Airport Infrastructure

We advise governments, airlines and investors on complex airport infrastructure projects, delivering innovative legal solutions that drive completion and long-term value.
Key Contacts
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Overview

Our team has been involved in the development, revitalization, maintenance and improvement of airports for more than 20 years. We have worked with governments, airlines and infrastructure investors around the world on large and complex airport infrastructure projects.

Our highly specialized legal team has expertise and experience on airport redevelopment projects where we are known for bringing creative solutions to challenging project obstacles.

Bennett Jones was one of the first law firms to advise on P3 and innovative infrastructure projects in Canada. Our team of international infrastructure lawyers is at the leading edge of current and emerging transaction models, and financing innovations involving airport projects. The team has worked extensively with all 13 airline infrastructure consortia in Canada, including 11 aviation fuel facilities consortia and two de-icing consortia. As a result, the consortium of infrastructure users can access lower cost capital and maximize control over mission critical supply chain infrastructure in a cost-controlled environment.

We advise governments and related agencies, bidding consortia, infrastructure owners and financiers regarding:

  • Procurement
  • Government relations
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) entrustment
  • Social impact
  • Local employment
  • Airport project public relations and stakeholder communications
  • Project agreements (including project documentation)
  • Project finance
  • Consortium owner structures
  • On-airport real estate leasing
  • Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM)
  • Design Build Finance Maintain (DBFM)
  • Environmental and other regulatory compliance

Experience working with both public and private sector clients enables us to understand how to bring innovative and complex projects to completion on time and on budget. Newcomers to the P3 process as well as seasoned players benefit from the specialized experience we offer as an expert legal team with proven and successful completion of infrastructure projects.

Client Work

Calgary Glycol Facilities Corporation
with the finance and construction of new glycol storage, distribution, recycling and stormwater treatment facilities at Calgary International Airport
Government of Nunavut
lead advisors in the procurement of new facilities at the Iqaluit International Airport under a public-private partnership model
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
all environmental matters for the development and opening of Terminal 3, including the first major de-icer management system in Canada
Montreal International Fuel Facilities Corporation
on the development of an aviation fuel terminal at the Port of Montreal with rail and pipeline connections to Trudeau International, Ottawa International and Pearson Toronto International Airports
Ottawa International De-icing Facility Corporation
with the establishment of Canada’s first airline de-icing consortium at Ottawa International Airport to acquire and finance the central de-icing pad operations and storage facilities
Pearson International Fuel Facilities Corporation
with the development and financing of a rail off-loading terminal and 40 million litre aviation fuel storage system with delivery pipeline to Pearson Toronto International Airport
Toronto Port Authority
all aspects of upgrading the Toronto City Centre Airport, including litigation, commercial, construction and approvals/environmental assessments
Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation
with the Vancouver Airport Fuel Delivery Project, a system that includes a marine terminal and fuel receiving facility on the South Arm of the Fraser River and a 13-kilometre underground pipeline to YVR
Government of Bermuda
in the US$274-million L.F. Wade International Airport Redevelopment Project
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