Borden Ladner Gervais LLP’s projects team interacts with the wider firm’s top-tier construction offering to excel in representing developers in infrastructure projects. The group also acts for project owners, including public authorities, while it additionally utilizes its project finance practice to support borrowers and lenders on major projects. Vancouver-based Douglas Sanders heads the department and is advising Alstom Canada, as part of ONxpress Transportation Partners, on the Metrolinx Regional Express Railway GO Rail expansion project. Also noted are Montreal-based project finance specialist Pascale Dionne and Vancouver-based infrastructure partner Sarah Bird.
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Key clients
- Alstom Transport Canada
- BC Hydro
- Canada Infrastructure Bank
- City of Ottawa
- The Graham Group
- PCL
- Aecon
- VINCI
- Pomerleau
- EBC
- AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin)
- Balfour Beatty
- Teck Resources
- Bell Canada
- Metrolinx
- Province of Nova Scotia
- Infrastructure Ontario
- RATP Dev Canada
- Province of Ontario / Ministry of Transportation
- Vancouver Art Gallery
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Practice head
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Douglas Sanders