Catherine’s practice focuses on debt financing, project finance, construction, infrastructure and public-private partnerships (P3s).

Drawing from her wide breadth of expertise, Catherine regularly advises proponents of infrastructure projects throughout Canada, including in the transportation, social infrastructure, alternative energy, power and health-care sectors. She has also represented a wide variety of financial institutions in the financing of infrastructure assets, including bond underwriters, institutional investors, and both Canadian and international banks.

Catherine has extensive experience in operating and term credit facilities, asset-based financings, lease financings and structured financial products, and in structuring, negotiating and documenting domestic and cross-border financing transactions in the bank, private placement and public markets.

Catherine’s experience also includes both secondary market acquisitions in the infrastructure space and project restructurings.



Representative Matters

  • Acted for Canada Infrastructure Bank on a $150 million loan to the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) for the first phase of a project to build CANXPORT. The new export logistics hub will expand capacity and capabilities for rail-to-container transloading of multiple export products at the Port of Prince Rupert, improve Canadian supply chains, and drive trade and economic growth
  • Acted for HTEC Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation in connection with the financing for construction and operation of a hydrogen liquefaction facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as three gaseous hydrogen production facilities in Burnaby, Nanaimo and Prince George, in addition to construction and operation of 20 hydrogen fueling stations in Western Canada
  • Represented IonicBlue Clean Energy Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IonicBlue, on a $100 million credit facility with Canada Infrastructure Bank for the financing of energy efficiency projects in Canada
  • Halifax Organic Waste Processing Facility Project (Nova Scotia) – Advised the successful proponent on a $457 million P3 project to design- build, finance and maintain an organic waste processing facility for the Halifax Regional Municipality.
  • Highway 104 Sutherlands River to Antigonish Twinning Project – Advised the successful proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a four-lane divided highway corridor near Antigonish, Nova Scotia
  • Halton Region Consolidated Courthouse Project – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new courthouse in Oakville, Ontario
  • Macdonald Block Reconstruction Project – Advised the successful proponent (Fengate PCL Progress Partners MBR LP) on a $1.5 billion P3 project to design, build, finance and maintain the Macdonald Block Complex, which comprises four towers and a podium near Queen’s Park in Toronto, Ontario; the financing for this project includes a senior credit facility and rated bonds
  • Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor Care Homes Project – Advised the successful proponent (NL Healthcare Partners) on a project to design, build, finance and maintain two long-term care facilities in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Gordie Howe International Bridge Project – Advised the successful proponent on a $3.8 billion P3 project to design, construct, finance, operate, maintain and rehabilitate the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a new publicly owned international bridge crossing between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan. The financing for this project includes rated bonds and a short-term credit facility. The Gordie Howe International Bridge Project is the largest and most ambitious binational infrastructure project along the Canada-United States border and one of the largest infrastructure projects in North America. It was named 2018 Road Deal of the Year at the Infrastructure Journal Global Awards, Transport Deal of the Year by Project Finance International and Outstanding Emerging Project by the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships
  • Nouvelle Autoroute 30 – Advised the finance parties in a cross-border bond issuance valued at approximately $1.2 billion to refinance the project debt for the Autoroute 30 concession project. At time of closing, the bond issuance was considered the largest transportation P3 bond deal in Canadian history.
  • Fengate Real Asset Investments – Advised on its $100 million strategic co-development partnership with Greengate Power Corporation to pursue the acquisition and development of renewable and clean energy projects in Alberta
  • New Toronto Courthouse Project – Advised the successful proponent (EllisDon) on a $956 million project to design, build, finance and maintain a large new courthouse in downtown Toronto, Ontario. The financing for this project includes short-term and long-term credit facilities
  • Howard County Courthouse Project – Advised a proponent on a landmark P3 in the state of Maryland in the US to design, build, finance and maintain a large new courthouse
  • Royal Inland Hospital Project – Advised the successful proponent (EllisDon) on a $288 million project to design, build, finance and maintain a new Patient Care Tower at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, British Columbia. The financing for this project includes rated bonds. The project was named 2018 North American Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year at the Infrastructure Journal Global Awards
  • Trillium Line Extension Project – Advised a team member of proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain an extension to the City of Ottawa’s existing light rail transit system
  • Hurontario LRT Project – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new light rail transit system along Hurontario Street in Mississauga and Brampton
  • Ontario Confederation Line Extension Project – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build and finance an extension to the City of Ottawa’s existing light rail transit system
  • City of Vaughan LED Street Light Replacement Program – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new street lighting program in Vaughan, Ontario
  • H2O Power Limited Partnership – Advised the issuer of a $400 million private placement of fixed-rate senior secured notes to finance the long-term operation of eight hydroelectric generating facilities in Ontario
  • Finch West LRT Project – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new light rail transit line in Toronto, Ontario
  • Corner Brook Long-Term Care Project – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a long-term-care facility in Corner Brook, Newfoundland
  • Abbotsford Courthouse Project – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new courthouse in Abbotsford, British Columbia
  • Southwest Calgary Ring Road Project – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new portion of the ring road in Calgary, AlbertaEnterprise Data Centre Expansion Project
  • Advised the successful proponent on a $322 million project to design, build, finance and maintain a 50,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art, mission-critical operating data centre located at the Canadian Forces Base in Borden, Ontario
  • Edmonton LRT Project – Advised a proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new light rail transit line in Edmonton, Alberta
  • Stanton Territorial Hospital Project – Advised the successful proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain the new Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
  • Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford Project – Advised the successful proponent on a project for an integrated mental health hospital and correctional facility that has a development value of $407 million
  • Saskatchewan Joint-Use Schools Project I – Advised the successful proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain six schools on three joint-use sites in Regina, Saskatchewan; the project will be delivered under a P3 model with the Government of Saskatchewan over a 30-year term and has a contract value of $186 million
  • Saskatchewan Joint-Use Schools Project II – Advised the successful proponent on a project to design, build, finance and maintain 12 schools on six joint-use sites in the communities of Saskatoon, Warman and Martensville, Saskatchewan; the project will be delivered under a P3 model with the Government of Saskatchewan over a 30-year term and has a contract value of $401.3 million
  • Haile Gold Mine – Advised the borrower on a US$200 million senior secured project finance facility for the development of Romarco’s Haile Gold Mine project in South Carolina

