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Infrastructure & Project Development

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We help clients realize their vision in developing major projects through strategic and business-focused legal advice. Our team has acted on transformative, complex and highly innovative public-private infrastructure projects across Canada and internationally, including power, oil and gas, pipeline, utilities, nuclear power facilities, telecommunication, health care, education, roads, airports, public transportation, and a range of "smart city" facilities.

Our value to clients includes:

  • Practical deal-making approach – Complex projects create impacts to communities and relationships between parties, often for decades. We apply a long-term view to develop structures that account for commercial realities and business objectives.
  • National and international experience – Clients benefit from our perspective on documentation and prevailing risk allocation models, across Canada and internationally.
  • Understanding the deal – Our experience with private consortia, design-builders, project sponsors, financiers, service providers and First Nations partners gives us perspective on key issues and negotiating points in any complex deal, and lets us integrate seamlessly with other service providers and consultants.
  • Project finance breadth – Advising on the full range of financing models – lending, bank/bond deals, capital markets financing, private equity investments, capital swaps, monetizations, and more – has enabled us to influence many of the structures in use in Canada today, including several “firsts” in the market.

Our service to clients is complemented by related expertise in public procurement, governmental affairs, regulatory matters, First Nations consultations, construction and environmental law, among others.

Public-Private Partnerships

As one of the first firms to advise on the P3 and AFP structures in Canada, and with an active international practice, our team is on the leading edge of current and emerging transaction models. We have advised governments and related agencies, bidding consortia and financiers with respect to procurement, project agreements, project finance, design-build issues, EPC and EPCM, DBFM and environmental compliance in relation to healthcare, transportation, power transmission, government services and technology infrastructure projects.

Key Contacts

  • Jane  Bird Jane Bird, Senior Business Advisor
  • Paul D. Blundy Paul D. Blundy, Partner
  • Duncan C. Card Duncan C. Card, Partner
  • Charlene  Hiller Charlene Hiller, Partner
  • David W. Little David W. Little, Partner
  • Thomas W. McInerney Thomas W. McInerney, Partner
  • Jason D. Roth Jason D. Roth, Partner
  • Lawrence E. Smith Q.C. Lawrence E. Smith Q.C., Partner
  • Geoffrey P. Stenger Geoffrey P. Stenger, Partner
  • Related Lawyers

Recent Experience

The Government of Nunavut, in the procurement of new facilities at the Iqaluit International Airport under a public-private partnership model.
Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, in the ongoing development and redevelopment of approximately 300 hectares of parks and public spaces along Toronto’s waterfront.
EllisDon Corporation, in the $44.9-million alternative financing and procurement transaction involving the redevelopment of the Hamilton General Hospital campus of Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation.
Deerfoot Meadows Overpass Project, in negotiating construction, use and funding agreements with the Province of Alberta and the City of Calgary.
Montreal International Fuel Facilities Corporation, in the construction of a marine terminal.
The Government of Bermuda, in the L.F. Wade International Airport redevelopment project.
Capital Regional District, in the governance, development and execution of its Wastewater Treatment Project.
PavCo Development Projects, in the purchase, rezoning, subdivision, permitting and construction of the Vancouver Convention Expansion Project.
Ice District Development, in the construction and financing of the urban redevelopment project in Edmonton, Alberta, involving a mix of residential, commercial, office, hotel, retail and public spaces.
PortsToronto, in the development and construction of the pedestrian tunnel connecting Billy Bishop Airport.

Recent Recognition

The Legal 500: Canada
Ranked, Infrastructure and Projects
P3 Awards 2018
Winner, Awarded Silver for Best Transit Project for L.F. Wade International Airport Redevelopment Project
Winner, Awarded Gold for Best Financial Structure on Alberta Powerline - Fort McMurray West 500 kv Transmission Project
Top 100 Canada's Biggest Infrastructure Deals
Involvement in 3 of top 100 projects

Insights, News & Events

Speaking Engagements

EPC Contract: Love it or Leave it

February 24, 2021
       

Speaking Engagements

Charlene Hiller on the Alliance Contract Model

February 03, 2021
       

Speaking Engagements

Canadian Bar Association BC Construction Law Subsection Presentation

January 26, 2021
       

Blog

Alberta Launches New Public-Private Partnership and Unsolicited Proposal Frameworks

