Marie-Claude Bellemare

Practice Areas

Marie-Claude’s practice is focused on environmental and natural resource law, as well as energy and public law, both provincially and federally. She advises clients—including forestry, oil, mining and chemical companies, industrial entrepreneurs, petroleum distributors, real estate developers and financiers—on a wide variety of compliance and regulatory matters such as authorizations and permits, reporting, regulatory requirements (air, water, contaminated lands, endangered species, protected areas, etc.), inspections and investigations, as well as on climate change and greenhouse gas pricing matters. She also provides support to clients on the environmental aspects of their complex transactions and litigation matters, and is a frequent speaker on environmental matters at conferences in Québec and in Ontario. Select Recognition: Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada, Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year 2020, Montréal; Who’s Who Legal: Canada; Acristas Stars 2020 ; Legal 500 Canada —Environment (Leading Individual).