Expertise

Client Work

OMERS and Dutch pension fund, ABP, Establish €200 Million Fund for Canadian and Dutch Start-Ups

Counsel to OMERS, a Canadian pension fund, in connection with a unique joint venture with Dutch pension fund, ABP, to establish an investment program to deploy €200 million in Canada and the Netherlands over the first five years to invest in knowledge eco  More

GrowthWorks Canadian Fund Enters Into a Participation Agreement With Roseway Capital

Counsel to Roseway Capital in a Participation Agreement whereby, in exchange for a $20 million investment, it received participating interest in GrowthWorks Canadian Fund's holdings in 15 portfolio companies with a total current carrying value of approxi  More

Wavefront Technology Solutions Completes Brokered Private Placement of Units

Counsel to Casimir Capital LP, the agent, in the $21,920,157 offering of units of Wavefront Technology Solutions.  More

GLV Inc. Closes $43,610,000 Bought Deal Private Placement of Shares

Counsel to a group of underwriters, led by RBC Dominion Securities and National Bank Financial, in the $43,610,000 bought deal private placement offering of class A subordinate voting shares of GLV Inc.  More

Calisolar Acquires 6N Silicon and Completes Private Placement

Counsel to California-based Calisolar Inc. in connection with acquisition of 6N Silicon Inc. and a private placement of US$22.5 million.  More

ecobee Inc. Completes Financing

Counsel to ecobee Inc. in connection with its private placement financing to a group of venture capitalists as well as the Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund — the first financing completed by OETF.  More

Hydro-Québec Acquires a 60% interest in the McCormick Hydroelectric Facility

Counsel to Hydro-Québec in the $615 million acquisition of a 60% interest in the McCormick Hydroelectric Facility from Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada.  More

Freeworld Coatings Purchases Worldwide Rights to Biodegradable Coating Removal Products

Counsel to Freeworld Global in its purchase of worldwide rights to environmentally friendly biodegradable coating removal products from Napier Environmental.  More

AIM SOP Phase I LP Completes $75M Financing of Four Wind Farm Projects

Counsel to AIM SOP Phase I LP and AIM on all stages of the development and financing of the Projects.  More

Energy Metals Corporation Acquires High Plains Uranium

Counsel to High Plains Uranium in connection with its pre-IPO and IPO financings.  More

KR Wind Holdings (Canada) Inc. Completes Purchase of 2064807 Ontario Inc., a private holding company for R.J.S. Mechanical Inc. and Q.C. Enterprise Inc.

The vendors, Robert and Janice Scoffield, were represented by Ogilvy Renault LLP with a team comprised of Michel Carle, Anthony Milazzo, Sarah Crossley and Fiorella Bellissimo.  More

Hydro-Québec's Request for Proposals and Award of Wind Farm Contracts with a Potential Investment Value of $5.5 Billion

Represented Hydro-Québec during the process that led to it being awarded 15 contracts to develop wind farms.  More

Acted as Counsel to Jacob & Company Securities Inc. in Cleantech Deal

This deal provided South Asia Energy Management Systems with US$20 million in a bridge to equity term loan credit facility.  More

Acted for Cayley Geothermal Power Inc.

In connection with commercial matters  More

Acting for Jacob & Company Securities Inc. in connection with various private placements and financings involving companies in the alternati

Acting for Jacob & Company Securities Inc. in connection with various private placements and financings involving companies in the alternati  More

Private Placement for Sierra Geothermal Power

Acted for Dundee Securities.  More

Counsel to Wind and Wave Energy Company, Finivera Renewables

In connection with a variety of finance matters.  More

Events

Cleantech in Canada Breakfast Seminar Series: What's New With Wind?

Deloitte, Ogilvy Renault and MaRS present this event as part of our continuing Cleantech in Canada seminar series. Industry experts will share their thoughts on key emerging opportunities for cleantech entrepreneurs, investors and government.  More

First Annual Canadian Cleantech Summit

Richard Wagner and Len Farber are speakers at this event.  More

Solar Power: What's on the Horizon?

