Lawyer Profile
Tara A. Mackay
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Tara provides unique cross-border perspective and deep experience in both the United States and Canada on large-scale infrastructure projects, including public-private partnerships.
Tara works closely with different types of clients, including private developers, equity providers, lenders, underwriters, public authorities, construction contractors and service providers on all aspects of the implementation of major infrastructure projects.
Called to both the New York and Ontario bars, she has played a key role in multiple award-winning infrastructure projects in the U.S. and Canada. Her versatile practice involves projects across a wide range of infrastructure asset classes, including transportation, transit, telecommunications, education, water and wastewater, justice and healthcare.
Torys acted as counsel to Fengate PCL Progress Partners (Fengate Capital/PCL Investments) as the successful proponent for the US$294.5 million Clackamas County Circuit Courthouse PPP project to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a new courthouse in Clackamas County, Oregon, which won IJGlobal‘s 2022 North America Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year
Torys acted as counsel to Red River Valley Alliance (Acciona Concessions/Shikun & Binui/North American Construction Group) as the successful proponent for the US$2.1 billion Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion PPP project to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a flood control project on the Red River that borders North Dakota and Minnesota, a project which won IFLR Americas Award’s 2022 Project Finance Deal of the Year, Project Finance International's 2021 Americas P3 Deal of the Year, Proximo’s 2021 North America Water Deal of the Year and IJGlobal's 2021 Water Deal of the Year - North America
Potrero Yard Community Partners (Fengate Capital /Emerald Fund/American Triple I Partners) as a shortlisted proponent for the Potrero Yard Modernization PPP project to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a new bus yard and affordable housing project in San Francisco, California
Boston AFC 2.0 OpCo (Cubic Transportation/John Laing) in connection with the US$440 million refinancing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Automated Fare Collections System 2.0 PPP project to design, install, finance, operate and maintain a new automated, account-based open fare payment system
the lenders to Mobilinx (John Laing/Salini/Hitachi/Astaldi/Amico/Transdev), the successful proponent for the C$4.6 billion Hurontario Light Rail Transit PPP project to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a new integrated light rail transit system between Port Credit GO Station in Mississauga to the Gateway Terminal at Steeles Avenue in Brampton, Ontario, a project which won both IJGlobal's and Proximo’s 2019 North America Rail Deal of the Year
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2002 (ON); 2017 (NY)