
Public Procurement
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At McCarthy Tétrault, our Procurement Group has been and continues to be at the forefront of the legal industry in our service provision to clients procurement needs. Involving our procurement lawyers from the start in the purchasing or selling process helps our clients avoid pitfalls that may require legal untangling later. End-to-end procurement advice and services, from both a buyer and seller perspective, can mean increased shareholder value through winning bids and time and cost savings.
We represent the private sector and federal, provincial and municipal government entities in all aspects of procurement. We work with both sellers to the Canadian private sector or government entity at any level, as well as domestic or international organization buying goods, services or technology. McCarthy Tétrault’s Procurement Group has the benefit of access to all of our other practice leading specialists including banking, M&A, tax, real estate, construction, IT and technology, intellectual property and litigation. Our Procurement Group cooperates with our industry experts, which include health, mining, pharma, and energy. All seamlessly integrated across our offices in the different provinces, to provide unparalleled width and depth of procurement related legal services.
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Work Highlights
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McCarthy Tétrault acted for Infrastructure Ontario and Ontario Ministry of Transportation on all aspects of the procurement of the CAD2 billion QEW Garden City Skyway - Bridge Twinning project.
Strengths
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The level of client service from the McCarthy team is beyond anybody else. They go above and beyond.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaMcCarthy Tétrault offers strong communication that is easy for all team members to understand.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaMcCarthy is a focused team. They are extremely diligent and disciplined in their approach to drafting to ensure the contract holds together.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaThey are exceptional in their understanding of business, commercial awareness and practicality.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaThey have a very strong understanding of the broader political reality surrounding infrastructure and complex procurement, consistently demonstrating this understanding in the work they deliver.
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Band 2 
Band 2 
Tristan Musgrave
Toronto-based Tristan Musgrave of McCarthy Tétrault is a prominent figure in the Canadian procurement market. He has a comprehensive track record of acting for clients on all aspects of procurement in public and private sector projects. His client base notably includes development companies, as well as national ministries.
Tristan is exceptionally strong in details pertaining to public procurement processes and project agreement implications.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaTristan thinks outside the box and his attention to detail and quality of work product is always impeccable.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaTristan is an incredibly knowledgeable and helpful lawyer. He is approachable, engaging and provides valuable legal advice and drafting.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaHe is incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. He understands our projects probably better than we do most of the time. He is a wealth of knowledge and a really good resource.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaHe is friendly, responsive and very smart.
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Up and Coming 
Up and Coming 
James Kelsall
James Kelsall is an increasingly prominent figure in the Canadian public procurement market. He assists clients with a number of matters, most notably those in the public infrastructure sector. He is based in McCarthy Tétrault's Toronto office.
James is incredibly diligent and disciplined in his approach to contract drafting and takes a genuine interest in understanding the concepts that underpin the drafting.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaJames is knowledgeable, professional and very responsive. His expertise both at a strategic level and a practical level is amazing. He is articulate in a manner that we can clearly understand.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaHe has provided exceptional advice and service while working under extreme time constraints.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaHe has provided valuable legal advice on our project and is a pleasure to work with.
Public Procurement respondentCanadaHe is consistently available and responsive to our needs, provides sound advice that considers our commercial needs and always coordinated with other subject matter experts, where appropriate.
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James Kelsall
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