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The Davis Projects, Infrastructure and P3 (Projects) Practice group is one of Canada's leading P3 and AFP practices and is composed of lawyers and consultants with cutting edge experience and knowledge in Canada's infrastructure and project finance market. Davis Projects has been involved in Canada's P3 market from its inception, has advised on the vast majority of Canadian P3 projects and has successfully closed many of the most significant Canadian P3 projects.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

The following list of award-winning projects that we have closed demonstrates the prominent role Davis Projects has had, and continues to have, in the development of Canada's P3 and public infrastructure market:

• Anthony Henday Drive Northwest Leg Ring Road - counsel to sponsor (2008 - awarded "PPP Deal of the Year - Americas" by PFI Magazine, UK)
• Alberta Schools P3 Project - counsel to sponsor (2008 - awarded "North American Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year" by Project Finance Magazine, NY)
• Golden Ears Bridge - counsel to sponsor (2006 - awarded "North American PPP Deal of the Year" by Project Finance Magazine, NY, and "North American Deal of the Year" by PFI Magazine, UK)
• Richmond-Airport-Vancouver (RAV) Line - counsel to sponsor (2005 - awarded "North American Transport Deal of the Year" by Project Finance Magazine, NY, and "Infrastructure Deal of the Year - Americas" by PFI Magazine, UK)
• Abbotsford Hospital - counsel to secondary market purchaser (2004 - awarded "North American PPP Deal of the Year" by Project Finance Magazine, NY)
• Highway 407 - counsel to lenders (2000 - awarded "North American Transport Deal of the Year" by Project Finance Magazine, NY)

Other P3 projects which Davis LLP has closed include: Kelowna - Vernon Hospital (2008 - counsel to sponsor); Calgary Ring Road (2007 - counsel to sponsor); Vancouver General Hospital Ambulatory Care Centre (2006 - counsel to secondary market purchaser); E 18 Highway Project (Norway) (2006 - special counsel to the European commercial lending syndicate); Kicking Horse Canyon (2006 - counsel to sponsor) and Okanagan Lake Bridge Project (2005 - counsel to sponsor).

Davis LLP also acted for Partnerships British Columbia in connection with the development and drafting of the British Columbia Model Concession Agreement and advised on policy and risk issues arising in connection with the British Columbia Government's infrastructure program (July 2006).

Having helped shape the Canadian P3 market, the Davis Projects Group is now widely regarded as the market leader.

PROJECT SERVICES

Davis LLP is a full-service law firm, with offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Montreal, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Tokyo. Davis Projects offers all of the expertise and industry knowledge required to successfully execute and close infrastructure projects of any nature or size. Our clients benefit from our multi-jurisdictional P3 and other infrastructure/project experience gained from our team members' work in a variety of Canadian and European markets. We provide timely, business-oriented advice on every aspect of the procurement process and transaction, including the following:

• Providing advice on procurement documentation for private sector proponents
• Drafting bidding agreements (between members of the bidding consortium)
• Advising on the most effective procurement and bidding strategies
• Advising on and establishing the most tax-efficient and appropriate special purpose vehicle (SPV)/borrower structure
• Reviewing concession/project agreements and preparing mark-ups and commentary on such documents, including the identification of the key risk issues for the sponsors, the lenders and rating agencies
• Leading negotiations between the public authority and private sector bidders on the principal contracts
• Leading negotiations on, and drafting the heads of terms and the final drop-down agreements between the SPV and each of the principal subcontractors
• Drafting and reviewing financing documentation and leading negotiations between financial institutions and the SPV/borrower
• Advising on project insurance issues
• Drafting and negotiating early access and early works agreements
• Project finance advice

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