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Torys Offices

Torys
79 WELLINGTON STREET WEST, SUITE 3000
BOX 270, TD CENTRE
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canada
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Mark Bain

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416.865.7349 mbain@torys.com View profile

Work Department

Infrastructure, Projects

Position

Mark is consistently recognized as one of Canada’s leading infrastructure and project finance lawyers, providing clients with strategic counsel and deep technical insight on complex and first-of-kind infrastructure projects and PPP transactions across sectors and geographies.

Head of Torys’ PPP practice and co-head of the firm’s Infrastructure and Energy practice, Mark has advised on major capital projects across Canada, including over 80 significant PPP projects. He has represented all principal stakeholders in such transactions, including sponsors, equity investors, lenders, arrangers and underwriters, contractors, service providers and public authorities, giving him a broad perspective to offer practical and effective solutions balancing public and private interests and risks to meet project goals.

His experience spans all fields, including complex and innovative PPP and infrastructure transactions in healthcare, power, transit, telecom, education, justice, gaming, water and wastewater, pipelines, public records and urban redevelopment. His wide-ranging work includes recent award-winning projects such as the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road, Saint John Safe Clean Drinking Water, Calgary Stoney CNG Bus Storage and Transit Facility, Ottawa LRT, Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway, Mosaic Stadium, Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link and Corner Book Acute Care Hospital.

Career

Northwest Territories Bar, 2021
Ontario Bar, 1989

Memberships

Mark is the Chair for the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships and also the Chair for the Canadian Branch of the International Project Finance Association.

Mark teaches infrastructure project development and finance law at the Osgoode Hall LLM program.

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Canada > Infrastructure projects

(Leading individuals)

Mark Bain – Torys

Torys stands out for its Pan-North American projects practice, with the team routinely engaged to advised on transactions in the US, as well as in Canada. The multidisciplinary group draws on infrastructure, energy, Indigenous law, real estate and project finance specialists, among others, which equips it to handle the full projects life cycle — from procurement issues through to development and secondary market transactions. Toronto-based department co-head Mark Bain is sought after for his specialist infrastructure expertise; he recently teamed up with Josh Van Deurzen, also in Toronto, to advise Infrastructure Ontario on the Accelerated High Speed Internet Program. The department is additionally co-led by Toronto-based power expert Krista Hill and New York-based Tara Mackay, who is noted for cross-border work. Other recommended names in Toronto include project finance specialist Scott Kraag; projects and infrastructure partner Daniel Ford; and talented senior associate, Jessica Ho-Wo-Cheong.

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