Environment
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 3
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+1 604 685 3456About
Provided by Lawson Lundell LLP
Lawson Lundell’s Environmental Law Group provides advice and assistance to clients in all aspects of environmental law including:
- Commercial transactions – due diligence, risk assessments, allocation of liability, representations and warranties and indemnities
- Environmental management systems – training, compliance, liability of officers and directors, and environmental audits
- Environmental assessment of projects – federal, provincial and territorial environmental assessment processes, major projects, project descriptions, screenings, comprehensive studies and public reviews
- Regulatory and licensing requirements – applications for licences, permits and authorizations under the federal Fisheries Act, and provincial and territorial environmental management and protection acts, and water acts
- Contaminated sites – polluter, generator and responsible persons liability, allocation of liability, site remediation requirements, remediation cost claims, and certificates of compliance
- Reclamation, closure and remediation – bonding, security, and environmental trusts
- Environmental offences – spill reporting, inspections, investigations and defence of environmental prosecutions under the Fisheries Act and provincial and territorial environmental assessment management and protection acts
Chambers Review
Lawson Lundell is a strong Vancouver-based law firm that provides advice to clients in connection with environmental assessment and approval processes for major projects in Western Canada and the North, as well as overseas. The environmental and regulatory practice's experience cuts across a wide range of sectors including energy, transportation, mining and forestry. The team also provides valuable litigation expertise, with experience representing clients in environmental law matters before the British Columbia Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. It offers additional strength in matters involving contaminated site remediation and other hazardous waste issues.
Work Highlights
- Lawson Lundell advised Newmont Corporation on the due diligence of its acquisition of Newcrest Mining, notably in relation to environmental and permitting issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lawson Lundell has provided strong and well-thought-out strategic advice when facing a multitude of complex regulatory factors. The team is very responsive to requests and timelines."
"Lawson Lundell are always quick to respond and are accommodating of our timelines."
"The whole team is fantastic and functions very well together. Responses are quick, detailed and thorough."
"Lawson Lundell can always be counted on to jump right in on any transaction quickly. The team gets up to speed and immediately starts to add value."
"Lawson Lundell understand the complexities and have done a very good job to date."
"Lawson Lundell has provided strong and well-thought-out strategic advice when facing a multitude of complex regulatory factors. The team is very responsive to requests and timelines."
"Lawson Lundell are always quick to respond and are accommodating of our timelines."
"The whole team is fantastic and functions very well together. Responses are quick, detailed and thorough."
"Lawson Lundell can always be counted on to jump right in on any transaction quickly. The team gets up to speed and immediately starts to add value."
"Lawson Lundell understand the complexities and have done a very good job to date."
Notable Practitioners
Vancouver-based Brad Armstrong KC assists clients with environmental assessment reviews, including the public hearing phases. He is well versed in acting for mining and oil pipeline companies, particularly with regard to projects located in the Canadian North.
"Brad Armstrong KC is a true environment law practitioner. He is very savvy and business-minded."
Clifford Proudfoot KC advises on a range of matters including environmental assessments and court challenges to the issuance of mining permits. Based in Vancouver, he serves as the law firm's managing partner.
"Clifford Proudfoot KC is highly experienced and provides excellent strategic advice."
Ranked Lawyers at
Lawson Lundell LLP
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Members
Provided by Lawson Lundell LLP
Alastair MacKinnon
Alixandra Stoicheff
Christine Kowbel
Clara Ferguson
Grace Kang
Jennifer Nyland
John Olynyk
Kai Niu
Keith Bergner
Lana Shipley
Laura Duke
Michelle Casey
Michelle Jones
Shailaz Dhalla
Toby Kruger