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Mr Jana Mansour
Work Department
Infrastructure and PPP, Construction, and Project Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Jana Mansour is a partner in our Infrastructure and PPP, Construction, and Project Finance groups. Based in Dentons’ Vancouver office, Jana regularly advises investors, developers and contractors from early-stage consideration through financing, construction, operation and disposition of large-scale infrastructure projects.
Jana represents owners and contractors in the negotiation of project agreements, including complex multi-phased engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, operation and maintenance agreements and long-term service agreements. He regularly deals with diverse joint venture and governance arrangements, including joint bidding, consortium, partnership and shareholders’ agreements. Jana has assisted clients in the review and clarification of requests for proposals and the preparation of compliant bids.
Jana has broad experience in the financing of projects, as well as the purchase and sale of equity interests in such projects, including assisting private equity funds in the assessment of operating assets. His project finance experience has featured a variety of lender syndicates, including commercial banks, as well as bilateral and multilateral agencies like the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
Jana has dealt with a variety of assets, including wind and solar farms in Canada, the US and Mexico, gas-fired power plants and pipelines in the US and Mexico, a biofuel power plant in Hawaii, a large silver and zinc mine in Bolivia, a high speed rail concession in Brazil, rolling stock for New York City’s subway and Rome’s Metro, LNG port terminals in Texas, Mexico and Papua New Guinea, and nuclear power plants in Texas and Finland.
Jana began his legal career in Montréal before moving to New York City, where he practiced law for 17 years with two major international law firms. During 2010 – 2016, he was a partner in the Project Finance and Development Group of a major international law firm, based in New York.
Languages
English French
Education
Columbia University School of Law, 1999, LL.M.
Université de Montréal, 1995, LLB
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Construction
(Leading Individuals)The cross-Canada team of global firm Dentons provides a comprehensive service, advising on major construction and infrastructure projects in both the private and public sectors. With an active client base spanning such areas as energy, utilities, transport, real estate, healthcare and government, the practice assists with procurement, contract drafting and negotiation, contract administration, in addition to litigation involving construction and engineering contractual disputes, design issues, professional liability, construction bonds and tendering processes. The team is led in Vancouver by Jana Mansour, a specialist in the procurement of transportation and energy projects for domestic and multinational clients, and Karen Martin KC, a seasoned litigator and arbitrator. At the Edmonton office, Dennis Picco KC brings over 30 years of experience to litigation and dispute resolution matters in the construction and energy sectors. Simon Elzen-Hoskyn (also in Edmonton) and Chelsea Wilson in Vancouver were promoted to partner in February and June of 2023. Partner Morgan Burris in Vancouver joined from Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP in May 2023. Jonathan Hillson in Edmonton departed in June 2023.
Canada > Infrastructure projects
Dentons enjoys a prominent reputation for transport-related infrastructure matters, where it has a strong record on behalf of public sector clients, including Transport Canada and Montréal Port Authority, among others. The group also acts for developers and lenders on Canadian and international projects. Montreal-based Ilan Dunsky co-heads the department and handles an array of procurement, project development and finance matters. Vancouver-based Jana Mansour co-leads the group and also contributes to the construction and project finance teams.
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