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PAGE 4 NEWS OctOber 25, 2010 • Law times Bay Street firm celebrates three years in clean-tech field Green energy a growing area of practice BY DARYL-LYNN CARLSON For Law Times W hile Ontario has introduced sev- eral programs to encourage clean energy, there's a relative dearth of law fi rms with offi cial practices in the fi eld. Ogilvy Renault LLP, how- ever, was one of the fi rst major fi rms to establish a group spe- cifi cally geared towards facili- tating clean-tech developments largely through service to cor- porate clients. Richard Sutin, a senior partner 2011 British Columbia Legal Telephone Directory The most comprehensive and affordable directory you can get Order your British Columbia Legal Telephone Directory today! 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In turn, the fi rm has gained expertise in a number of fi elds related to alternative energy providers and is helping to fa- cilitate fi nancing based on each project's viability. "Th ere's a huge issue regarding aff ordabil- ity, so we think this will help," Sutin says. Th e fi rm celebrated its clean-tech practice's third an- niversary with an educational session at the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto last week. In the meantime, other fi rms and their lawyers have also been active in the sector. Aaron Atcheson, a part- ner at Miller Th omson LLP in London, Ont., who spent two years with Matheson Ormsby Prentice in Ireland, had the advantage of learning the Eu- ropean approach to alterna- tive energy that allowed him to bring back ideas to improve the implementation of related projects in Canada. Atcheson notes that while the Ontario government pur- ports to be ahead of the curve, it could do more to approve alternative energy projects and reduce the red tape. "In On- tario, some projects that have received approval haven't been built. We have gone backwards a bit compared to what the Irish have done." Atcheson, who is the leader of Miller Th omson's national clean-tech practice group, compares the situation here with European countries that 'We have gone backwards a bit compared to what the Irish have done,' says Aaron Atcheson, whose firm has been active in clean energy. chose to endorse projects based on their potential success. Greg Payne is a Canadian representative for Investeco Financial Corp., an invest- ment company that facilitates green-sector businesses in the southern United States and has set out to provide fi nancing for companies here that off er viable alternative energy projects. A keynote speaker at the Ogilvy event at the MaRS centre, he said Investeco is changing its name to Greenchip Financial next month to better refl ect the types of businesses it hopes to fi nance. 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