Our Team

Real Time News’ LawDay 2009—Leading lawyer in energy/corporate law

• Starwood Energy Group Global
  • in its acquisition and related project financing of a 20 MW solar project in northern Ontario
  • in its acquisition and related project financing of a 30 MW solar project in Northern Ontario
  • in its acquisition and related project financing of a 10 MW solar project in Northern Ontario
• Recurrent Energy
  • in its purchase of 35 solar projects in Ontario
  • in its development and financing of approximately 180 MW of solar projects under Ontario’s FIT program
• International Power Canada on its acquisition of two solar projects from EffiSolar
• Ontario Power Generation’s
  • C$3.1 billion agreement with British Energy plc to lease the Bruce nuclear facility
  • C$340 million sale of the Mississagi River System hydroelectric generating stations to Great Lakes Power
  • proposed decontrol of the Thunder Bay and Atikokan generating facility and the Lakeview and Lennox generating facilities
  • C$985 million Niagara Tunnel Project, a project to build, under a design/build agreement, a 10.4-km water diversion tunnel at Niagara Falls
• Energie NB Power
  • on the proposed transaction with Hydro-Québec
  • in its consideration of the new nuclear project at Point Lepreau
  • in its proposed transactions involving the Coleson Cove oil-fired facility and the Point Lepreau nuclear facility
  • on the refurbishment of the Point Lepreau nuclear facility
  • on its wind supply RFPs
  • on several disputes and corporate matters
• Ontario Power Authority on its contracts with Bruce Power regarding the refurbishment of the Bruce nuclear facility
• Hydro Ottawa’s sale of Telecom Ottawa
• Fort Chicago’s bid for Countryside Power Income Fund
• Third Avenue Management’s
  • bid for Catalyst Paper
  • participation as oversubscription provider in a rights offering by Catalyst Paper
  • formation of a voting group with respect to Canfor Corporation 
• Macquarie Infrastructure Partners’ acquisition of Halterm Income Fund and on several proposed acquisitions
• Centerra Gold in its sale of its REN Joint Venture Interest to Homestake
• the merger of Westcoast Energy and Duke Energy
• Duke Energy Canada’s
  • US$245 million sale of its interest in the Alliance Pipeline
  • sale of its interest in Lake Superior Power
• Sprott Securities’ IPO of World Energy
• TD Securities’
• underwriting of the Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation IPO
• underwriting of Enersource Mississauga Hydro bonds
• underwriting of income trust units for the IPO of Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund
• underwriting of income trust units for the follow-on offering by Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund in connection with the Leisureworld acquisition
• underwriting of convertible debentures of Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund
• underwriting of common shares of Rockwater Capital
• CIBC World Markets’
  • underwriting of income trust units for the IPO of Countryside Power Income Fund
  • underwriting of income trust units for the follow-on offering by Countryside Power Income Fund in connection with the Ripon gas facility acquisition
• Scotia Capital’s underwriting of Nova Scotia Learning Centres Secured Bonds
• Toronto-Dominion Bank’s purchase of 57 branches from Laurentian Bank
• Toronto-Dominion Bank’s acquisition of Newcrest Capital
• the C$1.5 billion IPO by TD Waterhouse Group
• the proposed merger of Canadian National and Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railways
• the sale of Key Media
• the sale of Sky Dome
• the privatization of Petro-Canada
• several other public offerings, as issuer’s counsel and underwriters’ counsel

Phil rejoined Torys in September 1998.