Mark Johnson How to pronounce this name. Partner | Toronto, Ottawa

Power

Recent representative transactions include advising developers on:

• Long-Term Procurement – Advising proponents with respect to the IESO’s 2518 MW capacity procurement, including with respect to battery energy storage system supply, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• Expedited Long-Term Procurement – Advising proponents with respect to the IESO's 1500 MW capacity procurement, including with respect to battery energy storage system supply, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• Pickering Nuclear Generating Station – Advising the owner in relation to all aspects of the refurbishment of a 2,000 MW nuclear generating station in Ontario

• Darlington Nuclear Generating Station – Advising the owner in relation to all aspects of the on-going C$12.8-billion mid-life refurbishment of a 3,512 MW nuclear generating station in Ontario

• Niagara Hydrogen Center – advising the owner on the development and operation of a large-scale hydrogen production facility in Ontario

• Higgins Mountain & Wedgeport Wind Farms – Advising the owner with respect to turbine supply and O&M for two wind farms in Nova Scotia

• Ellershouse Wind Farm – Advising the owner on the development and operation of a Nova Scotia wind farm, including with respect to turbine supply, EPC and O&M

• Jenner, Hays, Suffield, Yellow Lake, Burdett & Wheatcrest Solar Farms – Advising the owner on the development and operation of six Alberta solar farms, including with respect to equipment supply, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• Conrad, Brooks, & Vauxhall Solar Farms – Advising the owner on the development and operation of four Alberta solar farms, including with respect to equipment supply, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• Jenner 1, Jenner 2, Jenner 3, Stirling, Wheatland & Paintearth Wind Farms – Advising the owner on the development and operation of six Alberta wind farms, including with respect to turbine supply, substation EPC, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• Buffalo Atlee 1, Buffalo Atlee 2, Buffalo Atlee3, Buffalo Atlee 4 & Wild Rose 2 Wind Farms – Advising the owner on the development and operation of five Alberta wind farms, including with respect to turbine supply, substation EPC, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• Bull Creek & Hand Hills Wind Farm – Advising the owner on the development and operation of two Alberta wind farm, including with respect to turbine supply, substation EPC, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• Butter Solar Farms – Advising the owner on the development and operation of 10 Wisconsin solar farms, including with respect to equipment supply, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• LittleCreek, SparkleLight, GoodLight, LunarLight, Solar Spirit & Loyalist Solar Farms – Advising the owner on the development and operation of 6 Ontario solar farms, including with respect to equipment supply, balance of plant EPC and O&M

• Culliton Creek, Tyson Creek & Narrows Inlet Hydro Facilities – Advising the owner on the development and operation of 3 run-of-river hydro facilities, including with respect to turbine supply, balance of plant EPC and O&M

Infrastructure

Recent representative transactions include advising procuring authorities, proponents and/or successful bidders on:

• Canada Infrastructure Bank Building Retrofits Initiative (BRI) – an energy-as-a-service provider delivering turnkey solution for building owners to develop and implement decarbonization projects achieving financial close on a C$100-million investment toward decarbonizing buildings across the country

• West Runway Rehabilitation Project – a progressive design-build project for the rehabilitation of the west runway at the Calgary International Airport in Alberta

• Ontario Line – Rolling Stock Systems, Operations and Maintenance Project – a project to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Ontario Line – Rolling Stock Systems, Operations and Maintenance Project in Toronto, Ontario

• South Niagara Hospital Project – a proponent for a project to design, build, finance and maintain the South Niagara Hospital Project in Niagara Falls, Ontario

• Thunder Bay Correctional Complex – a project to design, build, finance and maintain the Thunder Bay Correctional Complex in Thunder Bay, Ontario

• Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain the Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre Project in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Highway 104 Sutherlands River to Antigonish Twinning Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain a four-lane divided highway corridor near Antigonish, Nova Scotia

• Halifax Regional Municipality Organics Management Facility Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain the Halifax Regional Municipality Organics Management Facility Project in Halifax, Nova Scotia

• Halton Region Consolidated Courthouse Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new courthouse in Oakville, Ontario

• Macdonald Block Reconstruction Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain the Macdonald Block Complex, which is a complex of four towers in Toronto, Ontario

• Grand Falls and Gander Long Term Care Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain two facilities that will each provide 60 long-term care beds, one in Gander and one in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Hurontario LRT Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new light rail transit system in Mississauga and Brampton, Ontario

• Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Modernization – projects to modernize the Niagara, Central, West GTA, GTA and North Gaming Bundles

• Trillium Line Extension Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain an extension to the City of Ottawa's existing light rail transit system

• Confederation Line Extension Project – a project to design, build and finance an extension to the City of Ottawa’s existing light rail transit system

• Insolvent restructuring and divestiture of Carillion Canada’s P3 project portfolios. Carillion Canada was the Canadian subsidiary of Carillion plc and one of Canada’s largest integrated construction and facilities management enterprises

• Gordie Howe International Bridge – a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new publicly-owned international bridge crossing between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan

• Finch West LRT Project – a project to design, build, finance and maintain a new light rail transit line in Toronto, Ontario

Mark is recognized for his expertise in infrastructure and projects in the following publications:

• Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (2025: Energy & Natural Resources: Power (Transactional); 2020–2025: Projects: PPP & Infrastructure)

• The Best Lawyers in Canada (2024–2025: Construction Law; 2020–2025: Project Finance Law; 2022: Energy Law)

• The Legal 500 Canada (2016, 2018–2019, 2021–2025: Infrastructure Projects; 2023, 2025: Energy & Natural Resources: Power; 2017–2019: Public Procurement; 2018: Energy: Power)

• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers – Independently Rated Lawyers – 2020–2024 (As nominated by senior in-house counsel)

• Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2021–2024 (Projects: PPP and Infrastructure – Canada)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – 2019–2020, 2022–2024 (Repeatedly Recommended – Infrastructure Law)

• Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining 2024

• Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2024

• Who's Who Legal: Energy 2024 (Energy – Renewables)

• Who's Who Legal: Global 2023 (Energy – Renewables)

• IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms – 2022–2023 (Project Development)

Mark is a member of the Ontario Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association. He was formerly a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Osgoode Law School, where he taught an upper-year course in contract remedies.

Mark speaks regularly on topics related to the development, construction and financing of major projects in Canada.

• Co-author : Ontario's iGaming Model Complies with Criminal Code, Court Rules
  Blakes Bulletin on Gaming, May 15, 2024.
• Co-author : Common Elements: Recent Federal and Ontario Developments Towards a Low-Carbon Hydrogen Strategy
  Blakes Bulletin on Energy, April 13, 2022.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2005
JD (Hon.), University of Toronto – 2004
MLitt, University of St. Andrews – 2001
BA (Hon.), Queen's University – 1999