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 | Howard Wise | Partner |
| hwise@goodmans.ca |
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Bay Adelaide Centre - West Tower
333 Bay Street, Suite 3400
Toronto, ON M5H 2S7
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Tel: 416.597.4281
Fax: 416.979.1234
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Howard Wise is a partner at Goodmans. He specializes in the areas of construction law and commercial litigation.
Howard is retained as counsel by owners, general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and lenders in large construction disputes, including construction liens, contract claims and negligence claims. Howard’s litigation practice includes trial and appellate work, as well as mediation and arbitration of construction disputes. He has also acted for owners and contractors in negotiating complex construction contracts including design build agreements and EPC contracts. He is regularly retained to act in large multi-partied disputes, including acting for owners, general contractors, subcontractors, financiers and design professionals.
Howard is recognized as a leading practitioner of construction law by Chambers Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, Law Business Research’s International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal: Canada, Best Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Lexpert/American Lawyer Media’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and the Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers. He has previously been recognized as a leading infrastructure lawyer by the Lexpert Special Edition: Canada’s Leading Infrastructure Lawyers. He has been certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a specialist in construction law.
Howard is the author of the Manual of Construction Law published by Thomson Reuters and co-author of Bristow, Glaholt, Reynolds and Wise on Construction, Builders’ and Mechanics’ Liens in Canada (8th edition), the leading text in the area of construction lien law. He is a contributing author to a textbook entitled Construction Disputes: Representing the Contractor, published by Aspen Publications, New York. Howard is also the contributing editor of Canadian Forms & Precedents: Construction Liens, published by Butterworths.
He is a frequent lecturer to both legal and industry-based associations on various topics relating to construction law including design build contracts, bidding and tendering, and construction liens.
| Education |
Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1983)
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| Professional Affiliations |
Past President and Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers
Past Chair of the Construction Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association
Past Chair of the Construction Law Subsection of the Ontario Bar Association
Advocates’ Society
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
ABA Forum on the Construction Industry
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| Year of Call |
1985 Ontario |
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