December 09, 2020
       

Articles

Sharon Singh on Infrastructure and Indigenous Engagement

November 09, 2020
       

Articles

Will Osler on Infrastructure and Indigenous Engagement: A Corporate Perspective

October 26, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Acts for Gold Winner at Canadian Law Awards

October 07, 2020
       

In the News

Pat Maguire in CBA National's Look Ahead in Canadian Law

September 23, 2020
       

Announcements

Infrastructure and Indigenous Engagement

September 17, 2020
       

Podcast

Infrastructure and Indigenous Engagement

September 17, 2020
       

Announcements

39 Bennett Jones Lawyers Ranked as Infrastructure Leaders

September 03, 2020
       

In the News

Jason Roth on Government Infrastructure Priorities and COVID-19

September 03, 2020
       

In the News

Jason Roth on Infrastructure Projects in COVID-19 Era

August 11, 2020
       

In the News

Capital Projects Group Referenced in the Daily Commercial News

July 08, 2020
       

Blog

Green Buildings in the Economic Recovery

June 19, 2020
       

Announcements

Jason Roth Inducted as Fellow of Canadian College of Construction Lawyers

June 17, 2020
       

Blog

Construction Timelines in Ontario: Complications and Exceptions

April 11, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Lexpert's Top 10 Deals of 2019

February 20, 2020
       

In the News

The Lawyer's Daily: Little and Hiller New Bennett Jones Partners

February 03, 2020
       

In the News

Canadian Lawyer: David Little and Charlene Hiller Join Bennett Jones

January 30, 2020
       

Blog

Indigenous Ownership in Energy Infrastructure

December 23, 2019
       

Blog

Why Major Infrastructure Projects Succeed

December 17, 2019
       

Announcements

Twenty-three Bennett Jones Lawyers in Leading 500 in Canada

December 13, 2019
       

Announcements

Deal for New Event Centre in Calgary is Official

December 06, 2019
       

Speaking Engagements

Jane Bird on Delivering Mega Projects in Toronto

November 27, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones is Top-Tier in The Legal 500

November 18, 2019
       

Announcements

Lexpert Ranks 28 Bennett Jones Lawyers as Infrastructure Leaders

September 27, 2019
       

In the News

Geoffrey Stenger in Lexpert's Focus on P3s

September 27, 2019
       

In the News

Paul Blundy in Lexpert on Financing Long-Term Projects

September 27, 2019
       

Blogs Section

Ontario Initiates Three-Way Overhaul of Development Process

May 28, 2019
       

Announcements

Christy Clark One of Canada’s Most Powerful Women

November 22, 2018
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Acts for CCPPP 2018 Gold Award Winner

November 05, 2018
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Acts for Winners in P3 Awards 2018

October 11, 2018
       

Articles

Regulating Project Risk: Project Development in the Regulatory State

May 2018
       

In the News

Royal Gazette on North America Airport Deal of the Year

March 17, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

The Blame Game: Determining Responsibility for Project Delays

March 08, 2018
       

In the News

Bennett Jones Lawyers: The Client’s Choice

February 09, 2018
       

In the News

Bennett Jones Acts for CCPPP Gold Winner in Iqaluit International Airport Project

November 06, 2017
       

Blog

Proposed Amendments to Ontario's Construction Lien Act

July 24, 2017
       

Speaking Engagements

The Top 10 Questions from Clients on Construction and Infrastructure Projects

February 08, 2017
       

Articles

Open Letter to the Minister of Finance on Canada's Infrastructure Bank

November 03, 2016
       

In the News

David Dodge and Jane Bird in National Post on Canadian Infrastructure Bank

November 03, 2016
       

Blog

Minister of Finance Commits to Establish a Canadian Infrastructure Bank

November 01, 2016
       

In the News

David Dodge on BNN on Infrastructure and Productivity in Canada

November 01, 2016
       

In the News

David Dodge on Power & Politics on Fall Economic Statement

November 01, 2016
       

In the News

Jane Bird Profiled in BCBusiness

October 25, 2016
       

In the News

21 Bennett Jones Infrastructure Lawyers Canadian Leaders

August 26, 2016
       

In the News

Jane Bird in Times Colonist: New Chair of CRD Project Board

June 10, 2016
       

In the News

David Dodge Op-ed in Globe and Mail on Infrastructure

May 13, 2016
       

In the News

David Dodge on BNN on Infrastructure Spending in Canada

March 03, 2016
       

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