Join us for ''Solar Power: What's on the Horizon?'', part of our continuing Cleantech in Canada seminar series. Industry experts will share their thoughts on key emerging opportunities for cleantech entrepreneurs, investors and government.  More

Cleantech in Canada Breakfast Seminar - Charging Forward: Opportunities in the Energy Storage Market

Join us for ''Opportunities in the Energy Storage Market'', part of our continuing Cleantech in Canada seminar series. Industry experts will share their thoughts on key emerging opportunities for cleantech entrepreneurs, investors and government.  More

Driving Innovation: The Future of the Car

North America's struggling automotive sector can benefit greatly from the new innovation and investment opportunities generated by the cleantech industry.  More

BioFinance 2009

Jeremy Grushcow will be speaking at BioFinance 2009 as part of an expert panel discussing Public Market Strategies for Cleantech Investing.  More

Power to the People: The Evolution of the Smart Grid

In this next installment of the Cleantech in Canada seminar series, industry leaders discuss the role of the ''smart grid'' as Canada's electricity infrastructure undergoes critical upgrades.  More

Water: The Next Big Wave

Part of our Cleantech in Canada series, this seminar is an opportunity to hear industry experts discuss key emerging opportunities, including EnviroTower and Siemens Water Technologies.  More

The Future of Agri-Biotechnology

Part of our Cleantech in Canada series and co-hosted by Richard S. Sutin, this seminar examines agri-biotechnology innovations - from food production to biofuel use.  More

Publications

Canadian Intellectual Property Office Proposes Accelerated Examination of Green Technology Patent Applications

Canada continues to promote innovation in green technologies, with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently proposing amendments to the Patent Rules to accelerate the examination of green technology patent applications.  More

Listing in Canada: An Opportunity for Cleantech Issuers

Canada, which is already a world leader in resource finance, also offers a favourable climate for public listings and capital raising for Canadian and foreign cleantech companies.  More

Patenting Clean Technologies: Trends, Issues and Strategies

With the renewed global focus on the environment and on developing clean technologies, patenting of clean technologies has become more prolific.  More

USPTO Announces Pilot Program to Accelerate Examination of Patent Applications for Green Technologies

On December 7, 2009, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the ''Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction''. This pilot program provides patent applicants with the opportunity to accelerate...  More

Focus on Innovation: Life at MaRS

Innovation and research are fundamental to a thriving economy. Ogilvy Renault is proud to support MaRS and to be actively involved with innovation in Canada.  More

Clean. Green. Legal Team.

Global demand for clean technologies such as alternative energy generation, energy and water efficiency and advanced materials has grown substantially in the last five years.  More

Guidelines on Environmental Claims Serve as Reference for Companies

Andrew Taylor explains the legal implications on product claims relating to environmental friendliness.  More

Private Equity Opportunities in the Global Energy Sector

Charles Keizer is quoted in an article published in Financier Worldwide, describing how a renewed interest in alternative energy and greater energy demand from countries like China and India are affecting the industry.  More

Canada Moves the Environment and Climate Change to the Front Burner

Faced with pressure from customers, stakeholders and governments, companies in Canada must now respond by being more accountable of their actions in how they affect the environment.  More

Canadian M&A in 2008: The After Party

Rick Sutin wrote about the M&A landscape amidst a slow American economy and a high Canadian dollar. The article appears in the 2008 Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.  More

Media Highlights

Toronto Stock Exchanges Rule The Cleantech Roost

The TMX Group is quietly becoming a leader in listings for clean technology companies. Richard Sutin comments in the National Post.  More

Green Rule Draws Flak

The NAFTA and the WTO say that no one can condition the receipt of an advantage of an investment for using local content, says Greg Somers in the National Post.  More

What's New With Wind? Cleantech in Canada Seminar Series

Cleantech industry leaders Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault, along with MaRS Discovery District, hosted the latest in the Cleantech in Canada seminar series today at MaRS Centre.  More

Facing More Controls

The Ontario Securities Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are developing environmental-disclosure guidelines on climate change, impacting listed companies, explains Richard King in the National Post.  More

Solar Power: What's on the Horizon?

Cleantech industry leaders Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault, along with MaRS Discovery District, hosted the latest in the Cleantech in Canada seminar series today at MaRS.  More

Tentative Steps Into The Blogosphere

Jeremy Grushcow, co-founder of the Cross-Border Biotech Blog, talks to the Globe and Mail about the evolution of blogging about the law.  More

Race for Patents Heats Up

As the world attempts to find ways of cooling the planet, the race to develop and patent clean technologies is heating up. Mark Sajewycz comments in the National Post.  More

On the Cusp of a 'Green Renaissance'

As long as the move to a carbon-constrained planet continues, that should bode well for Ontario, Andrew Taylor says in the National Post.  More

Charging Forward: Opportunities in the Energy Storage Market

Energy storage is really powering up. The proliferation of intermittent renewable energy sources is just one of the factors driving demand. Cleantech industry leaders Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault, along with MaRS Discovery District, hosted the latest...  More

Driving Innovation—The Future of the Car: Deloitte, Ogilvy Renault and MaRS

Cleantech industry leaders Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault, along with MaRS Discovery District, hosted the latest in the Cleantech in Canada seminar series today at MaRS. Panellists included industry experts who shared their thoughts on the innovation that is  More

