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Paulina Balabuch Associate | Montréal

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Paulina's practice covers a broad range of financing transactions, including project financing in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors, as well as acquisition and corporate financing. She advises agents, lenders and borrowers and has been involved in bank and project financings in Canada, Europe and Africa.

Paulina is fluent in English, French and Polish. She also has an advanced level of Spanish.

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Recent representative transactions include advising:

Renewable Energy

  • 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 totalling 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

  • A syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of four wind farm projects totalling 480 MW in Quebec

  • A syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of a 224.25 MW wind farm project in Quebec

  • A syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of a 270 MW wind farm project in Ontario

  • A syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of 23.5 MW and 24 MW wind farm projects in Quebec

  • A lender in connection with the financing of an approximately 100 MW wind farm project in Quebec

Bank Financing

  • A syndicate of lenders in connection with the acquisition financing of a public company

  • A syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of a technology company's operations

  • A lender and a collateral agent in regards to the financing of a mining company

  • A manufacturing company in connection with a corporate financing

  • A private equity fund on the acquisition financing of a Quebec company in the paper industry

International Experience

  • The Government of Gabon in connection with three hydroelectric projects

  • A developer on the development of a 15 MW solar power plant at its Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso, Africa

  • The sponsor for the financing of 77 MW of wind-farm projects in France

  • Investors in the financing and development of 100 MW solar photovoltaic projects in West Africa
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Education
Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2014
Admitted to the Quebec Bar – 2014
Certificate, International Arbitration, McGill University and Penn State Dickinson School of Law – 2012
BCL/LLB, McGill University – 2012
LLM (Cum Laude), Université d'Aix-Marseille III, France – 2005
BA (Hon., International Relations), University of Toronto – 2004

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