Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Financial Services; Infrastructure

Sébastien is the Managing Partner for the Montréal Office and regional practice group leader of the financial services group. He specializes in project financing and has been involved in numerous project financings in Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia for renewable energy and infrastructure projects. Sébastien’s list of clients include financial institutions, development banks, governments and sponsors. Sébastien has advised clients on a wide range of complex projects including recently on a portfolio of over 500MW of wind projects in Alberta (insured by the German export credit agency and the Danish export credit agency), and also, on a $600 million project financing for a wind project in Quebec, Canada.

Sebastien has taught at McGill University on project financing and is frequently asked to participate as moderator or speaker at conferences on project financing.