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Mark P. Kortbeek

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Mark Kortbeek practices business law (including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and financings), infrastructure development and commercial real estate.

Commercial Law

Mark has extensive experience in the corporate commercial area. He has provided advice to both private and public entities, on a broad range of commercial law issues including advising on appropriate business structures, corporate reorganizations, financings and governance issues. Mark's experience includes negotiating, drafting and reviewing various forms of commercial contracts, including shareholder, distribution, supply, service, management, consulting and partnership agreements. Mark also practices in the Agribusiness area acting for clients involved in pet food manufacturing, grocery retail and development and food manufacturing.

Infrastructure and Construction Law

Mark practices in infrastructure development projects and represents owners/developers and contractors in connection with domestic and international power, transmission and pipeline projects. His practice focuses on providing strategic and structuring advice and on drafting and negotiating a range of agreements, including design, engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM), engineering, procurement and constructions (EPC), and engineering and procurement (E&P) agreements. He also advises clients in respect of other aspects of these projects including procurement and supply chain issues, contract administration issues, change order management and warranty matters.

Commercial Real Estate

Mark represents a diverse group of clients, including developers, corporations, partnerships, individual entrepreneurs and financial institutions. His practice focuses on providing advice in connection with the purchase and sale of real estate assets and real estate companies, property development, leasing and banking and mortgage lending.

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University of Alberta, BA, 1986 University of Alberta, LLB, 1989 

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Kinnikinnick Foods in its share sale to an affiliate of English Bay Blending and Fine Chocolates.
 
Champion Petfoods, maker of ORIJEN and ACANA, in its sale to an affiliate of Mars, Incorporated
Canadian Utilities Limited, as part of the successful proponent team (including Quanta Services, Inc. and Innovative Emergency Management) on behalf of LUMA Energy, LLC, in connection with the Operation and Maintenance Agreement awarded to LUMA Energy, LLC for the operation and maintenance of The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) valued at $1.6 billion
ATCO Power, in the negotiation of a design build and O&M contract for the Fort Chipewyan Phase 2 2.2MW ground mount photovoltaic solar project
ATCO Electric Ltd., as part of the successful proponent team on behalf of the Alberta Powerline consortium, in the Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project, a design, build, own, operate and finance project valued at $1.43 billion
Di-Corp Sand Transloading LP, in the divestiture of Grande Prairie Transload Facility to BMC Northern Resources Inc.
Management Minority Shareholders, in sale of majority interest in A&B Rail Services Ltd. by Fulcrum Capital Partners, a private equity and mezzanine financing firm to a group of investors led by TorQuest Partners, a manager of private equity funds
ATCO Electric Ltd., in the project development of a CAD multi-billion electric transmission infrastructure program
KingSett Real Estate Growth LP No. 1, in its sale of 30 and 55 St. Clair Avenue West, two separate mid-town Toronto office properties with a gross rentable area of approximately 440,000 square feet
Tektronix, Inc., in its US$27-million cross-border acquisition of Canadian Minacom
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in its $470-million acquisition of Transco Energy Services Ltd.
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in its approximately $137.6-million public offering of common shares
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in its two-for-one stock split of outstanding common shares
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in the $40-million acquisition of the Denmar Group of Companies, including the parent company, Denmar Energy Services Ltd.
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in a $300-million public offering of common shares
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in the acquisition of 49 percent of the shares of Mackenzie Valley Construction Ltd., for gross proceeds of $6.74 million
KingSett Real Estate Growth LP No. 1, in their $130-million sale of an Edmonton office complex known as Petroleum Plaze to DEGI International
TrizecHahn Office Properties, in the sale of Bankers Hall, Calgary Place, CN Place and Canada Place
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in its $190-million acquisition of IPEC Limited

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