Sébastien Vilder Office Managing Partner | Montréal

Sébastien has acted as legal counsel on a wide range of issues including to:

• A syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of a 200 MW wind farm project in Quebec

• A syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of a 190 MW wind farm project in Alberta

• A syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of five wind farm projects totaling 538 MW in Alberta

• A syndicate of lenders in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of wind and hydroelectric projects in Ontario and Nova Scotia

• The lenders for the project financing of a 230-megawatt wind-farm project in Ontario

• A syndicate of lenders for the C$570-million financing of four wind farms in Quebec, totaling 480 MW in aggregate

• The lenders on a C$1-billion club deal facility

• A lender for the financing of a 22 MW wind farm project in of Saskatchewan

• The lenders for the financing of a 22 MW hydroelectric power project in British Columbia

• The lenders for the project financing of a 69 MW wind-farm project in Quebec

• The sponsor on the development of a 15 MW solar power plant in Burkina Faso, Africa

• A lender for the financing of a 50 MW wind-farm project in Quebec

• The agent and the lenders on multiple syndicated transactions and on acquisition finance transactions (including the lenders on the C$3.2-billion financing for Alimentation Couche-Tard for the Statoil acquisition)

• The lenders for the C$725-million project financing of a 272 MW wind-farm project in Quebec (Project Finance Americas Deal of the Year 2011, PFI Awards 2011 Renewables Deal of the Year – Americas, Trade Finance Deal of the Year 2011 – Americas (Trade Finance Magazine))

• A lender for the financing of a 100 MW wind-farm project in Quebec

• The sponsor for the acquisition and financing of 90 MW of wind-farms projects in Ontario

• The agent and the lenders on a C$70-million syndicated asset-based financing

• The sponsor for a US$107.5-million financing of a gold mine in Mexico

• The lenders on restructuring and financing of a corporate borrower

Sébastien is also recognized as a leading lawyer in the following publications:

• Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business 2025 (Project Finance)

• The Best Lawyers in Canada (2025: Aviation Law; 2020–2025: Equipment Finance Law; 2018–2025: Asset-Based Lending Practice, Energy Law; 2013–2025: Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance Law)

• Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining 2024

• Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2024

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – 2017–2024 (Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing, Asset-Based Lending, Banking & Financial Institutions, Energy (Electricity), Infrastructure Law, Project Finance)

• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers 2024 – Independently Rated Lawyers (As nominated by senior in-house counsel)

• The Legal 500 Canada – 2022–2024 (Energy & Natural Resources: Power)
  

• Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2022–2024 (Project Finance)

• Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2022–2024 (Project Finance)
  

• IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms (2023: Project Finance; 2017–2022: Project Finance – Highly Regarded; 2020: Banking – Highly Regarded)

• Who's Who Legal: Global (2021–2023: Project Finance; 2021–2022: Energy – Renewables)

• Who's Who Legal: Canada (2022–2023: Energy, Project Finance; 2020: Project Finance – Global Leader & National Leader)
  

• The Legal 500 Canada 2021 (Banking and Finance, Energy and Natural Resources: Power – Recommended)

• The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada – 2019–2021 (Project Finance) 

• Who's Who Legal: Renewables 2021

• Who's Who Legal: Project Finance 2019

• A Word About Wind's Legal Power List 2016 (Recognized as one of the top 100 most influential lawyers in the global wind sector)

Sébastien is the regional Practice Group Leader of the Financial Services group.

Sébastien is a member of many organizations, including the Barreau du Québec, the Canadian Bar Association and the Bar of the State of New York.

Sébastien is a director of the Montreal General Hospital Foundation

• Co-author : Hydro-Québec to Launch Request for Proposals for Solar Power Projects
  Blakes Bulletin on Energy & Energy Infrastructure / Power, April 15, 2024
• Co-author : Quebec: Call for Tenders for 1,500 MW of Wind Farm Projects
  Blakes Bulletin on Energy / Power, April 4, 2023.

Admitted to the Quebec Bar – 1998
Admitted to the New York State Bar – 1997
LLB/BCL, McGill University – 1996
BA (Hon., Economics), McGill University – 1992