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Overview

Mark Kortbeek practices business law (including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and financings), infrastructure development and commercial real estate.

Commercial Law

Mark has extensive experience in the corporate commercial area. He has provided advice to both private and public entities, on a broad range of commercial law issues including advising on appropriate business structures, corporate reorganizations, financings and governance issues. Mark's experience includes negotiating, drafting and reviewing various forms of commercial contracts, including shareholder, distribution, supply, service, management, consulting and partnership agreements. Mark also practices in the Agribusiness area acting for clients involved in pet food manufacturing, grocery retail and development and food manufacturing.

Infrastructure and Construction Law

Mark practices in infrastructure development projects and represents owners/developers and contractors in connection with domestic and international power, transmission and pipeline projects. His practice focuses on providing strategic and structuring advice and on drafting and negotiating a range of agreements, including design, engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM), engineering, procurement and constructions (EPC), and engineering and procurement (E&P) agreements. He also advises clients in respect of other aspects of these projects including procurement and supply chain issues, contract administration issues, change order management and warranty matters.

Commercial Real Estate

Mark represents a diverse group of clients, including developers, corporations, partnerships, individual entrepreneurs and financial institutions. His practice focuses on providing advice in connection with the purchase and sale of real estate assets and real estate companies, property development, leasing and banking and mortgage lending.

Client Work

Kinnikinnick Foods in its share sale to an affiliate of English Bay Blending and Fine Chocolates.
 
Champion Petfoods, maker of ORIJEN and ACANA, in its sale to an affiliate of Mars, Incorporated.
Canadian Utilities Limited, as part of the successful proponent team (including Quanta Services, Inc. and Innovative Emergency Management) on behalf of LUMA Energy, LLC, in connection with the Operation and Maintenance Agreement awarded to LUMA Energy, LLC for the operation and maintenance of The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) valued at $1.6 billion.
ATCO Power, in the negotiation of a design build and O&M contract for the Fort Chipewyan Phase 2 2.2MW ground mount photovoltaic solar project.
ATCO Electric Ltd., as part of the successful proponent team on behalf of the Alberta Powerline consortium, in the Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project, a design, build, own, operate and finance project valued at $1.43 billion.
Di-Corp Sand Transloading LP, in the divestiture of Grande Prairie Transload Facility to BMC Northern Resources Inc.

Recognitions & Awards

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Repeatedly Recommended, Infrastructure Law
Consistently Recommended, Corporate Commercial Law

Lexpert Special Edition—Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers

Recognized as a leading Infrastructure lawyer

Lexpert Special Edition on Agribusiness & Cannabis

Recognized as one of Canada's leading lawyers in Agribusiness and Cannabis

Lexpert Special Edition—Canada's Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers

Recognized as a leading Finance and M&A lawyer

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

Received a BV Distinguished Peer Review Rating

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • University of Alberta, BA, 1986
  • University of Alberta, LLB, 1989

Bar Admissions

  • Alberta, 1990

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Buying and Selling a Business

March 2, 2017
Mark P. KortbeekJames T. McClary
Mark P. Kortbeek & James T. McClary