LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1997
B.A., York University, 1994

• Ontario 1999

Ms. Nissan has recently acted on the following matters:

• Lakeshore West Infrastructure Improvements Project – Advised Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on a $443-million project to design, build and finance station and in-corridor improvements at multiple sites along the Lakeshore West line in Ontario
• 401 Tunnel RER Project – Advised Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on a $116.9-million design, build and finance project to construct two rail tunnels under highways 401 and 409 in Ontario
• SmartTrack Stations Projects – Advising Metrolinx in connection with the construction of King-Liberty Station, St.Clair West-Old Weston Station and Finch-Kennedy Station, each being delivered under a construction management at-risk model
• Union Station Enhancement RER Project – Advised Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on a project to increase capacity at Union Station through construction of new tracks and platforms and a new station concourse. This project is the first project in Ontario procured using the alliance contracting model
• Finch West LRT Project and Waterloo LRT Project – Advised Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on a $2.5-billion project to design, build, finance and maintain an 11km light rail transit line in Toronto, Ontario; and advised the Region of Waterloo in connection with the design, build, finance, maintenance and operation of a light rail transit project in Waterloo, Ontario
• Courthouse Projects – Advised Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Attorney General in the structuring, procurement, negotiation and settlement of project documents in connection with the following design, build, finance and maintain projects: Durham Consolidated Courthouse Project ($334 million), Quinte Consolidated Courthouse Project ($247.2 million), Elgin County Courthouse Project in St. Thomas, Ontario ($249 million), Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse Project ($247.7 million) and the Waterloo Region Consolidated Courthouse Project in Kitchener, Ontario ($379 million)
• Woodstock General Hospital Project – Advised Infrastructure Ontario and Woodstock General Hospital Trust on a $685-million project to build, finance and maintain a hospital in Woodstock, Ontario. Sandra was involved in negotiating the funding agreement, project agreements and other related ancillary documents and leading the hospital through the project's procurement and competitive phase
• Royal Jubilee Hospital Project – Advised the syndicate of lenders in connection with the $206-million Royal Jubilee Hospital P3 project, a 500-bed in-patient accommodation building in Victoria, British Columbia
• William Osler Health Centre – Advised the 75% private sector owner and primary funding/financing partner on a PPP/PFI for the construction of a new hospital in Ontario. This project was the first major healthcare P3 transaction in Canada to reach financial close
• Debt Finance – Counsel to numerous lending syndicates, in numerous syndicated loan transactions and credit facilities to among others, Osmington Inc., Rolls-Royce Canada Limited, First Asset Management Inc., Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited and CanWest Global Communications Corp.

• Chambers Canada, Nationwide: Projects: PPP and Infrastructure, Chambers and Partners, 2023-2024 
• The Legal 500 Canada: Infrastructure Projects (Leading Individuals), 2024
• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2020-2021, 2023-2024: recommended in Infrastructure Law; 2021-2022: recommended in Project Finance 
• International Financial Law Review 1000, Canada: Project development; Project finance (Highly Regarded), 2020-2023
• Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2015: Projects: PPP & Infrastructure

• Canadian Bar Association 
• Law Society of Upper Canada