Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP represents clients
on a full range of environment, Aboriginal and energy law issues.
Our dedicated legal team includes seven Environmental Law
Specialists certified by the Law Society of Ontario and lawyers
with backgrounds in environmental science, geology and
environmental planning.
For more than 40 years, industry and individual clients,
business lawyers, environmental professionals, Aboriginal
communities and governments have benefitted from our innovative,
practical solutions and extensive knowledge in a broad range of
practice areas:
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
– corporate due
diligence and risk management, brownfields strategy and
contaminated site remediation, environmental assessment and
approvals, air emissions, odour, noise, waste, wildlife and water
law
ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION
–
Environmental Civil
Litigation
– prosecution or defence of environmental
lawsuits
Environmental Regulatory
Defence of Prosecutions
– defence of quasi-criminal
environmental prosecutions by regulatory authorities and managing
regulatory investigations
Environmental
Appeals
– appeals of regulatory orders and approvals to
administrative tribunals and government decision-makers
ABORIGINAL LAW
– Aboriginal consultation,
resource sector agreements, capacity support for Aboriginal groups
and businesses, dispute resolution, litigation and training
ENERGY –
renewable energy and transmission
projects, regulatory approvals and appearances before energy
boards
NORTHERN
– environmental impact assessments,
land and water regulation, wildlife law and management, water law
and policy, land claims implementation and Aboriginal law
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“The firm is one of, if not the best enviro law firm in the
country …”
Senior Litigation Counsel