Our Team

Don has represented

• Ontario Power Generation in the
  • 2009/10 expansion of the Bruce/Milton transmission line
  • 2006/7 construction of a new Beck Tunnel at Niagara Falls
  • 2006/7 construction of the 550MW Portlands Energy Centre generating station in Toronto
  • 2005 arrangements for Bruce Power’s refurbishment program of the Bruce A nuclear reactors
  • 2004 sale to Borealis of its Northwind Windsor joint venture
  • 2003 sale of British Energy's interest in Bruce Power to a Canadian consortium
  • 2002 sale of its Mississagi River generating stations to Brascan Power
  • 2001 long-term lease of the Bruce nuclear generating station to Bruce Power
• Brookfield Renewable Power in the acquisition, construction and financings of its 189 MW Prince I and II (2006), 50 MW Gosfield (2009/10) and 165 MW Comber (2010/2011) wind energy projects and its 2005-10 Ontario renewable energy supply arrangements
• Starwood Energy Group in its 2009-2011 acquisition, development and finance, of five 10 MW solar energy projects in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
• Dexia Credit in its 2009/10 financing of two 10 MW solar energy projects in Arnprior, Ontario
• ICICI Bank in its 2009/10 financing of Essar Algoma’s 80 MW cogen project in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
• International Power Canada on the acquisition, development and financing of its
  • 2009 39.6 MW Harrow wind energy projects
  • 2010 48.6MW Pointe aux Roches wind energy project
  • 2010 27MW Plateau I, II and III wind energy project
  • 2011 East Lake St. Clair (99 MW) and Erieau (99 MW) wind energy projects 
• Recurrent Energy's 2009 acquisition of certain solar energy projects in Ontario
• Dufferin Wind Power in connection with its 2011 100 MW wind energy project in Melancthon 
• Greenfield Energy Centre's 2007 C$660 million financing of a 1005MW gas-fired generating station near Sarnia, Ontario
• Fortis Capital in connection with its financing of AIM Powergen's 39.6 MW wind energy projects on the north shore of Lake Erie
• Jerry Zucker in the financing and the real estate aspects of his 2006 acquisition and 2008 disposition of Hudson’s Bay Company
• New Brunswick Power in its proposed 2002-2005 dispositions of Coleson Cove and Point Lepreau generating stations
• TD Bank
  • in the 2007 financing of the East Windsor 84MW Cogen Facility owned by Pristine Power and Fort Chicago
  • in the 2006 financing of the Goreway 880MW natural gas combined cycle generating station in Brampton
  • in its 2003 acquisition from Laurentian Bank of Canada of its retail branch network west of Quebec
• a lending syndicate in its 2006 C$410 million project financing of Greenfield Ethanol's Canadian ethanol plants
• a lending syndicate in connection with their 2008/9 extension and amendment of senior secured notes issued by Clearwater Seafoods and their subsequent payout
• Cameco
  • in its 2010 transfer to the federal government of its Welcome Waste Management Facility in Port Hope, Ontario
  • in its 2006 acquisition of Zircatec Precision Industries
  • on various aspects of its Port Hope initiatives
• Viterra on its restructurings and its 2009 sale of its Thunder Bay terminals
• the owners of the IBM Canada office complex in Markham, Ontario, in their 1998 debt restructuring, the transfer of that debt to GMAC in 2001 and its 2007 sale
• a cross-border syndicate assembled by CIBC World Markets in 2004-2005 to finance the development and construction of the River Cree Resort and Casino complex on the Enoch Cree First Nation reserve in Edmonton
• Exchange Tower, a subsidiary of Brookfield,
  • on its 2001 acquisition of a 50 percent interest in the Bay-Adelaide Centre
  • in its 2000 C$110 million mortgage bond issue secured by Bramalea City Centre in Brampton
• Ed Mirvish Enterprises in connection with certain real estate developments
• Ambassador Realty in connection with the Mondrian mixed-use development in Ottawa (2005-10)
• The Rank Group Plc
  • in its 2006 disposition of Deluxe Laboratories
  • on all facets of its Canadian business interests, including its 1996 acquisition of the Canadian Hard Rock Cafés and the 2007 disposition of its Hard Rock Cafés to the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida
• various REIT issuers and their underwriters on the real estate aspects of their acquisitions, dispositions, financings and co-ownership arrangements 
• the purchasing group in the privatization of Toronto’s SkyDome, and for SkyDome Corporation, including its 1999 CCAA restructuring and the sale of SkyDome to Sportsco International
• RoyNat and CIT Group in providing financing to businesses
• GE Capital, ING Capital and others in acquiring, financing and working through performing and non-performing real estate and mortgage portfolios
• Chinook Global on all aspects of its chemical businesses
• Northgate Minerals in connection with its Young-Davidson Mine 
• Placer Dome in its acquisition of mining interests
• Hydro-Quebec in the acquisition of Cedars Rapids Transmission Company