Mark Platteel

Mark Platteel

Partner at Gowling WLG
(416) 369-7352
100 King St W, Suite 1600, 1 First Cdn Pl, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2004 (ON)
Mark Platteel is a Toronto-based partner in Gowling WLG’s Infrastructure and Construction Industry Group. He advises clients across the lifecycle of infrastructure projects, particularly financing transactions, public-private partnerships (P3) and the negotiation and drafting of large-scale construction and operations contracts. Mark has worked with a range of public and private sector participants – including procurement agencies, developers, contractors, financial institutions, project entities and advisors – in bringing infrastructure projects to fruition throughout North America. Before joining the firm, Mark served as general counsel (GC) for one of the most active infrastructure developers worldwide, advising on the legal, commercial and financing aspects of transit, bridge and road projects in North America. Prior to that, he spent 10 years at another law firm working on debt financing transactions. Mark speaks and writes regularly on infrastructure development in Canada and is a former chair of the Steering Committee for the Canadian Infrastructure Law Forum. Mark’s work as a GC garnered repeated recognition. Since joining the firm, he has been recognized in Chambers Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, and the Legal 500 Canada.
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