Red 5 Limited
Acted as Canadian counsel to Red 5 Limited, an Australia-based gold miner, in a merger of equals with Silver Lake Resources, creating a leading mid-tier gold company with a combined value of approximately A$2.2 billion.
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Robyn is developing a broad environmental practice.
She has assisted on a range of environmental matters, including due diligence and risk management relating to corporate and real estate transactions, compliance with federal and provincial legislation, regulatory investigations and approvals, environmental impact assessments and contaminated site remediations.
Associate
Robyn is developing a broad environmental practice.
She has assisted on a range of environmental matters, including due diligence and risk management relating to corporate and real estate transactions, compliance with federal and provincial legislation, regulatory investigations and approvals, environmental impact assessments and contaminated site remediations.
Red 5 Limited
Acted as Canadian counsel to Red 5 Limited, an Australia-based gold miner, in a merger of equals with Silver Lake Resources, creating a leading mid-tier gold company with a combined value of approximately A$2.2 billion.
Axium Infrastructure Inc.
Acted for Axium Infrastructure with its acquisition, together with Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation, of a 50% equity interest in the 100 MW Cedar Point II Wind Project located in Ontario from Fiera Infrastructure. The power produced by the project is sold to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) under a 20-year power purchase agreement under Ontario FIT Program.
Canada Infrastructure Bank
Acted for Canada Infrastructure Bank in its financing of HTEC Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation to construct and operate 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.
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Acted for The Canada Life Assurance Company and its affiliates with the C$185.5-million financing of a portfolio of three hydroelectric generating facilities located in British Columbia and Quebec totalling approximately 107 MW owned by Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. The Gilles Lefrancois Project (24 MW) is located in Levis, Quebec and the Rutherford Creek (50 MW) and Miller Creek (33 MW) Projects are located near Squamish-Lillooet, British Columbia. The projects are fully-contracted with take-or-pay contracts with Hydro-Quebec and BC Hydro, respectively.
Atlas Holdings LLC
Acted for Atlas Holdings LLC in its acquisition of Resolute FP Canada Inc.'s pulp, newsprint, and directory paper mill operations in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Manulife
Acted for Manulife Financial Corporation on the financing of battery energy storage systems to be installed at three existing solar power projects in southern Alberta (Concord’s Coaldale, Monarch and Vulcan properties).
Axium Infrastructure
Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in connection with the acquisition from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners of the Travers Solar Project located in Vulcan County, Alberta. Situated on approximately 3,330 acres of land, the project has a total nameplate capacity of 465 MW, making it the largest solar project in Canada at the time of closing.
LKQ Corporation
Acted as Canadian counsel to LKQ Corporation in its C$2.8-billion acquisition of Uni-Select Inc.
Atlas Holdings
Acting for Atlas Holdings in its acquisition of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.'s Quesnel River pulp mill in British Columbia and Slave Lake pulp mill in Alberta, addressing issues including Indigenous consultation, energy matters, landfill management and fibre access.
Interfor Corporation
Acted for Interfor Corporation in its acquisition for over C$325-million of 100% of the equity interests of Kilmer Group-backed Chaleur Forest Products entities.
Hydrostor Inc.
Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects, in securing a US$250-million preferred equity financing commitment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management - one of the largest investments in the emerging long-duration energy storage sector.
Interfor Corporation
Acted for Interfor Corporation in its $490-million acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of Kelso & Company-backed EACOM Timber Corporation.
Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.
Acted for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in the acquisition by Sprott Private Resource Stream Fund and its joint venture partner, Electric Royalties Ltd., of a gross metal royalty on the Mid-Tennessee Zinc mine located in Smith County, Tennessee from Globex Mining Enterprises Inc.
DIF Capital Partners and Valley Fiber Limited
Acted as lead transaction counsel to DIF Capital Partners and Valley Fiber Ltd. in their investment together with Canada Infrastructure Bank in the $328-million Manitoba Fibre project, which involves the construction of 2,657 kilometres of mainline fibreoptic cabling, targeting 48,500 underserved households with dedicated fibre-to-the-home.
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Acted for The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company in the establishment of credit facilities to finance a portfolio of solar projects in Alberta.
Apr. 17, 2024 - In this article, originally published in Natural Resources Law Network, Davies lawyers Sarah Powell, Zachary Silver and Robyn Barabash explain how new climate disclosure rules and standards have emerged in North America, focusing on recent developments from the U.S. Securities and...
Environmental Representations and Warranties: Asset Purchase, co-author
Mar. 29, 2023 - Practical Law – Standard Clause (Thomson Reuters)
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Indigenous Involvement in the North American Energy Transition – Key Trends and Requirements, co-author
Mar. 10, 2023 - Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 37, No. 3, Winter 2023 (American Bar Association)
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University of Ottawa Faculty of Law—Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Prize; Martin Mason Memorial Prize in Constitutional Law
Ontario, 2020
University of Ottawa, JD (Magna Cum Laude), 2019
University of Ottawa, BComm (Hons) (Summa Cum Laude), 2015
Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, director
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