Timothy John Murphy
Partner

Toronto

Tel: 416.865.7908
Fax: 416.865.7048

Email:  tim.murphy@mcmillan.ca

Professional Experience Tim Murphy's practice focuses on transactions with a public component with a particular emphasis on public private partnerships and on assisting governments and the private sector on broader public policy issues. In a wide array of areas, including infrastructure, energy and health care, Tim brings extensive experience in the public sector. As Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada, Tim provided strategic advice and direction to the Cabinet, the Prime Minister and to senior levels of the public service. His public sector experience also includes serving as Chief of Staff to the Finance Minister of Canada, as a Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario and as a strategic advisor to governments at all levels.

As a lawyer, Tim has advised national and international clients in diverse areas including finance, construction law, infrastructure and renewable energy, government procurement and bid practices generally. IFLR 1000 ranks Tim as a "Leading Lawyer" in Project Finance.

Tim is currently teaching the Law and Policy of Public Private Partnerships at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and was recently a sessional professor of Securities Regulation at the Queen's University Faculty of Law.
Representative Transactions

  • Counsel to the successful private sector consortium in connection with each of the following:
    • the building and financing of the Lakeridge Health Project
    • the building and financing of the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation Henderson General Hospital
    • the building and financing of the Bluewater Health Capital Redevelopment Project in Sarnia, Ontario
    • the building and financing of the Rouge Valley Health System Project
    • the building and financing of the London Health/St. Joseph Health Centres
  • Counsel to private sector bidders in connection with:
    • the Runnymede Healthcare Centre
    • the Credit Valley Hospital
    • the Ontario Highway Service Centre Project
    • Toronto South Detention Centre
  • Counsel to the general contractor with respect to lengthy litigation involving the construction of Terminal 3 at Pearson Airport
  • Counsel to Infrastructure Ontario
  • Counsel to the lenders to the bidding consortium for Moncton Court House Project
  • Counsel to the owner/developer with respect to the construction of a $120 million warehouse Facility Counsel to Export Development Canada with respect to loans to Chrysler Canada, Inc.
  • Counsel to the developers of photovoltaic electricity projects under the RESOP and FIT programs

Publications/Presentations
June 2010
Construction Law in Canada
Leonard Richetti and Timothy J. Murphy (co-authors): Book, published by LexisNexis
May 2010
"Construction Law in Canada"
Co-Author, LexisNexis Canada Inc.
January 2010
4th Construction Financing Course
Speaker, Financing Challenges for P3s
January 2010
Financing Challenges for P3s After the Credit Crisis
Paper, 4th Construction Financing Course




Board of Directors, Legal Aid Ontario

Board of Directors and Chair, Human Resources, Compensation and Pension Committee, Morguard Corporation

Board of Directors, Futuremed Holdings, General Partner, Inc. and Futuremed General Partner, Inc. 

The Toronto Board of Trade, Municipal Performance Committee
 
OBA Construction Law Executive 2008- 2009, Member 

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member



Called to the Ontario bar - 1989

York University, LLM - 2007

University of Toronto, LLB - 1987

Queen's University, BA - 1982