Lawyer Profile
Alyssa Shivji
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Alyssa's practice focuses on public procurement, infrastructure, public-private partnerships (P3s) and construction law. She regularly advises clients on the development, preparation and ongoing administration of public tenders and procurement processes, the development of template procurement documents and implementation toolkits, the development and negotiation of commercial agreements for goods and services across a range of sectors, and the development and negotiation of commercial agreements for the design, construction, financing and maintenance of infrastructure.
Alyssa acts for clients in a wide range of sectors, including transit and transportation, civil infrastructure, roads and bridges, water and wastewater, health-care services, information technology, gaming, energy and mining. She also regularly acts for both procuring entities and bidders with respect to conducting a successful procurement process, fairness issues, mitigating procurement risk and avoiding compliance issues.
In particular, Alyssa has extensive expertise in the procurement of mega infrastructure development projects and alternative finance and procurement projects across multiple jurisdictions and has been at the forefront of many municipal PPP projects across Canada.
Alyssa also regularly advises clients on a variety of commercial agreements across a range of sectors for goods, services and construction.
Toronto Transit Commission on its Bloor-Yonge Capacity Improvements progressive design and build project
City of Calgary on the Green Line Stage 1 Light Rail design, build and finance project and acquisition of light rail vehicles
Metrolinx on the Hamilton LRT design, build, finance, operate and maintain project
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension – Advance Tunnel design, build and finance project
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2013 (ON)