Teaching Engagements

  • Adjunct Professor, LLM course in Law and Policy of Public Private Partnerships, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
  • Faculty Member, Certificate Program in Public-Private Partnerships and other courses, Osgoode Hall Law School

News


Rankings & Recognitions

  • Recognized by Chambers Global (2025) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Project Finance and Projects: PPP & Infrastructure
  • Recognized in 2025 Lexpert Cross-Border 500 Guide as a leading lawyer in the area of Project Finance
  • Recognized by Chambers Canada 2025 as a leading lawyer in the areas of Projects: PPP & Infrastructure and Project Finance
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 (Construction Law, Project Finance Law, Structured Finance Law)
  • Recognized in the 2024 IFLR1000 Guide as Highly Regarded in the areas of Project Finance; Projects: Infrastructure
  • Recognized in the 2024 Lexology Index: Canada Guide as a Recommended lawyer in the areas of Government Contracts and Project Finance
  • Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining 2024
  • Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2024
  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2024 (Band 1 – Projects: PPP & Infrastructure, Band 2 – Project Finance)
  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2024 (Band 1 – Projects: PPP & Infrastructure, Band 2 – Project Finance)
  • The Legal 500 Canada 2024 (Infrastructure Projects)
  • The 2024 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Project Finance)
  • Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers 2024 – Independently Rated Lawyers (As nominated by senior in-house counsel)
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023 (Most Frequently Recommended – Infrastructure Law and Project Finance)
  • IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms 2023 (Highly Regarded – Project Finance)
  • Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2023 (Project Finance, Government Contracts)
  • IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2022 (Project Finance – Canada)
  • Who’s Who Legal: Global 2022 (Government Contracts)

Education & Admissions

2022
Called to the New York Bar
2008
LLMOsgoode Hall Law School
2006
Called to the Ontario Bar
2005
LLBUniversity of British Columbia
1995
MAUniversity of Toronto
1994
BSFSGeorgetown University