Brian
C.
Kelsall
Partner
Brian Kelsall's practice focuses on corporate finance with particular emphasis on international and domestic project finance, structured finance and infrastructure development. He also has extensive banking law, securitization and mergers and acquisitions experience.
Brian's experience includes acting as lead counsel for lenders, sponsors and investors in a variety of sectors including telecom, energy, oil and gas, mining and infrastructure.
Brian regularly advises participants in respect of projects in Canada in the infrastructure, mining, energy, power and real estate sectors. Recent transactions in which Brian acted as lead counsel include acting for international financial institutions in the GSM financing for Mobifon S.A. in Romania, at the time the largest private sector financing in Romania, and the GSM financing for Vodafone Albania, at the time the largest private sector financing in Albania, as well as acting for international financial institutions and syndicates of commercial lenders on the development and financing of a port terminal in Georgia, a port in Argentina, a mine development in Turkey, on oil and gas project financing in the state of Gujarat, India, multiple GSM projects in Eastern and Central Europe, and major eucalyptus pulp manufacturing facilities in Uruguay and Brazil. Recent experience involves leading the team advising the lenders on the Alberta Schools PPP financing and currently advising the lenders on infrastructure on Ontario’s Niapara Health Systems PPP financing.
Brian has been independently nominated and recognized both in Canada and internationally as a leading practitioner in project finance, including in the following publications:
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Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
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The Legal 500 (U.K.)
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Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
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The Best Lawyers in Canada
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International Who's Who of Project Finance Lawyers
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Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers
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International Financial Law Review
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Legal Business - Legal Experts Report - UK
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