Expertise
Projects and Project Finance
Members of our team are consistently ranked as the top Canadian and among the top international project finance practitioners and industry specialists in Canadian and international legal directories, including Chambers Global, Euromoney, LEXPERT and the Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
Ogilvy Renault is independently ranked in the Canadian Legal Directory LEXPERT 2007 as "consistently recommended" in the area of Project Finance and is the only Canadian law firm to rank worldwide for Project Finance in the 2007 Chambers Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers.
We are proud to be Canada's leading domestic and international Projects and Project Finance firm. We have the right people with industry expertise, depth of experience who go the extra mile to successfully complete world class transactions.
Our large Project and Project Finance team combines Projects and Project Finance expertise with in-depth industry specialization. Partnering with clients, these traits facilitate the achievement of common goals-often across several jurisdictions and legal systems. Our "clients first" approach has earned trust and built long-term relationships.
We are recognized as leaders providing legal services, including in the following sectors: infrastructure and private-public partnerships for Projects and Project Finance, telecommunications, energy and mining and natural resources.
Infrastructure and Private-Public Partnerships
We advise project sponsors and developers, operators, lenders, investors amd governments on various infrastructure projects, including significant private-public partnerships in some of the largest and most innovative projects in Canada and abroad. These projects range from toll roads, railways and airports to hospitals, educational and correctional facilities, and municipal water and heating infrastructures.
Telecommunications
We have acted as lead counsel on numerous major financings in the telecom sector in emerging markets, including GSM, fixed and fixed wireless (two of which were the largest private sector financings ever completed in their respective countries) in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Albania. Our team includes experts in telecommunications regulatory matters, broadcast, communications, technology, and intellectual property.
Energy
Ogilvy Renault is a leader in energy practice in Canada. As a result, clients rely on our experience in regulatory as well as commercial and transactional matters. We act as counsel to private enterprise and public sector agencies active in the energy market on matters related to restructurings and developments, infrastructure assessment, financing, regulatory approvals, construction and operation, power generation, distribution, transmission, exports, sales and purchasing, proceedings before regulatory agencies and commissions, as well as litigation and dispute resolution. Our experience acting for project sponsors, market participants, lenders, governments and quasi-government agencies helps to ensure the confidence and trust of each of our clients.
Mining and Natural Resources
We have acted as counsel to governments, project sponsors and lenders in connection with mining and natural resources projects in North America. Some highlights include acting for:
- The Canadian government in structuring programs to finance reclamation of mine sites
- The lending syndicate financing a 40% joint venture partner of the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories (2003 Euromoney North American Project Finance Deal of the Year)
- The lending syndicate financing the limited recourse secured acquisition by Aur Resources of the Quebrada Blanca copper mine in Chile
- The lending syndicate project financing the Andacollo copper mine in Chile
- An international financial institution on its project financing of the Hazira and Surat oil and gas fields in India
- A senior lender on the financing of major eucalyptus kraft pulp production facilities in the state of Bahia in Brazil
- The lending syndicate in connection with the project financing and bridge financing for the Las Cruces copper mine in Spain.
International Projects
We are proud to be home to Canada's most extensive international Projects and Project Finance team. We have acted as lead counsel on a number of significant transactions throughout the world including Western Europe, North America, Eastern and Central Europe, Asia, and Latin America. We have been senior legal advisors in projects in many countries, including: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay and Uzbekistan. Our international work is assisted by an extensive local counsel network.
Our international work includes advising international financial institutions such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation (the private sector finance arm of the World Bank), Nordic Investment Bank, Export Development Canada; acting for syndicates of major commercial banks, and other institutional lenders and underwriters on project finance transactions; and acting for project developers and operators on large infrastructure projects.
We are able to draw on the expertise of our colleagues in all relevant practice areas; including arbitration, international trade and restructuring to help ensure that clients receive comprehensive, yet pragmatic solutions.
Client Work
Financial Close Achieved on the $112M Toronto Rehabilitation Institute University Centre Project
Counsel to Aecon Buildings, a division of Aecon Construction Group Inc. regarding the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute University Centre Project. 
