Mathieu Dubord is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault's Financial Services Group in Montréal. Mr. Dubord's practice focuses on banking and local and cross-border financing, particularly in the areas of acquisition financings, project and infrastructure finance, public-private partnerships, equipment finance and the regulation of financial institutions, including the application of consumer protection and cost of borrowing legislation.
Recent transactions include:
· advising the lenders to a bidder for the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Project;
· advising the lenders to a bidder for the AMT Lachine Maintenance Centre Project;
· advising the promoters in connection with a $725 million financing of two wind farm projects totalling more than 270 MW of installed capacity - winner of the 2011 North American Deal of the Year by Project Finance and the 2011 American Renewables Deal of the Year at the 2011 Project Finance International (PFI) Awards;
· advising the lenders to the successful bidder for the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal Project;
· advising the successful bidder for the McGill University Hospital Centre, Glen Campus Project - winner of Project Finance International's 2010 Award for Deal of the Year (Americas) and the 2010 Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships' Gold Award for Project Financing;
· advising the lenders to a bidder for the Montréal Symphony Concert Hall Project;
· advising the lenders to a post-secondary education institution in connection with a $140-million project financing;
· advising the promoters and financial institutions in various energy and Canadian PPP project financings;
· advising the lending syndicate in connection with the $70 million asset-based financing of a leading Canadian specialty retailer and manufacturer of fashion apparel;
· advising the lending syndicate in connection with the US$110-million and $25-million financing of a leading independent supplier of petroleum products;
· advising a leading North American automotive product distributor in connection with a US$400-million cross-border acquisition financing; and
· advising a leading helicopter transportation services company in connection with a $125 million cross-border acquisition financing.
Mr. Dubord is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and sits on the pro bono committee of the firm. He is also serving on the board of Productions Totem Contemporain. He received his LLB from the Université de Montréal in 2002 and was called to the Québec bar in 2003.