Environmental Matters

• Legal advice on the application of environmental laws and regulations at all levels: federal, provincial, supramunicipal, and municipal
• Representation before the courts and quasi-judicial tribunals in environmental litigation of a civil, administrative or penal nature
• Management of applications for environmental authorizations, including environmental impact assessments and reviews
• Representation before government authorities and legislative/parliamentary bodies on policy and legislative issues
• Assistance with investigations and inspections by the environmental regulatory authorities
• Representation in civil and penal liability suits for environmental incidents, including soil contamination
• Assistance in developing and implementing environmental management and audit processes
• Legal advice on directors' and officers' liability
• Legal advice on access to information matters and protection of industrial and commercial information
• Advice to companies on lender’s liability, the validity of security interests and creditors’ obligations
• Legal advice in soil contamination cases, particularly the negotiation and drafting of decontamination protocols and review of warranties for latent defects
• Legal advice to companies specialized in environmental matters, particularly on the management of residual materials and hazardous substances, including the transport, storage, reuse, recycling and disposal of such materials
• Legal advice to companies subject to environmental regulation, such as quarries and sand pits, pulp and paper mills, oil refineries and secondary lead smelters
• Legal advice to companies on the statutory requirements for the manufacture, import, export, sale and use of environmentally hazardous substances
• Legal advice to companies in the water management industry, particularly the exploitation of aquifers and water systems, purification of drinking water, and industrial wastewater treatment
• Legal advice to users of regulated products such as pesticides and ozone-depleting substances
• Legal advice to companies in the equipment management business, such as water and sewage networks
• Legal advice on agricultural pollution

Energy and Resource Development

• Legal advice to companies for various hydroelectric development projects
• Negotiation of rights and authorizations for dam operation, hydroelectric production equipment management and construction of electric transmission lines
• Legal advice to financial companies for cogeneration projects
• Legal advice to oil and gas pipeline operators and oil companies
• Representation of gas producers, brokers and small hydroelectricity producers before the Régie de l’énergie du Québec
• Representation of companies before the National Energy Board, both for facilities construction and pricing approvals
• Legal advice to mining and mineral processing companies
• Legal advice to companies involved in the exploitation of water and forest resources

Land Management

• Legal advice on the application of zoning, construction and subdivision bylaws
• Legal advice and representation on the establishment and defence of acquired rights
• Legal advice on the protection of agricultural lands and agricultural activities
• Legal advice on the protection of lakeshores and riverbanks, coasts and floodplains
• Legal advice on local regulations, particularly nuisance bylaws and neighbour disputes