JEAN-CHRISTIAN BRILLANT
Deputy Consul General of Canada & Senior Trade Commissioner, Shanghai
Jean-Christian is a seasoned diplomat with Global Affairs Canada. From 2010 to 2014, he was posted to the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao as the Head of the Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Service. From 2014 to 2018, Jean-Christian was Counsellor (Commercial) at the Embassy of Canada in China (Beijing) where he led teams in charge of promoting Canadian exports in the areas of clean technologies, energy, forestry and infrastructure, amongst other sectors.
He began his current assignment as Deputy Consul General and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Consulate General of Canada in Shanghai in August 2018.
RON HOFFMANN
Alberta Senior Representative for the Asia Pacific Basin, Government of Alberta
Ron Hoffmann, appointed as Alberta's Senior Representative for the Asia Pacific Basin in the fall of 2014, is a western Canadian who has dedicated most of his professional life advancing Canada's interests on the world stage. He has spent much of his diplomatic career in Asia, including serving as Ambassador to Afghanistan during the height of Canada's military, diplomatic and development deployment.
Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Hoffmann works closely with Alberta's international offices across the region to promote high level and outcome-oriented engagement among Alberta government and business leaders and Asian counterparts. He is Alberta's senior voice in Asia, fostering greater awareness of opportunities to establish and expand trade, investment, innovation and governance partnerships.
THOMAS J. TIMMINS
Leader of Gowling WLG's China Initiative, and the Global Renewable Energy Practice Group
Thomas J. Timmins is Chair of Gowling WLG Canada’s China Initiative. He is widely recognized as a leading lawyer in energy, P3 project development, infrastructure and commercial transactions. Tom has led several of the firm's most significant power and infrastructure sector transactions and acts regularly for a wide range of corporations, investors, governments and financial institutions around the world.
LUC LISSOIR
Partner, Gowling WLG
Luc Lissoir is a partner based in the Montréal office of Gowling WLG. He practises in securities and corporate and commercial law, with a particular emphasis on public and private securities offerings, project financing, private equity, M&A transactions and general corporate counselling.
Luc has assisted parties on the sale or purchase of various P3 asset portfolios and the establishment of infrastructure investment platforms. In addition, he regularly acts on behalf of institutional investors and sponsors in connection with the formation of various types of private equity and debt funds in Canada and internationally and their downstream investments.
ADAM LEWINBERG
Partner, Gowling WLG
Adam Lewinberg is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office. His practice focuses on complex government and quasi-government procurement and large multifaceted construction projects, including public-private partnership (P3) projects, large complex transmission distribution projects and projects in Canada's North and other remote areas.
Adam has a wide range of experience throughout the P3 project lifecycle, having helped clients manage procurement, construction, project operations, facilities maintenance and dispositions of P3 projects (including defaults and restructurings).