Renewable energy & Clean technology

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1 Renewable energy & Clean technology

2 exceptional experience Leading Advisors Cassels Brock s Renewable Energy/Clean Technology Group brings together a multi-disciplinary team of top-ranked lawyers with a wealth of expertise in electricity, infrastructure and project/ equipment finance, environmental assessment and approval, government relations, land development and real estate, publicprivate partnerships, and intellectual property. Our team is skilled at helping clients respond to the risks and opportunities presented by government regulations and programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or carbon footprints, through, for example, the development of alternative renewable energy resources. Our team has exceptional experience in the area, representing a range of companies and organizations in Canada and internationally, from start-ups to multinational corporations on issues from project finance to power purchase agreements to green marketing. In 2008, Cassels Brock was the only Canadian law firm invited to appear in a film on green energy law in Canada as part of a campaign to address corporate policy and its impact on climate change. Core Strength in the Electricity Sector. The Cassels Brock Renewable Energy/Clean Technology Group draws on our extensive expertise advising businesses, financial institutions, and investors in the electricity sector, having acted for electricity generators and distributors, electric utilities, and large electricity consumers advising on project licence agreements, transmission arrangements, regulatory compliance, tax matters, aboriginal rights and treaty claims, project structuring etc. Leading Advisors to the Financial Services Sector. We have acted in syndicated structured debt transactions for both traditional lenders and the commercial finance industry. In addition, we provide strategic advice to non-traditional investors including private equity and venture capital funds and provide tax structuring advice to maximize tax deductions and incentives. Being active participants in the market, our firm is able to assist both lenders and their clients in sourcing syndication partners and capital. Government Relations Expertise. Critical to navigating the regulatory framework for renewable energy and clean technologies is our Government Relations team, including two former Ontario premiers, which supports the Renewable Energy/Clean Technology Group to help reduce the risks and uncertainty involved in this rapidly evolving area.

3 Leaders in renewable energy & clean technology Regulatory Expertise Representative Work Navigating the Feed-in Tariff Program. Our team is expert at navigating the regulations and requirements of Ontario s feed-in tariff initiative ( FIT program ), North America s first comprehensive guaranteed pricing structure for electricity generated from renewable sources including: landfill gas, wind (onshore and off-shore), solar ( PV ), biomass, biogas and waterpower. Whether you are an industry equipments supplier, a landlord looking to lease a rooftop for solar energy production or a lender financing the construction of a wind farm, our lawyers can provide you with the business-focused, strategic advice that will help you achieve your goals efficiently while minimizing the risks. Carbon Finance Certified. With two partners holding certificates in Carbon Finance from the University of Toronto s Centre for Environment, our Renewable Energy/Clean Technology Group is well versed in both national and international initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through carbon finance, trading, and disclosure as well as clean technology finance and development. We have hands-on expertise advising businesses on Canada s offset system for greenhouse gases, Europe s emissions and renewable energy trading systems, as well as carbon capture and storage technologies. Solar Advising on the structuring and financing of a solar power fund Representing a service provider in respect of implementing the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Solar PV Program involving the sale and installation of rooftop solar PV generation facilities at non-profit housing sites across the Province Advising a solar aggregator in connection with the design, build, construction and finance of solar installations across Ontario Representing a leading-edge clean technology fund in structuring its initial investments in start-up companies and in negotiating and acquiring assets and settling lease and other rights regarding the development of its first solar farm in Ontario Acting for both landlords and owners in respect of leases relating to rooftop solar energy facilities Acting for a clients in connection with solar power production facilities

4 Wind Acting for a syndicate of lenders providing the term financing for the construction and take out financing for a large wind generating facility in Saskatchewan Advising a Canadian wind farm energy developer in financing development projects across the country Acting for an Irish renewable energy company in the negotiation of power purchase agreements for the sale of wind-generated electricity from its facilities in Prince Edward Island to large corporations, municipalities and utilities Preparing easements in relation to FIT program renewable energy projects Acting for an environmental engineering firm in the insolvency of a wind generator/wind farm energy developer Representing a manufacturer which has developed a micro wind turbine that is being rolled out to major parks worldwide Advising a large high-tech company engaged in the developing, engineering, manufacturing and marketing of wind turbine generator systems Acting as counsel to a wind power generator with wind farm locations in Eastern Canada including its sale to a major European power corporation Biomass Advising a lender in structuring and documenting an offering of investment in a pool of bio-mass co-generation projects Acting for the project manager in restructuring the financing and guarantees for a biomass cogeneration project in the forestry industry Representing an alternative energy development company with respect to producing power through underground pumped storage facilities Representing a financial services company in the financing of an anaerobic digester which creates both heat for greenhouses and electricity for the grid Acting for a municipality in establishing a facility that produces energy from waste

5 your Team Jason Arbuck James Ayres David Budd Jason Bullen Noble C. Chummar Brian P. Dominique Brent Duguid Stuart English Jonathan Fleisher Ted Frankel Erik Goldsilver Colin Ground Lawrence Herman Tom Kapsales Brian P. Koscak Robert Lysy Bruce McNeely Marc Mercier Andrew M. Reback Nicole Washington

6 A tradition OF excellence Creative. Approachable. Business-focused. These are the qualities clients tell us they value in a law firm, and they re the qualities the lawyers at Cassels Brock possess in abundance. We ve been in business for over 120 years and have more than 200 lawyers committed to providing the very best legal advice to all our clients, whether entrepreneurial start-ups, mid-market enterprises or multinational corporations. Cassels Brock is a full-service firm, organized into practice areas that meet clients wide-ranging needs. While clients may initially come into the firm via one practice area, the full range of our expertise is available to them through their primary lawyer. Aboriginal Advertising & Marketing Asset Finance and Leasing Asset-Based Lending Automotive Aviation Business Charity & Not-For-Profit Class Actions Communications Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Construction Corporate Tax Education Employment Energy & Utilities Entertainment Family Fashion Financial Institutions Regulation Financial Services Franchise Government Relations Hospitality and Tourism Information Technology Infrastructure Insurance Corporate & Regulatory Intellectual Property (Copyright, Trade-marks & Patents) International Business International Trade Land Development Lending and Finance Life Sciences Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions Mining Municipal, Planning & Environmental Payments Industry Pension, Benefits & Executive Compensation Personal Injury Plaintiff Privacy Private Equity Product Liability Project Finance Real Estate and Development Registration and Compliance Renewable Energy & Clean Technology Restructuring & Insolvency Securities Securities Litigation Securitization and Structured Finance Sports Trusts & Estates Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP 2100 Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West, Toronto Canada M5H 3C2 P F Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. Cassels Brock and the CB logo are registered trade-marks of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. All rights reserved. 05/2011