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Torys Offices

Torys
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BOX 270, TD CENTRE
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canada
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Mark Bain

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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 partners)

Mark Bain – Torys

The ‘practical and collaborative’ infrastructure practice at Torys is distinguished by its full-spectrum coverage of projects matters, from procurement and financing, through to development and secondary market activity. With experience in acting for all key stakeholders, including public sector authorities, project consortiums and lenders, the group additionally stands out for its thriving US projects offering. Toronto-based Mark Bain is highly regarded for his extensive experience in first-of-a-kind projects; he is acting alongside Toronto’s Josh Van Deurzen to advise Infrastructure Ontario, as the public authority, on the procurement process for the Accelerated High-Speed Internet Program. Bain co-heads the department together with Toronto-based power specialist Krista Hill and New York-based Tara Mackay, who has a focus on international work. The Toronto team additionally draws on high-profile project finance partner Scott Kraag, as well as a strong band of up-and-coming associates including Jessica Ho-Wo-Cheong (senior) and Emily Stewart (intermediate).

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