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Mr. Weizman is a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto. He practises primarily in the energy area, particularly in the financing, development, restructuring and acquisition of independent power projects and electrical utilities. In that regard, Mr. Weizman has advised lenders, investors and developers on a number of wind power, co-generation, hydroelectric and biomass projects in the United States, Canada and abroad, as well as municipal governments in respect of municipally owned electrical utilities.

In recent years, he has been involved in the financing, development, restructuring or acquisition of wind power projects, including the following:

• 189-megawatt wind power project near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, comprising 126 wind turbines (Prince);
• 181.5-megawatt wind power project in Kincardine, Ontario, comprising 110 wind turbines (under construction);
• 135-megawatt wind power project in Pecos County, Texas, comprising 90 wind turbines (Indian Mesa II/Desert Sky);
• 99-megawatt wind power project on the north shore of Lake Erie, Ontario, comprising 66 wind turbines (Erie Shores);
• 99-megawatt wind power project near West Point, PEI, comprising 55 wind turbines (West Cape) (under construction);
• 80-megawatt wind power project in Carson County, Texas, comprising 80 wind turbines (Llano Estacado);
• 76-megawatt wind power project near Kincardine, Ontario, comprising 38 wind turbines (Ripley);
• 63-megawatt wind power project in Pincher Creek, Alberta, comprising 35 wind turbines (Kettles Hill);
• 54-megawatt wind power project in Murdochville, Québec, comprising 30 wind turbines (Mount Copper – Phases 1 and 2);
• 54-megawatt wind power project in Murdochville, Québec, comprising 30 wind turbines (Mount Miller);
• 49.8-megawatt wind power project in Gilliam County, Oregon, comprising 83 wind turbines (Condon);
• 34.3-megawatt wind power project in west Texas comprising 46 wind turbines (Big Spring);
• 30.6-megawatt wind power project in Pubnico Point, Nova Scotia, comprising 17 wind turbines (Pubnico Point);
• 29.7-megawatt wind power project in Logan County, Colorado, comprising 33 wind turbines (Peetz Table);
• 25.5-megawatt wind power project in Pecos County, Texas, comprising 17 wind turbines (Indian Mesa I/Desert Sky);
• 25-megawatt wind power project in Carbon County, Wyoming, comprising 33 wind turbines (Foote Creek III);
• 21-megawatt wind power project in Pakini Nui, Hawaii, comprising 14 wind turbines (Tawhiri Power);
• 19-megawatt wind power project in Cowley Ridge, Alberta, comprising 57 wind turbines; and
• 16.8-megawatt wind power project in Carbon County, Wyoming, comprising 28 wind turbines (Foote Creek IV).

Mr. Weizman has participated in all aspects of the financing of independent power projects, including the negotiation and drafting of credit agreements, security documentation, inter-creditor agreements, as well as partnership and other profit sharing agreements. From a development point of view, he has negotiated, drafted or otherwise participated in the preparation of power purchase agreements, construction agreements, turbine supply and warranty agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, fuel supply agreements, land leases, insurance contracts, agreements with native groups and other material project agreements.

Mr. Weizman is listed in the 2006, 2007 and 2010 editions of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, a guide to the leading law firms and practitioners in Canada, as a leading lawyer in the area of electricity corporate energy.

Mr. Weizman received his B.Sc. and his JD from the University of Toronto. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1982.