Mark Johnson

Practice Areas

Mark’s practice focuses primarily on major power, infrastructure and public-private partnership projects, and related joint ventures, investments, acquisitions and dispositions. He advises clients on all aspects of design, build, finance and operate/maintain projects through all stages of procurement, construction, operations, secondary market transactions and refinancing. He has led significant transactions in a variety of industry sectors and asset classes, including social and defence infrastructure, transportation, nuclear, clean hydrogen, renewables, battery storage, manufacturing and telecommunications.

Mark has extensive experience acting for domestic and international clients on a full range of commercial matters, including procurement processes, offtake agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, major equipment supply agreements, and operations and maintenance agreements.

Mark has also worked as in-house counsel on long-term secondments with a Canadian resource company and an international infrastructure developer. Prior to joining Blakes, Mark was law clerk to The Honourable Madam Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Professional Memberships

Mark was formerly a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Osgoode Law School, where he taught an upper-year course in contract remedies.

Personal

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