Chris Bennett Partner Toronto Tel : 416.865.7858 Fax : 416.865.7048 Email : chris.bennett@mcmillan.ca VCard :

Chris Bennett is a partner in the firm's Financial Services Group. His practice is focused on financial services with an emphasis on project finance, public private partnerships, structured finance and asset-based lending. Chris has acted for arrangers, domestic and international lenders, equity sponsors, financial advisors and other participants in connection with several major Canadian infrastructure projects in a variety of sectors, including healthcare, transportation and national defense.

Chris has been recognized by his peers as one of Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40, a list of the Canadian legal community's rising stars. Chris is recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011 in the area of Project Finance. Chris was ranked in the 2012 edition of Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of projects (PPP and Infrastructure) and is recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of project finance in the 2009 edition of the IFLR 1000, the guide to the world's leading financial law firms. Chris is a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law where he co-teaches a course on the law and policy of public private partnerships in Canada.

• New Oakville Hospital Project - counsel to the equity sponsors in connection with the design, build, finance and maintain of a new hospital facility in Oakville, Ontario
• St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse Project - counsel to the equity sponsors in connection with approximately $328 million project involving a new consolidated courthouse facility in St. Thomas, Ontario
• St. Joseph's Regional Mental Health Care Project – a $830.5 million project to design, build, finance and maintain two new mental health care facilities in London and St. Thomas, Ontario
• Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene – a $474 million project to design, build, finance and maintain a new, state-of-the-art forensic mental health facility in Penetanguishene, Ontario
• Alberta Schools II - counsel to the lenders in connection with the second Alberta Schools Project to design, build, finance and maintain 10 new schools in the Edmonton and Calgary regions
• Waterloo Region Consolidated Courthouse - counsel to the equity sponsors in connection with an approximately $379 million project involving a new consolidated courthouse facility in Kitchener, Ontario Toronto South Detention Centre - counsel to the equity sponsors in connection with an approximately $593 million project involving a new detention centre facility in Toronto, Ontario
• Woodstock General Hospital - a $685 million project involving a new hospital in Woodstock, Ontario
• Kelowna and Vernon Hospitals - a $435 million project involving a new parkade and University of British Columbia facility, a new ambulatory and emergency facility in Kelowna and a new diagnostic and treatment building in Vernon
• Northwest Anthony Henday Drive Project - a $1.42 billion project involving the northwest leg of the ring road in Edmonton, Alberta
• Sault Area Hospital – a $408 million project involving a new hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
• Northeast Stoney Trail Road Project – $650 million project involving the northeast leg of the ring road in Calgary, Alberta
• The Henderson General Hospital Redevelopment Project - a $259.2 million project involving redevelopment and new construction at a hospital in Hamilton, Ontario
• The Bluewater Health Capital Redevelopment Project - the $214 million expansion and redevelopment of a hospital in Sarnia, Ontario
• Greater Toronto Area Youth Centre - a $93 million project involving a medium security facility for young offenders in Brampton, Ontario
• North Bay Regional Health Centre Project - lenders' counsel to a consortium in connection with its response to the Ontario government's RFP for the building, financing and delivery of certain services at the new North Bay Regional Health Centre
• Durham Consolidated Courthouse Project - lenders' counsel to a private sector consortium in connection with its response to the Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation request for proposals for the design, build, finance and operation of the Durham Consolidated Courthouse in Oshawa, Ontario
• William Osler Health Centre in Brampton, Ontario – counsel to the arranger and lending syndicate in connection with the first major healthcare P3 transaction in Canada to reach financial close

May 2010 Construction Law in Canada Contributing Author, Book, published by LexisNexis

November 2007 OSFI Ruling Creates New Opportunities for Foreign-Based Monoline Insurers Projects Bulletin

March 2007 Calgary Ring Road PPP Reaches Financial Close Projects Bulletin