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Daniel Picotte

Daniel Picotte

Partner | Firm General Counsel Fasken
Infrastructure projects require innovative means of financing and procurement due to the size, complexity and risks inherent in such projects .”
Jurisdiction Québec, 1978
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Daniel Picotte joined the firm in 1978 and has been a partner since 1986. His busy practice is centred on business law and has allowed him to develop cutting-edge expertise in the areas of transactions, restructurings and major investments in public or industrial infrastructure, in addition to offering clients seasoned counsel in Canadian and international markets.

In 2020, he joined the firm’s senior management as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. In this role, he is primarily responsible for managing compliance and all legal risks associated with the firm’s activities.

Achievements

Client Work

  • Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority achieves financial close Gordie Howe International Bridge Project, [Deal - Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority], On September 28, 2018, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada, reached financial close with Bridging North America General Partnership (a partnership indirectly held by ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc., Fluor Canada Ltd. and Aecon Concessions, a division o...
  • The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ (Fonds FTQ) support the growth of Groupe Solmax and its acquisition of GSE Environmental, [Deal - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ], On December 2017, the CDPQ and the Fonds FTQ completed an investment in Solmax, a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of high-quality polyethylene geomembranes that offers containment solutions in over 60 countries. The investment allowed Solmax to acquire GSE, based in Houston, Texas, from Lit...
  • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec, alongside existing investors, invests US$80 million in Lightspeed to drive international growth, [Deal - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec], Lightspeed, the most powerful cloud point of sale (POS) platform for retailers and restaurants, announced CA$80 million in funding co-led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec, alongside existing investors Accel Partners and iNovia Capital. This brings Lightspeed’s t...
  • Advised in the turn-key completion of the new Baie-St-Paul hospital, [Deal - Confidential Client], Fasken Martineau acted on behalf of the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI) in the context of a project for the turn-key completion of a new hospital in Baie-St-Paul. This project, evaluated at $270 million, includes the design and construction of a new 34,676 m² hospital with a 103-bed ...
  • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec, alongside existing investors, invests C$80 million in Lightspeed to drive international growth, [Deal - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec], Lightspeed, the most powerful cloud point of sale (POS) platform for retailers and restaurants, announced CA$80 million in funding co-led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec, alongside existing investors Accel Partners and iNovia Capital. This brings Lightspeed’s t...
  • Project to design and build the primary infrastructure of the Turcot Interchange, [Deal - Dragados Canada Inc.], Fasken Martineau provided legal counsel to a member of a consortium in the context of an offer it was depositing in respect of the project to design and build the primary infrastructure of the Turcot Interchange. The total budget of the project, led by Québec’s minister for Transport, is evaluate...
  • Closing of Anticosti joint venture, [Deal - Investissement Québec and Ressources Québec], On April 1, 2014, Pétrolia Inc., Corridor Resources Inc. and Établissements Maurel & Prom S.A. announced the closing of a joint venture with the Government of Québec (through its affiliate, Ressources Québec), for oil and gas exploration on Anticosti Island, Québec, which included $115 million in...
  • US$5 billion financing of the Muskrat Falls Project reaches financial close, [Deal - Nalcor Energy], Nalcor Energy, a Newfoundland and Labrador Crown corporation, is developing the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Generating Facility and the Labrador-Island Transmission Link projects. The Federal Government of Canada has provided a loan guarantee (Sovereign Guarantee) for the financing of the project...
  • New Sorel-Tracy correctional facility to be built as public-private partnership project, [Deal - Infrastructure Québec], Fasken Martineau acted on behalf of Infrastructure Québec in respect of the new Sorel-Tracy correctional facility. The project, valued at about $265 million, contemplates a new correctional facility that will be completed in Sorel-Tracy under a public-private partnership that will provide for des...

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB McGill University

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Barreau du Québec
  • Montréal Bar
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Knowledge

Events

News

Speaking Engagements

  • Le financement des projets d'infrastructure : évolution du marché et tendances récentes, 1/27/2010
  • Conflicts of Interest - A Project Risk, 11/1/2006
Le financement des projets d'infrastructure : évolution du marché et tendances récentes Conférence avancée sur le financement et les sûretés, Canadian Institute location location Montréal
Conflicts of Interest - A Project Risk The 14th Annual Conference on Public-Private Partnerships of The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships location location Toronto

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