The environmental law practice at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP routinely acts alongside the firm’s transactional teams to advise clients on environmental liabilities across a range of financings, capital markets offerings, M&A deals and insolvencies. The group additionally draws on specialists in the litigation area for support on contentious work. In Toronto, Sarah Powell and Alexandria Pike are widely recognized as go-to partners for environmental law. In Montreal, Marie-Claude Bellemare is highly regarded and she recently paired up with Powell to represent Terrapure in marine law-related judicial reviews. Toronto-based Robyn Barabash is a talented associate.
Key clients
- Amcor
- Axium Infrastructure
Work highlights
- Acted for Atlas Holdings on its acquisitions of three forestry pulp and paper assets in three provinces of Canada: British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
- Acted for Mondi on its acquisition of the Hinton Pulp mill from West Fraser Timber Co and on its long-term partnership with West Fraser.