Cases
Representative Work: Advised Canada regarding financing matters in connection with $4.5 Billion acquisition of Trans Mountain Pipeline from Kinder Morgan
on $1 Billion financing for the recommencement of 2018 construction activities on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project.
Advised Northl
Power Inc. on $1.25 Billion corporate credit facilities.
Advised Stelco Inc. on $375 Million senior secured asset based lending facility.
Advised Stelco Inc. on $150 Million inventory monetization facility.
Advised the lenders
underwriters in connection with hybrid bank/bond financing for acquisition by Fiera Infrastructure of Suncor Energy's 50% interest in the 100 MW Cedar Point II wind facility.
Advised the issuer
sponsor, Northl
Power Solar Finance 1 L.P., on $247 Million senior rated private placement bond offering backed by six 10 MW ground-mounted solar projects located in Ontario.
Advised the Province of Newfoundl
Labrador on the $7.9 Billion project financing in two phases of the Lower Churchill Falls project (824 MW Muskrat Falls Hydro-Electric Generating Station, Labrador Transmission Assets
Labrador-Isl
Link).
Advised the underwriters
lenders on $340 Million long-term project financing provided by National Bank Financial Inc.
Sun Life Financial for the construction of a portfolio of 10 solar projects with a combined generation capacity of 108 MW by Recurrent Energy
subsequent acquisition on COD by Fiera Axium
MetLife.
Advised BC Hydro
Partnerships BC on financing matters relating to the $1 Billion John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project.
Advised the issuer
sponsor, North Battleford Power L.P., on $668 Million senior rated private placement bond financing of a 260 MW combined cycle baseload project located in Saskatchewan.
Advised the issuer
sponsor, Spy Hill Power L.P., on $156 Million senior rated private placement bond offering for 86 MW natural gas peaker project located in Saskatchewan.
Advised the borrower, Gr
Bend Wind Limited Partnership, on $342 Million project financing for 100 MW wind farm in Ontario, in partnership with two First Nations.
Advised the borrower, McLean's Mountain Wind Limited Partnership, on $135 Million project financing for 60 MW wind farm located in Ontario, in partnership with six First Nations.
Advised a syndicate of financial institutions, lead by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, on $179 Million senior project financing for 78 MW Raleigh wind farm in Ontario
subsequent sale to Terraform IWG Holdings. The sale
assumption was part of a sale of five wind farms in the US
Canada comprising 832 MW of generating capacity.
Advised the lead lender, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, on $70 Million term loan project financing by Lameque Wind Power LP for a 45 MW nameplate capacity wind generation project located in New Brunswick.
Advised the lead lender, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, on $100 Million construction
term loans project financing for development
construction of four 5.5 MW hydroelectric generating facilities.
Advised The Bank of Nova Scotia
syndicate of lenders on corporate credit facilities provided to The CSL Group Inc., secured by portfolio of shipping vessels.
Advised the lead lender, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, on project financing of two 9.3 MW ground mounted solar projects in Ontario.
Advised Capstone Power Corp. on project financing of three windfarms located in Ontario
Quebec, including the 25 MW Goulais
9.5 MW Skyway 8 projects in Ontario
24 MW Saint-Philemon project in Quebec.
Advised Mont Louis Wind on $140 Million construction
term loan project financing for a 100.5 MW wind farm in Quebec.
Advised Centre for Addiction
Mental Health (CAMH)
Infrastructure Ontario in connection with the AFP of CAMH's $551 Million redevelopment project.
Advised Northl
Power Inc. on $576 Million project financing of 13 solar projects with combined generating capacity of 130 MW located in Ontario, financed in four separate clusters.
Advised the borrower
sponsor on $130 Million senior project financing for 86 MW natural gas peaker project.
Advised the borrower
sponsor on $600 Million senior project financing for 261 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle baseload project.
Advised shortlisted consortium on commitment for over $100 Million senior unrated private placement loan financing Kelowna Interior Heart
Surgical Centre Project.
Advised the lenders on lending commitments for shortlisted bidder on Province of Quebec Baie-Saint-Paul Hospital Project.
Advised the lenders
bond underwriter in providing commitments for over $180 Million senior construction financing
underwritten bond financing for shortlisted consortium bid to Infrastructure Ontario for Forensic Services
Coroners Complex Project.
Advised a shortlisted consortium on commitments for over $180 Million underwritten bond financing for South Fraser Perimeter Road Project in British Columbia.
Advised a shortlisted consortium on commitments for over $700 Million senior construction financing
underwritten bond financing for Windsor-Essex Parkway AFP project.
Advised Partnership BC
BC Ministry of Justice on financing matters relating to Okanagan Correctional Centre.
Advised Thorold CoGen LP on $521.5 Million senior project financing
subordinated project financing for construction of a 265 MW cogeneration facility.
Advised Saint-Ulric Saint-Le
re Wind LP on $271.1 Million senior project financing
subordinated project financing for construction of 127.5 MW wind farm in Quebec.
Advised borrower
sponsor on $53.7 Million project financing of 23.6 MW run of the-river hydroelectric facility.
Advised borrower
sponsor on $40 Million project financing of 54 MW wind farm.
Canadian counsel to Barclays Bank
Bank of America, the administrative agent, collateral agent
lenders on US$3 Billion senior secured credit facilities.
Advised on cross-border acquisition financing for Fort Dearborn Group, consisting of a US$125 Million term loan facility
US$15 Million revolving facility in favour of the US borrower,
a Cdn$30 Million term loan facility
US$10 Million revolving facility in favour of the Canadian borrower.
Advised on cross-border acquisition financing for Canadian Cartage Group consisting of a $135 Million term loan facility
a $30 Million revolving facility.
Advised the administrative agent
lenders on a Cdn $525 Million revolving facility in favour of the Canadian borrower
US$138 Million cross-border term loan facility, consisting of two tranches, one in favour of the Canadian borrower
one in favour of the US borrower for purposes of funding a US acquisition.
Advised the administrative agent
lenders on Cdn $500 Million credit facilities secured by CanWest's worldwide broadcasting assets
certain newspaper assets, including guarantors
security in Canada, the US, UK, Irel
, Barbados, Luxembourg, Netherl
s, Australia
New Zeal
.
Advised the administrative agent
lenders on a $340 Million revolving facility, accessible in two tranches (adjustable), one by the Canadian borrower
the cross-border tranche by the US borrower.
Advised the administrative agent
lenders on $425 Million credit facilities, initially to finance the establishment of the Cineplex Galaxy income fund,
later to finance the acquisition of Famous Players Theatres.
Advised the administrative agent
lenders on $525 Million credit facilities to finance a going-private transaction.
Advised the administrative agent
lenders on $210 Million credit facilities to finance hostile takeover bid by Indigo Books for Chapters Inc.
refinancing of indebtedness.
Advised borrower on a Cdn $115 Million senior secured asset-based credit facility
a US$20.5 Million subordinate secured term facility.
