Lawyer Profile
Huw Evans
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Huw advises on the full lifecycle of major infrastructure and energy projects, from early‑stage development and finance through joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. He regularly acts on complex, market-leading transactions, providing strategic counsel to help clients navigate the evolving commercial and regulatory landscape.
Huw’s practice spans the full spectrum of power generation and renewable technologies, including nuclear, natural gas, hydrogen, wind, solar, biomass, biogas, geothermal, and hydroelectric. He also brings deep experience in electricity transmission, distribution and storage, allowing him to support clients with holistic, end-to-end advice.
Huw is also deeply experienced in leading major infrastructure acquisitions and divestures, advising on a wide array of asset types from transportation infrastructure such as railways, transit systems, ports and airports, to social infrastructure assets like hospitals, and essential digital assets, including data centres and broadband networks.
Additionally, he regularly advises clients in the infrastructure and energy sectors on a wide range of corporate, securities, and governance matters.
Huw is such an expert on the power side. He is thoughtful, thinks holistically, and is very practical and commercial.
Torys acted as counsel to Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure in its US$120 million acquisition of a 49.9% minority interest in Bermuda Skyport Corporation Limited, concessionaire of the L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda, from Aecon Group Inc.
Huw is a co-chair of Torys’ Student Committee. He is also a director of Canadian Stage, Canada’s leading not-for-profit contemporary theatre company, and the Oak Ridges Trail Association, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to building and maintaining public hiking trails on the Oak Ridges Moraine.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2008 (ON)