The Future Of Clean Cars

Rick Sutin, co-chair of Ogilvy Renault's Cleantech team, and Sean Harrington of Better Place appear on BNN's SqueezePlay to discuss the future of the car.  More

Ontario Rolls Out Bold New Feed-In Tariff

Ontario's Green Energy Act includes a number of noteworthy initiatives designed to speed the deployment of wind energy in the province, says Richard King in North American Windpower magazine.  More

Green Act May Prompt Flood Of Litigation

Richard King comments on the new Green Energy Act in Law Times.  More

Power to the People—The Evolution of the Smart Grid: Deloitte, Ogilvy Renault and MaRS

Cleantech industry leaders Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault, along with MaRS Discovery District, hosted the latest in the Cleantech in Canada seminar series today at MaRS. Panellists included smart grid entrepreneurs and industry experts.  More

Province To Fast-track Wind Turbine Projects

Richard King tells the Toronto Star it's a good idea the Ontario government will be responsible for green projects from now on.  More

Ogilvy Renault Sponsors OCETA SDTC Cleantech Growth Report: February 2009

The report analyzes Ontario's clean technology industry, and identifies best practices to help Ontario's clean technology companies improve their go-to-market strategies.  More

Advertising Guidelines Target 'Greenwashing'

In the National Post, Paul Feuer of the Competition/Antitrust team goes over the new guidelines for companies wanting to appear environmentally friendly and the benefits to clients in Cleantech.  More

Water — The Next Big Wave in Cleantech: Deloitte, Ogilvy Renault and MaRS

Cleantech industry leaders Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault — along with MaRS Discovery District — hosted the latest in the Cleantech in Canada seminar series today at MaRS. Panellists included industry experts from EnviroTower and Siemens Water Technologies.  More

Clean Tech Fuels Growing Client Base

Richard S. Sutin and Andrew A. Taylor, co-chairs of our Cleantech team, are featured on the cover of Canadian Lawyer's September 2008 Green Issue and quoted in its cover story.  More

Ontario Eyes Bigger Focus On Renewable Energy To Meet Power Needs

Charles Keizer comments in The Canadian Press on the decision made by the Ontario Power Authority to review the province's Integrated Power System Plan.  More

Private Equity Opportunities in the Global Energy Sector

Charles Keizer talks to Financier Worldwide about how a renewed interest in alternative energy and greater energy demand from countries like China and India affect the industry.  More

Big Guns Go Green

Andrew Taylor and Jean Piette share Ogilvy Renault's plans for sustainable development and how establishing the firm's Cleantech team is integrated with our new green policies.  More

A Mid-2008 Report On Developments In Canadian M&A And Investment Law And Practice

Rick Sutin reviews the year in business so far, including an analysis of foreign investment and shareholder activism, in the September issue of ACC Docket's Canadian Briefings.  More

Provinces Collide Over Green Targets

Cleantech co-chair Rick Sutin talks to the Legal Post about climate change concerns and the regulatory issues that accompany them.  More

Greening Your Product? Be Sure the Label Backs it Up

Companies must now be more specific than ever when advertising their environmental ways in order to comply with Canadian Standards Association Environmental Claims guidelines.  More

Ogilvy Renault Partners with MCeX: Canadian Trade in Carbon Credits Begins

Launched on May 30, 2008, the MCeX is Canada's first regulated environmental market.  More

Safety in Niches

Rick Sutin is featured in National magazine talking about how the emergence of Cleantech has helped law firms achieve success during economic slowdowns.  More

Canadian M&A in 2008: The After Party

Rick Sutin wrote about the M&A landscape amidst a slow American economy and a high Canadian dollar. The article appears in the 2008 Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.  More

From the Land to the Rover: Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault Look at the Future of Agri-biotechnology

Clean technologies are proving they can be good for business and the environment at the same time.  More

Ogilvy Cleans Up With New Practice

Ogilvy Renault's Cleantech practice was profiled in the Ottawa Business Journal. The story included an interview with Grant Jameson, Managing Partner of our Ottawa office.  More

Ogilvy Renault's Cleantech Experience Valuable in Wind Farm Deal

Ogilvy Renault is proud of its participation in one of the first deals in mergers and acquisitions of a wind farm in Canada.  More

Going For Green: Ogilvy Renault Targets Environmental Entrepreneurs

Ogilvy Renault's Cleantech practice was featured in Lawyers Weekly.  More

Cleantech Investments in Canada on the Rise

Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault LLP survey reveals that interest from the investor community is helping to drive industry growth  More

Ogilvy Renault Launches Cleantech Law Practice: Announces Survey Results on Cleantech Investment

Ogilvy Renault LLP is pleased to announce the recent launch of its Cleantech law practice. The practice will host a Cleantech in Canada seminar tomorrow morning, presented jointly with Deloitte.  More