Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Lawyers
J. Mark Rodger
- Phone(416) 367-6190
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.blg.com
Work Department
Electricity Markets and Infrastructure
Position
Partner, Co-Chair, Electricity Markets Group
Career
Senior partner and the Toronto regional leader of the Energy Markets Group. Mark specializes in the commercial, regulatory, and government relations components of the electricity and natural gas sectors, and regarding municipal water infrastructure renewal. For over 30 years he has served as counsel to a range of stakeholders including municipal, provincial, and national governments; large industrial, institutional, and commercial energy consumers; local distribution companies and their municipal shareholders; transmitters; generators; energy retailers; out-of-province electricity importers; and energy regulators. Mark is a director at EMERA Nova Scotia Power (Halifax) and Chairman of Logistec Corporation (Montréal). For many years, Mark has been recognized in Chambers Global (Energy: Power), The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as one of BLG’s leading lawyers, and in PLC Which Lawyer? in the Energy and Natural Resources Multi-Jurisdictional Guide. For the past decade, he has been named one of the top 500 lawyers in Canada by Lexpert®/ALM 500 Directory because of his expertise in the electricity field. He was also the recipient of the Energy Bear Award by the Canadian Energy Law Forum for his contributions to the Canadian energy sector.
Languages
English
Memberships
Co-Chair, Northwind Electricity Forum; Co-Chair, Canadian Energy Law Forum; Member, International Bar Association, Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law.
Education
LLB, University of Windsor. BA, University of Toronto.
Personal
Chairman, Logistec Corporation (Montreal); Director, EMERA Nova Scotia Power (Halifax).