Ella Plotkin
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Project Finance
Band 3
About
Provided by Ella Plotkin
Practice Areas
Ella Plotkin is the Leader of the firm’s Global Infrastructure & Projects Group. Her practice focuses on project finance and development, banking, and public private partnerships. With considerable experience in infrastructure development and finance, Ella’s practice spans Canada and the U.S. as well as emerging markets.
Regularly advising lenders, developers, contractors, and procuring authorities, Ella assists clients with all aspects of project development and finance in the infrastructure, energy, telecom and natural resource sectors. Ella has advised the winning consortia (or their lenders) on multiple award winning P3 projects in Canada and the US including the DC Streetlighting Project, US36 Express Lanes/Bus Rapid Transit Project, the Pennsylvania Bridges Project, the Miami Dade Courthouse Project and Merced Campus (UC) Project in the US, as well as Eglinton Crosstown LRT and numerous other civil infrastructure and social infrastructure projects across Canada. Ella is part of the team advising the procuring authorities on the Ontario Line Subway Project, as well as the Ottawa Civic and WAHA Projects in Ontario, both of which are procured using a progressive P3 model.
Chambers Review
Canada
Leading the firm's infrastructure and projects group out of Toronto, Ella Plotkin covers a breadth of project finance matters pertaining to infrastructure and project development. She is sought after for her handling of mandates covering sectors including transportation and energy.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ella Plotkin draws on her deep well of experience to develop creative solutions to complex problems. She is fiercely protective of her clients' interests but sensitive to the commercial context."
"Ella is a fantastic drafter and technical lawyer."
"Ella is very organised, detail-oriented, and a strong drafter and problem solver. She is great to work with."
"Ella Plotkin is diligent in her work and extremely insightful."
"Ella Plotkin draws on her deep well of experience to develop creative solutions to complex problems. She is fiercely protective of her clients' interests but sensitive to the commercial context."
"Ella is a fantastic drafter and technical lawyer."
"Ella is very organised, detail-oriented, and a strong drafter and problem solver. She is great to work with."
"Ella Plotkin is diligent in her work and extremely insightful."