Elizabeth Mayer

Partner
Vancouver
About

Elizabeth Mayer brings a depth of experience to infrastructure projects, having advised the Province of British Columbia ‎on two of the earliest PPP projects in Canada. Subsequently she has acted for bidders, contractors, ‎lenders and public authorities on a wide range of projects. She understands the complexities of a wide variety of infrastructure projects and delivery models and is ‎therefore able to provide clear, commercial advice.

Recently, Elizabeth has specialized in collaborative contracting. She advised Infrastructure BC and Island Health on the first vertical alliance project in Canada, the Cowichan District Hospital. Working as part of a team, she developed the key alliance documents and helped structure the highly collaborative procurement process. She was then engaged by the Province to advise on the collaborative contracts for reinstating various highways washed out by the atmospheric river in 2021 and has advised on a further two hospital alliance projects.

In addition, Elizabeth advised both public and private sector clients on progressive design-build projects.

This breadth of experience on collaborative contracts allows Elizabeth to advise clients on a variety of issues, including establishing a target price, assessing which costs are reimbursable or not, assessing how much risk each party should accept and how a painshare-gainshare mechanism should operate. Acting both for the public and private sector sides allows her to bring different perspectives to these projects.

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesInfrastructure, Construction and Transport
Bar admissionsBritish Columbia, 2003England & Wales, 1987

EXPERIENCE

  • Acted for the Province of British Columbia on the procurement of the Abbotsford Law Courts P3 project.
  • Acted for the Rideau Transit Group Partnership on the commercial and financial close to design, build, finance and maintain the $2.1 billion Confederation Line, the City of Ottawa's first light rail transit system. Continues to act for the project company in relation to the on-going aspects of this project.
  • Acted for EGRT Construction and two of its key subcontractors, SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Pacific) Inc. and SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Western) Inc., on the financial close of the $889 million design, build, finance contract for the construction of the Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project.
  • Acted for the successful proponent on the Champlain Bridge replacement project in Montreal, Quebec.  Continues to act for the project company in relation to the on-going aspects of this project.
  • Acting for the Toronto Transit Commission on its procurement (design-build) of a new bus storage, maintenance and refuelling facility.
  • Acted for The City of Calgary on the Stoney Transit Facility PPP Project, a new bus storage, maintenance and refuelling facility for approximately 400 city buses, up to RFP issuance.
  • Acted for the successful proponent on the Forensics Services and Coroner’s Complex PPP Project in Ontario
  • Acted for the successful proponent on the Surrey Pre-Trial Centre Project.
  • Acted for the successful proponent on the Billy Bishop Island Airport Pedestrian Tunnel.
  • Acted for lenders to the successful proponent on the North Commuter Parkway project in Saskatchewan.
  • In house counsel to the Province of British Columbia for the Okanagan Lake Bridge Project.
  • In house counsel to the Province of British Columbia for the Kicking Horse Canyon Project.
Languages
  • English

Awards

Chambers Canada

  • Projects: PPP & Infrastructure, (2016 – 2026)

Chambers Global
  • Projects: PPP & Infrastructure, (2013 – 2022, 2024 – 2025)

The Legal 500 Canada

  • Leading Partner, Infrastructure and Projects, (2025 – 2026)
  • Infrastructure and Projects, (2014 – 2019, 2021 – 2025)
  • Public Procurement, (2014 – 2022)
Additional Recognitions

  • Recognized, Vancouver Public Finance Law, Best Lawyers in Canada, (2014 – 2026)
  • Recognized, Vancouver Project Finance Law, Best Lawyers in Canada, (2016 – 2025)
  • Lawyer of the Year, Vancouver Project Finance Law, Best Lawyers in Canada, (2023, 2025)
  • Government Contracts, Lexology Index Canada, (2025)
  • Infrastructure Law: Project Finance, Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, (2018 – 2023, 2025)
  • Infrastructure, Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, (2024 – 2025)
  • Listed, Acritas Star™ Lawyer, (2020)
Education
  • Certificate of Conflict Resolution, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Management, British Columbia, 2002
  • LL.M, University of British Columbia, 1998
  • B.A. in Law (Honours), University of Oxford, 1985 (M.A., 1988)

Publications

Co-author, "Conflicts of interest in infrastructure procurement," Financier Worldwide Magazine, April 2021

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