Alison Babbitt is an English- and Ontario-qualified project finance lawyer focussed on mining, renewables and clean technology sectors. Having previously worked in our London and Bahrain offices, and now located in Canada, she has significant experience advising on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional international projects. She also advises a broad range of clients on compliance with modern slavery laws and human rights, and on a broad range of environmental, social and sustainability matters. Babbitt has played an integral role advising clients on transactions across a number of industry sectors (mining, renewables, clean technology, infrastructure, P3, conventional power and oil and gas). She is an organized, solutions-oriented lawyer with a strong familiarity of the policies and terms and conditions of many financial institutions and the commercial realities and issues faced by project developers and among lending groups. She is the Ottawa chair of our business law group.
On Aug. 16, Champion Iron Limited, through its subsidiary Quebec Iron Ore Inc., completed a $185-million Preferred Equity offering to CDPQ in addition to a US$200-million credit facility with the Société Générale and Bank of Nova Scotia.
On Aug. 16, Champion Iron Limited, through its subsidiary Quebec Iron Ore Inc., completed a $185-million Preferred Equity offering to CDPQ in addition to a US$200-million credit facility with the Société Générale and Bank of Nova Scotia.
On December 14, 2017, Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. completed its $325-million notes offering and $50-million revolving credit agreement. The Notes were guaranteed by each of the company’s subsidiaries and were secured on a second-priority basis by substantially all of the company’s assets, including the company’s 49-per-cent participating interest in the joint venture related to the Gahcho Kué diamond mine.
