Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP's practice group frequently assists federal, provincial, territorial and Indigenous governments, as well as corporate clients, with the financing and development of infrastructure and energy projects on Indigenous lands. Core areas of practice for the team include consultation matters, negotiating and drafting agreements, consultation protocols, access agreements and treaty land entitlement agreements. Vancouver-based Thomas Isaac directs the national department and specializes in Indigenous-related regulatory, environmental assessment and constitutional matters. Also noted are Toronto-based Sandra Gogal (environmental law and mining, renewables, forestry and oil-and-gas regulatory matters); Calgary-based Jeremy Barretto (regulatory and environmental work); and Vancouver-based Emilie Lahaie (Indigenous matters and litigation).