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David Lever
Work Department
Energy: Power (Transactional)
Position
David A.N. Lever is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Group in Toronto. In addition, he is the Industry Group Leader of the firm’s Infrastructure Group and Co-Head of the firm’s Projects practice.
Known for his expertise in M&A and project finance and development, David has been actively involved in the power industry for over three decades. He has acted for developers, investors and lenders in connection with wind, hydro, nuclear and co-generation power projects in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the United States.
David has provided counsel in the areas of development, financing, contract negotiation, permitting and regulatory matters and ownership structures. He has extensive experience in financings for public and private corporations and income funds in both public and private markets. David also has significant experience in the purchase and sale of businesses in the energy industry.
Education
M.Sc. Finance and Accounting, 1984; MBA, 1987; Ontario Bar, 1987.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Energy and natural resources > Power
(Hall of Fame)McCarthy Tétrault maintains a dominant commercial power practice that harnesses the wider firm’s signature corporate strength, which is additionally supported by significant regulatory capability. The team’s industry expertise spans a varied mix of wind, hydro, nuclear, and co-generation power projects, while its broad national footprint ensures that it is routinely involved in matters across the country — it also handles US-related work. Toronto-based Seán O’Neill spearheads the department and has a focus on power transactions; he recently advised Renewable Energy Systems Canada on the sale of the Bekevar Wind Project to Innagreen Canada Holdings C and Innagreen Canada Holdings D. The group additionally draws on high-profile infrastructure and projects expert David Lever and transactional power partner Suzanne Murphy — both of whom are based in Toronto — as well as Calgary-based energy regulation specialist Kimberly Howard. Former energy regulation lead George Vegh retired.
Canada > Infrastructure projects
McCarthy Tétrault’s infrastructure projects practice is evenly distributed between its offices, which translates into comprehensive national coverage of all major infrastructure spheres, including rail, health, government buildings, and energy and natural resources. Toronto-based David Lever co-heads the practice and is recommended for his focus on project finance and energy-related matters. Department co-head Linda Brown, based in Vancouver, specializes in infrastructure projects, with experience across the full range of bidding processes, project finance and secondary market activity. Vancouver-based Morgan Troke is also highly regarded for infrastructure work and recently paired up with Vancouver’s Samantha Cunliffe to advise the ONxpress Transportation Partners consortium on the DBOM contract for the GO Rail Expansion On Corridor Project. Toronto-based real estate and construction specialist Godyne Sibay and Vancouver-based next-generation partner Liezl Behm are also recommended for projects work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Canada > Energy and natural resources > Power
- Infrastructure projects Canada
- Power Canada > Energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Environment
- Infrastructure projects
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Business immigration
- Cannabis
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Indigenous law
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Pensions
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public procurement