Bryan Buttigieg

Practice Areas

Bryan Buttigieg is recognized as one of the leading practitioners of environmental law in Canada and has been certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a specialist in Environmental Law since 2005. His practice includes a combination of litigation and transactional advice involving civil litigation and regulatory defence representation in environmental and occupational health and safety matters. Bryan has provided extensive advice in support of brownfields developments, site remediation, and financing of properties with environmental issues. He is a trained mediator and a panel member of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation.

Bryan represents corporations and individuals in litigation arising out of the sale, purchase, and use of contaminated property. He provides advice regarding claims for environmental damages, including clean-up costs, loss of use, loss of market value, and negligent misrepresentation.

Bryan also provides advice to purchasers, vendors, landlords, tenants, lenders, and investors in transactions involving the purchase and sale of contaminated sites and brownfields developments. He makes recommendations on how to market and sell contaminated sites to protect against future liabilities, advises landlords and tenants of their respective duties and obligations, and negotiates creative solutions to environmental problems that would not be available as remedies through litigation.

Bryan assists clients with cross border movements of materials impacted by environmental regulations including advice with respect to the Canadian Domestic Substances List, Essential Use Permits and the Cross-Border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations.

Bryan has successfully represented clients charged under provincial regulatory legislation, such as the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. He advises on best practices for working with inspectors and investigators to help prevent prosecution. In administrative law matters, he advises on appeals before various government boards and administrative tribunals, and on reviews of administrative orders under environmental statutes.