Samantha Cunliffe is a partner in the firm’s Infrastructure and Project Finance Groups in Vancouver. Her practice is primarily focused on the development and financing of complex infrastructure projects. She regularly acts for borrowers and lenders on both the commercial and financing aspects of projects in a wide range of industry sectors, including fibre networks, water treatment facilities, schools, hospitals, roads, rail and other transportation. Recent transactions include advising the lenders to the successful bidder on the CHEO Integrated Treatment Centre Project, advising a bidder on the High Frequency Rail Project, advising the successful bidder on the Go Rail Expansion – On Corridor Works Project, advising the lenders to a bidder on the Red Deer Ambulatory Care Centre Project and advising the lenders to a bidder on the Alberta High Schools Project.
Governments are still prepared to invest in infrastructure to keep the economy moving, but increased costs in the COVID era mean the private sector is seeking relief from the public sector
