solomon Islands, Ivory Coast, Congo (Brazzaville), Chad, Cameroon, Senegal, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, India and Guinea.

Jeffrey Merrick

Jeff is the Chair of the Infrastructure group and the head of the Vancouver Real Estate group. He has expertise in developing, buying, selling, leasing and financing major commercial real estate and infrastructure projects. He also has expertise in P3s and AFPs, including all aspects of major design, build, finance and operate projects working with private partners and governments. Jeff is also the Managing Partner of Blakes Vancouver Office.

Sandra Nissan

Partner

Douglas Sanders

Partner, Corporate Commercial Group

Godyne Sibay

McCarthy Tétrault's Regional Managing Partner (Ontario), a Senior Partner in the firm's Real Property, Projects and Infrastructure Group and a former member of the firm’s Board of Partners, a trusted legal and strategic advisor with extensive experience in project development, public-private partnerships (PPP), public procurement and real estate including acquisition, disposition, leasing and construction matters. Significant landmark infrastructure and development projects across Canada include numerous PPP and other projects involving hospitals, power, transportation, universities, hotels, forensic facilities, police facilities, condominium, commercial, mixed use and professional sport facilities that strengthen our cities and communities. Godyne is consistently recognized for her experience in leading legal directories in Canada and beyond. Awarded the Women’s Infrastructure Network’s National 2021 WIN Award as Outstanding Leader for significant and meaningful contributions to infrastructure in Canada and beyond. Godyne is recognized as a Leadership Champion by WLI and one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women by WXN.

Morgan Troke

Partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Business Law Group in Vancouver. Practice focused mainly in the areas of project finance and corporate commercial law, with an emphasis on public-private partnerships, infrastructure and renewable energy projects. Regularly advises domestic and international developers, equity sponsors, lenders and other participants in connection with complex project financings across North America. Recent transactions include advising the successful bidder for the GO Rail Expansion – On Corridor Works Project, the successful bidder for the Edmonton Valley Line West LRT Project, the lenders to a bidder for the Ontario Line RSSOM Project, the lenders to a bidder for the Ontario Line Southern Civil, Stations and Tunnel Project, the lenders to the successful bidder for the Grandview Children’s Hospital Project, a bidder for the Broadway Subway Project, and the lenders to the successful bidder for the QEII Bayers Lake Hospital Project.