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Heenan Blaikie’s Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships group is one of the largest in the country. It helps clients develop, finance and implement infrastructure projects in Canada, the United States and other markets. Our experts combine their skills to advise clients on project issues in many sectors, including:

  • energy infrastructure  (conventional and renewable)
  • social infrastructure (education, entertainment, justice, healthcare, sports)
  • transportation infrastructure (airports, ports, rail, road, transit)
  • water and wastewater infrastructure

Services Overview

We provide infrastructure and public-private partnerships advice in connection with:

  • Construction law – structure of contracts, insurance, bonding
  • Corporate and commercial – transaction structuring, risk allocation, project loans, drafting and negotiation of key project agreements, corporate governance
  • Environment – contaminated site regulations, green building standards, water quality, waste treatment, storm drainage, environmental compliance reviews
  • Financial services, banking and insolvency – structuring and negotiating all aspects of loan transactions; lending and restructuring transactions for various industries; equity financing and investments
  • Government relations and community relations – representing clients before local, provincial and federal government officials and agencies; regulatory law; evaluating the political landscape for specific PPP projects; developing strategies to ensure support for a project at all levels of government
  • Litigation, including construction and leasing disputes, contractual disputes, contaminated sites litigation, disputes regarding construction performance and defects, bylaws and zoning infractions, mortgage and financing disputes, construction products liability
  • Procurement – tendering or bidding process, including design, implementation, assessment and selection
  • Real estate – title opinions, municipal land use issues, environmental issues, construction, financing
  • Tax – strategies for structuring PPPs designed for domestic and international business; cross-border tax issues; infrastructure tax incentives; local property taxes as well as provincial and federal taxes

Heenan Blaikie lawyers offer a full spectrum of legal services to all parties involved in P3 projects, such as:

  • developers
  • construction and service contractors
  • engineers
  • financial and technical advisors
  • governments
  • government agencies
  • guarantors
  • lenders
  • investors
  • project sponsors

Organizational Involvement

Our firm is a member of several of Canada’s leading infrastructure associations like The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships and the Institut pour le Partenariat Public-Privé. Heenan Blaikie is also a corporate member of various trade organizations related to infrastructure services.

Our Team


Name Title Office Telephone Email
Abramov, Igor
  • Consultant, Heenan Blaikie Consulting
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6874
Email
Amyot, Éric
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5463
Email
Badii, Maneli
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6849
Email
Bahadoorsingh, Anjili I.
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1180
Email
Banfai, Geza
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6968
Email
Bastien, Véronique
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2340
Email
Borduas, Luc R.
  • Partner
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.8614
Email
Cabelli, Joel
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.7245
Email
Chivaran, Oana
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 777.4197
Email
Daechsel, W. Kip
  • National Co-managing Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3531
Email
Danef, Ilia N.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6904
Email
Das, Radha
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6981
Email
Davies, Michael
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6807
Email
Delisle, Pierre
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5642
Email
Delivré, Cendrine
  • Special Advisor
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 66
Email
Dunsky, Ilan
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.4763
Email
Essombè Moussio, Jean-Jacques
  • Partner
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 76
Email
Ethier, Maxine
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6932
Email
Garson, Allen
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3533
Email
Géhu, Sébastien
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2243
Email
Grégoire, Louis-Pierre
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.1751
Email
Henriques, Michael
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6891
Email
Krupat, Howard
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6969
Email
Labrecque, Annie
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5472
Email
Lalonde, Paul M.
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • 613 236.5942
  • 416 643.6828
Email
Lamarre, Jacques
  • Strategic Advisor
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.8899
Email
Larrivée, Pierre
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5532
Email
Lean, Ralph E.
  • Counsel
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6812
Email
Ledgett, Michael
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6840
Email
Marques, Frederico
  • Partner
  • Foreign Legal Consultant
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6935
Email
Martyn, J. Scott
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6901
Email
McDonald, Jessica L.
  • Executive Vice-President, Heenan Blaikie Consulting
  • Vancouver
  • 778 331.0280
Email
Mercadier, Jean-François
  • Managing Partner
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 52
Email
Mercure, Isabelle P.
  • Partner
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.6850
Email
Middleton, Ryan
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6823
Email
Mulroy, Kieran
  • Counsel
  • Toronto
  • 416 777.4181
Email
O'Toole, Erin
  • Special Advisor
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6995
Email
Patryluk, Ryan
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 778 331.0285
Email
Picciola, Frank L.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2254
Email
Poulin, Marie
  • Counsel
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.6944
Email
Rinaldi, Andréa
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6819
Email
Stougiannos, Lampros
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.6882
Email
Sun, Sonja
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 778 331.0287
Email
Sylvestre, Chantal
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2344
Email
Tremblay, Philippe
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2237
Email
Tunteng, Verki M.
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6898
Email
Wang, Neal
  • Counsel
  • Calgary
  • 403 234.1259
Email
Watson, Joel
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6955
Email
Welsh, Mario
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5473
Email
Wilson, Keith D.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2325
Email

Date Title Speaker(s) Organization CPD*
June 15, 2012 P3s for Municipalities
  • Ledgett, Michael
Heenan Blaikie Toronto  
June 14, 2012 P3 Procurement: Common Law, International Treaties & Government Policies
  • Banfai, Geza
  • Lalonde, Paul M.
Heenan Blaikie Toronto  
Apr. 02, 2012 - Apr. 05, 2012 Conference on the Development of Plan Nord Infrastructure Projects
  • Blair, David F.
  • Dunsky, Ilan
  • Johnson, Pierre Marc
  • Lamarre, Jacques
  • Turgeon, Yves
L'Institut Canadien  
Dec. 07, 2011 Isabelle Landry Speaks on Call for Tenders for the Plan Nord
  • Landry, Isabelle
The Canadian Institute  
Apr. 27, 2010 - Apr. 28, 2010 Business and legal guide for cross-border and international contracts
  • Dunsky, Ilan
The Canadian Institute  
Jan. 29, 2009 - Jan. 30, 2009 6th Annual Advanced Conference on Financing and Security
  • Cabelli, Joel
  • Dunsky, Ilan
  • Wilson, Keith D.
The Canadian Institute  


