Practice Areas
Brad Nicpon is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Infrastructure Group in Toronto. His practice areas include: infrastructure development, procurement, construction, energy, real property, and P3s. He also advises on the purchase and sale of infrastructure and real property assets.
Brad advises various levels of government and private sector clients in respect of the procurement, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of major projects, including hospitals, law enforcement facilities, sports facilities, entertainment venues and transit/transportation projects. Brad is counsel to the Government of Ontario on the Province’s transit-oriented development program. A significant portion of Brad’s practice has focused on power transmission and power generation projects, including renewable (storage, solar, offshore wind and onshore wind) and traditional (coal, oil shale and gas) projects. He also advises on projects in the emerging geothermal infrastructure sector.
Brad has led infrastructure transactions around the world, including Asia, the Middle East, the UK, Europe and North America.
Brad has held senior government roles, having served as Director of Policy to two Ministers of Infrastructure. In that capacity he advised the Minister, the Office of the Premier and other senior government decision-makers on all major infrastructure matters.
Career
Barrister and Solicitor, Ontario, Canada, 2008
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2016
Professional Memberships
Law Society of Ontario
Law Society of England and Wales
Chair, National Awards Committee, Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
Publications
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – Repeatedly Recommended in Infrastructure law
Lexpert Special Edition - Infrastructure