Thomas J. Timmins

Representative Work

Tom's recent experience includes:

• Special advisor to Rainy River First Nations on solar project ownership and operational matters;
• Counsel to the Town of Ajax on corporate and energy sector related matters;
• Special advisor to the Town of Cobourg on energy sector related matters;
• Transaction counsel to Development Engine Partners, LLC on Canadian project matters;
• Counsel to Red Jar Niagara Power Company Limited on transmission line development matters;
• Counsel to bcIMC regarding office tower energy retrofit, deep water thermal energy contracting and building decarbonization matters;
• Special advisor to Ontario Energy Board on complex procurement matters;
• Counsel Ontario Feed-in Tariff contract holders in successful Court of Appeal decision winning the right for certain FIT contract holders to re-power and increase the output of contracted solar projects;
• Energy transaction counsel to Bioveld North Inc. and Penstock Power LP on the acquisition of major hydro assets in northern Ontario;
• Transaction counsel to Acciona Energy Canada in respect of the acquisition of solar project facilities in the Province of Alberta;
• Counsel to Alectra and Hydro One in respect of the procurement and rollout of advanced metering (AMI 2.0) technologies in the Province of Ontario, Canada;
• Counsel to Aazhogan LP in respect of the acquisition and ongoing operation of the international bridge at International Falls;Counsel to Panasonic Canada in connection with solar and renewable energy project matters;
• Counsel to Bermuda Land Development Corporation in respect of procurement matters relating to the proposed redevelopment of lands and port facilities at Ships Wharf, Bermuda;
• Representing Rainy River First Nations in regard to various strategic matters;
• Representing to Alectra on microgrid and energy storage project development matters;
• Litigation counsel to China Exim Bank;
• Representing Shanghai Electric Power T&D Engineering Co. and Shanghai Electric Investment (China) Ltd. regarding general legal and project finance matters pertaining to the investment in and construction of a 50 MW solar power project;
• Representing the Town of Ajax in respect of the merger of Veridian Corporation and Whitby Hydro Energy Corporation to form Elexicon Corporation;
• Counsel to CITIC Capital Silk Road Fund regarding prospective asset acquisition;Advising IFC with respect to solar project development and project finance matters in Mongolia;
• Counsel to NRG regarding various corporate, commercial and regulatory matters in Canada;
• Counsel to Fiera Axium Infrastructure Canada II L.P. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in connection with their acquisition and financing of a 100% equity interest in three ground-mounted solar photovoltaic projects from Recurrent Energy;
• Counsel to Fiera Axium Infrastructure Canada II L.P. in connection with its acquisition and financing of a 100% equity interest in two ground-mounted solar voltaic projects with a peak capacity of 22 MW from Recurrent Energy;
• Representing TransAlta in respect of proposed renewable energy project acquisition matters in Canada;
• Lead counsel on the successful closing of an Ontario Aboriginal Loan Guarantee Program equity finance loan made in respect of FIT-contracted assets;
• Acting as special advisory counsel to the Government of Bermuda in respect of renewable energy procurement, planning, energy storage, demand response and general energy regulatory matters;
• Advising Rainy River First Nations in regard to its acquisition of three Ontario Feed-in Tariff contracted solar projects in northern Ontario and the procurement of both project finance and equity finance;
• Representing Genesis Solar in relation to numerous project development and finance matters;
• Representing Saturn Power in regard to solar and energy storage project development matters in Turkey and in Canada;
• Counsel to Next Era in relation to the proposed acquisition of large-scale wind project assets in the Province of Quebec;
• Representing Axio Power Canada Inc. in respect of the sale of nine Ontario Feed-in Tariff contracted solar projects to SunEdison;
• Advising the Carbon War Room on renewable energy procurement and island energy systems matters;
• Acting on behalf of Mainstream Renewable Power in the development of wind energy projects in Latin America;
• Advising Hydrostor Inc. in respect of corporate and commercial matters pertaining to pneumatic storage technology;
• Advising a major cold-storage solution provider in respect of contractual matters pertaining to Ontario's Demand Response Pilot Program (DR3);
• Advising the Government of Barbados in relation to the proposed development of the Mangrove Pond Energy Facility, consisting of solar, wind and waste-to-energy generation;
• Representing the Bank of Montreal in respect of the financing of wind-energy projects located in Ontario;
• Advising Northwind Solutions in respect of legal matters pertaining to operation service contracting in North American wind energy and solar energy markets;
• Representing tier-1 solar panel manufacturers in relation to operational matters in the Ontario solar market;
• Advising AIM PowerGen on various corporate, commercial and regulatory matters pertaining to the development and finance of Canada's first utility scale wind farm.