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Bruce Power A L.P. Completes $200 Million Financing
Counsel to The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, The Great-West Life Assurance Company and Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc., as lenders. More
Financial Close on Agreement to Build, Finance and Maintain New Woodstock General Hospital
Counsel to Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation and Woodstock General Hospital in the structuring, procurement, negotiation and construction of the Project Documents for the new Woodstock General Hospital. More
Spanish Consortium Selected for the Completion of Highway 30 Project
Represented the banking syndicate in the $1.1B financing of the completion of Highway 30, Quebec's largest P3 to date. More
Uranium One Signs US$100 Million Credit Facility
Counsel to the joint lead arrangers and lenders in connection with a US$100 million senior secured revolving credit facility entered into by Uranium One Inc. More
Polaris Geothermal Closes $27M Debenture Private Placement
Counsel to Jacob & Company Securities Inc. in its role as agent, on the offering of 27,000 units of Polaris Geothermal Inc. More
Royal Jubilee Hospital Public-Private Partnership Project Financed for $206M
Counsel to Dexia Crédit and Depfa Bank, as lenders, for the Royal Jubilee Hospital public-private partnership project. 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
Bombardier Involvement with South African Gautrain Rapid Rail Link Project
Represented Bombardier in connection with South Africa's US$3.3 B Gautrain rapid rail link project, the world's second largest rail PPP and the largest greenfield rail project currently under construction globally. More
Infrastructure Ontario Transaction for New Durham Courthouse
Acted as counsel to Infrastructure Ontario in a design-build-finance-maintain (DBFM) transaction for a new Durham Courthouse comprised of 33 courtrooms, three motions rooms, and two conference/settlement rooms. More
Quinte Healthcare Expansion and Renovation Project
Financial close was reached on the Quinte Health Care Belleville General Hospital expansion and renovation project. Ogilvy Renault represented the lenders, M. Sullivan & Son Ltd. More
Events
IPFA Seminar: P3s in Canada - Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
Merie-Anne Beavis, Robert Borduas and Nicola Ezra speak at this seminar on public-private partnerships in Canada, co-hosted by Ogilvy Renault, the International Project Finance Association, and Ernst & Young. More
Publications
Ogilvy Renault Annual Review 2006
2006 was an exciting year for our clients, lawyers and agents. We are particularly proud of our client-focused approach to providing service-a perspective clearly appreciated by those we serve. More
Project Finance - Recent Developments of Importance
The emergence of public-private partnerships (often referred to as PPPs or P3s), soaring worldwide energy prices, the Kyoto Protocol and the growing endorsement of the "Equator Principles" have had a significant impact on project finance transactions... More
Global Projects Practice Profile - London
At Ogilvy Renault, we have succeeded in building Canada's leading domestic and international projects and project finance practice. More
Media Highlights
Comment trouver un milliard de dollars quand les temps sont durs ?
Robert Borduas, co-chair of the Projects and Project Finance team, describes in La Presse the different steps that led to the $1.1 billion financing by an international banking syndicate to complete Autoroute 30. More
Surviving the Credit Crunch
Nicholas Williams from the Projects and Project Finance team talks to the Financial Post about the ongoing need for private-public partnerships despite the current economic downturn. More
Autoroute 30 - Ogilvy Renault Represents the International Syndicate of Lenders
Ogilvy Renault acted on behalf of the international syndicate of lenders, including the Royal Bank of Canada, which acted as Administrative Agent. The banking syndicate provided a $1.1 billion financing for the completion of Autoroute 30. More
Still Money Seeking Projects
Robert Borduas, co-chair of our Projects and Project Finance team, talks to the Financial Post about the landmark deal to complete the $1.5-billion Autoroute 30 Highway in Quebec. More
PPP Picks Up but BCE Casts a Dark Shadow
Nick Williams and Andrew Fleming of the Business Law Group discuss in EuroWeek magazine the trend towards private-public partnership loans maintaining its status as Canadian investors' favourite assets. More
La formule PPP exige que tous s'adaptent
Robert Borduas is quoted in les Affaires about the complexity of private-public partnership contracts. More
Lots of Interesting, Lucrative Legal Work in P3s
Jacques Demers explains to the Law Times how public-private partnerships (P3s) are a boon to clients and law firms due to their profitability. More
Ogilvy Renault's Experts Excel in International Ranking
Ogilvy Renault LLP is honoured to have 29 of its lawyers, adding two to this year's roster, recognized by the Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers 2007, a respected international legal directory. More
Ogilvy Renault Shines in International Rankings
Named best law firm in Canada; a leader in Trade Mark law and the only Canadian firm to stand out in International Arbitration and Project Finance More
Ogilvy Renault Announces Major Additions to Project Finance Practice
Raymond Crevier, Managing Partner of Ogilvy Renault, is pleased to announce two major hires today. More