* Continuing Professional Development

 

Title Client Description
Turcot Interchange Project Confidential We are advising one of the members of a prequalified consortium in connection with that consortium’s proposal to design and build a replacement for the Turcot Interchange
Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Project Confidential Advising our client in connection with its proposal to construct the intake and powerhouse, spillway and transition dams (i.e., the bulk of the civil works) related to the 800 MW Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generation facility.
Cameroon Electricity Sector Regulations Ministère de l’Eau et de l’Énergie (MINEÉ) Represented the Ministère de l’eau et de l’énergie du Cameroun in connection with the establishment of a legal structure enabling the privatisation of the power sector in this country.
Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Social Assistance Properties Confidential Advised a major national trade contracting firm in connection with a public-private partnership to rehabilitate and maintain social assistance properties in Vancouver.
Sainte-Justine Children’s Hospital Confidential Advised a bidder in respect of a C$950 million proposal to design, finance and construct a new hospital building, research centre, power plant and parking facilities for the Ste-Justine Children's Hospital in Montreal.
Ottawa Light Rail Transit Project Confidential Advised our client in respect of its participation in a team bidding to design, build, finance and operate a new light rail commuter line and rehabilitate an existing highway in the City of Ottawa, Ontario.
Grenada General Hospital International Finance Corporation & Government of Grenada We are advising the International Finance Corporation and the Government of Grenada with respect to the development and implementation of a public-private partnership to design, finance, construct, equip and manage the main referral hospital in St. George's, Grenada.
Ellerth Wind Farm (Minnesota) Confidential We are advising a client in connection with the development of a 100 MW wind farm in Minnesota.
Matala Hydro Dam Rehabilitation in Angola Société Générale (Canada Branch) Acted for the lenders in respect of the financing of the rehabilitation of the Matala hydroelectric dam in Angola.
Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Acquires 15 Hydroelectric Power Plants and a Wind Project Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (formerly Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund) Advised the Independent Committee of Brookfield Renewable Power Fund with respect to the acquisition of 15 hydroelectric power plants and the 50 MW Gosfield Wind Project.
Creation of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund (désormais Brookfield Renewable Power Income Fund) We advised the Independent Committee of Brookfield Renewable Power Fund with regard to the combination of its assets with those of its parent to create Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P.
Northeast Anthony Henday Drive, Alberta Financing Confidential We are advising the Lenders to a bidder's consortium with respect to the project agreement and the financing of this 24-km bypass highway in Edmonton ($1B).
Saint-Cyprien Wind Farm Succesful Hydro-Quebec Bid Accepted Confidential We advised a client in the bid to design, build, finance and operate a 25-MW wind farm with First Nations or municipal partners.
Financing of Alcoa Power Installations Investissement Quebec We represented Investissement Québec in the drafting and negotiation of a loan guarantee in the amount of $228M to be granted to Alcoa ltée for the modernization of its power installations in Quebec.
CHUM Hospital Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) The firm is doing the lion's share of the legal work in connection with all aspects of the modernization program, including a public-private partnership for the financing, construction and operation of a new 770-bed hospital in downtown Montreal, a $1.5B+ project.
Churchill Wind Farm Confidential Advised a client in the development and subsequent sale to a large scale developer of a 100 MW wind farm project located in Southern Ontario.
Ontario FIT Program Confidential We are advising several clients regarding the Ontario FIT Programme, the province’s feed-in tariff programme, the first in North America.
Multiple Canadian Wind Farms Confidential Advising a large wind turbine manufacturer with regard to its activities in Canada and certain projects in the United States.
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Redevelopment in Bermuda Confidential We advised a mechanical/electrical subcontractor and service provider in connection with the redevelopment of this major hospital facility.
Sorel-Tracy Prison Confidential We have been retained by a prequalified bidder with respect to a project in relation to the construction of a prison in Sorel-Tracy.
Perth Resource Recovery Facility Conporec Inc. We advised a Canadian corporation in respect of its participation in a consortium bidding to design, build, finance and operate a resource recovery facility with near Perth.
Montreal ICI Project Confidential We advised the winning consortium selected to design, upgrade and replace the City of Montreal’s water-pumping stations at ICI.
Moncton Courthouse, NB Government of New Brunswick Department of supply and services The firm acted as special counsel to New Brunswick Department of supply and services in connection with a proposed P3 for the design, construction, financing and operation of a new courthouse.
Saint John, NB Courthouse Government of New-Brunswick Represented the New-Brunswick's Department of Supply and Services' Special Comittee involved in the design, financial, construction and maintenance of the P3 partnership of the new courthouse and related facilities in Saint John’s, New Brunswick.
Women’s College Hospital Confidential We advised a mechanical/electrical design-build subcontractor and service provider in connection with the redevelopment of a major Toronto hospital.
OPP Modernization Project Confidential Advising a service provider in connection with a proposal for the development of 17 capital projects throughout the Province of Ontario.
Adelaide and Nanticoke Wind Farms, Ontario Confidential Involved in the formation of a joint venture submission of applications to design, build and operate two wind farms, the Adelaide Wind Farm and the Nanticoke Wind Farm (150MW), in the province of Ontario.
Mobilicity Financing ING Bank N.V. Advised ING Bank N.V. as lead arranger for for the financing of the build-out and construction of a new wireless network.
 

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