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Irene Chang is an associate in Gowlings’ Toronto office and a member of the Energy, Infrastructure and Mining Industry Group. Her practice focuses on domestic and cross-border project development and M&A transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Irene regularly advises clients on shareholder and joint venture agreements as well as key project agreements, including EPC/EPCM contracts, offtake agreements, concession agreements, supply agreements, purchase orders, and technology licence agreements.
Irene is fluent in English and Korean. Project Development
Irene regularly advises a variety of industry participants (e.g. sponsors, contractors, suppliers) on a range of complex project development transactions. Irene’s recent experience includes a new-build nuclear power plant, a grassroots oil refinery, petrochemical plants, a wastewater treatment plant and a toll motorway.
M&A
Irene also regularly advises clients on acquisitions and divestitures of shares and assets, with a focus on cross-border transactions. Irene’s recent experience includes advising on the acquisition of a gas production and trading business with operations in over 10 jurisdictions, acquisition of upstream gas production assets and LNG liquefaction and regasification assets with operations in over 20 jurisdictions and acquisition of an engineering company with operations in over five jurisdictions. Irene is a noted speaker on matters relating to energy and infrastructure projects. Her recent speaking engagements include the following:
- Moderator, “Canada’s Power Market Consolidation: Examining Key Drivers and Outlook,” 4th Annual Canadian Power Finance Conference, 2013
- Guest lecturer, “Mega Projects in Canada: Canadian Large Scale Infrastructure Law” course, University of Windsor Law School
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