Trevor deBoer
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Toronto
- Bio
- Awards & Recognition
- Representative Matters
- Insights
- Education
Trevor’s approach to legal advice is to try to anticipate
issues before they become problems and, upon finding problems, to contain,
solve and mitigate their effects. Having previously served as general counsel
at a financial services company, he knows what it is like on the client’s side,
which allows him to understand and appreciate his clients’ concerns. Trevor’s
ability to plan ahead and advise on real-world issues enables him to
continuously evolve to overcome new challenges.
Trevor is a member of the firm's Corporate/Commercial, Construction, Energy, Environmental, Infrastructure and Mines & Minerals Groups. He
practises predominantly in the area of corporate and commercial law for energy
sector clients, including share and asset purchase agreements, commercial
contracts, asset management arrangements, and real property development joint
ventures. He represents energy industry clients on microgrids, conservation and
demand management, as well as the financing, development, acquisition, sale,
operation and regulation of energy storage projects and wind, solar, water and
biomass electricity generation facilities.
He also advises developers, equity sponsors, lenders and
government agencies in a variety of infrastructure transactions, including P3
hospital, highway, accommodation and public transportation projects, merchant
and P3 electricity generation facilities, a petrochemical refinery, and both
publicly and privately owned entertainment venues.
In addition, Trevor has executed all stages of real property
development, both as external and in-house counsel, including site evaluation
and selection, land assembly, joint venture structuring, multi-tier and
public-market acquisition financing, marketing, construction financing and pre-
and post-construction divestiture. He has also advised on brownfield
remediation and redevelopment, and emissions credit trading.
Trevor has significant experience in the structuring,
marketing and management of specialized private- and public-equity funds, and
has navigated the "full cycle" of reporting issuer IPOs, including
conceptualizing, structuring, retaining asset managers and drafting IPO and
governance documents; liaising with dealer syndicates and regulators during
interim marketing periods; and co-ordinating MD&A filings.
Other Languages
Mandarin
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in the field of Corporate Law
- Trevor is a recipient of the McMillan Binch Scholarship and the Canada-Taiwan Scholarship
Representative Matters
Energy
Lead counsel to Abraxas Power Corp. in its strategic partnership with EDF Group to jointly develop the Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation green hydrogen and ammonia project in Central Newfoundland.
Lead counsel to the purchaser in connection with the structuring, negotiation and acquisition of a $200mm portfolio of rooftop solar projects.
Co-lead counsel to the financier/purchaser in connection with the structuring, negotiation and acquisition of a $300mm portfolio of groundmount solar projects.
Lead counsel to the vendor in connection with the disposition of three US hydroelectric projects.
Advised power purchaser in connection with contract management issues with a series of multinational owners of a CCGT project.
Lead counsel to the purchaser in connection with the structuring, negotiation and acquisition of a 50% interest in a $120mm portfolio of wind projects.
Lead counsel to numerous developers, constructors, financiers and offtakers of Ontario rooftop/groundmount solar, wind and hydro projects.
Infrastructure
Advising Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx in connection with the East Rail Maintenance Facility AFP Project, which reached financial close in March 2015.
Advised the lender to the successful bidder in connection with the Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport Pedestrian Tunnel project, which reached financial close in March 2012.
Advised the lenders to the successful bidder for the South West Detention Centre project in Windsor, Ontario, which reached financial close in April 2011.
Advised the design-build joint venture in connection with the Windsor-Essex Parkway project, which reached financial close in December 2010.
Advised short-listed consortia bidding for the St. Joseph’s Regional Mental Health Care project in Ontario and the Surrey Memorial Hospital project in British Columbia.
Advised Canadian life insurance companies, Canadian pension funds, Canadian banks and foreign banks in financings of P3 hospital, highway, transportation and social accommodation projects, including RFP responses, contract negotiation, due diligence and closing.
Advised a municipal government entity in relation to the financing of municipally-owned stadium redevelopment, including due diligence and closing.
Advised a provincial government entity in relation to the financing of a provincially-owned greenfield casino development, including RFP responses, regulatory and real estate due diligence and closing.
Advised a large public company in a multi-property venue financing of an entertainment venue redevelopment, secured against another entertainment venue, including real estate due diligence and closing.
Advised a large public company in the proposed construction of an oil refinery, including environmental and real estate due diligence.
Advised a merchant power producer in the greenfield construction of a combined-cycle gas turbine power plant, including regulatory, environmental and real estate due diligence.
Advised a merchant power producer in the construction of a $30 million financing of a wind farm, including regulatory and financial due diligence.
Clean Tech
Lead counsel in drafting a suite of contracts for the sale and operation of a proprietary waste-to-energy technology to a Middle East buyer.
Lead counsel to the U.S.-based vendor in connection with the structuring, negotiation and disposition of a de-icing technology business.
Lead counsel to the vendor in connection with a disposition/reorganization of an Ontario ethanol plant.
Lead counsel to the sponsor/manager in connection with an IPO for an ethanol-based investment fund offered by prospectus.
Insights
Education
- LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2003