Environmental
For the last 25 years, Goodmans has remained at the forefront of solving environmental issues in major city-building projects in the Greater Toronto Area, including the revitalization of Toronto’s Waterfront and redevelopment of the Distillery District.
We have been instrumental in pioneering new strategies and solutions to resolve historical environmental and land use issues relating to urban revitalization and infrastructure. These strategies have unlocked the potential of dormant brownfield sites and underutilized and former industrial sites that are being re-developed across Toronto and the province of Ontario.
Goodmans advises on a wide variety of environmental issues in complex transactions as well as litigation in contaminated lands disputes, professional liability and defense in prosecutions.
Our practice encompasses inter-disciplinary fields such as cleantech, Brownfield redevelopment, natural heritage protection, renewable energy, product stewardship, climate change, environmental permitting, waste management and the transportation of excess soils.
We keep abreast of the rapidly evolving environmental landscape and guide our clients through a regulatory regime they are subject to, but might not entirely understand. Clients trust us to pre-empt potential issues and act with confidence and urgency. We counsel corporations, corporate directors and executives on their environmental duties before an infraction arises. Our Environmental Group advises both public and private sector clients as they navigate through the complex and evolving world of environmental regulation.
Expertise
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Development Changes and Infrastructure Financing
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Expropriation
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Municipal and Land Development
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Property Assessment and Taxation
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Meet our teamFeatured Work
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Capital Markets
DIRTT Environmental Solutions Inc. $35 Million Convertible Debenture Bought Deal Financing
Goodmans LLP acted as Canadian counsel to the underwriters in connection with a short form prospectus offering in Canada and concurrent offering in the United States by DIRTT Environmental Solutions… -
Mergers and Acquisitions
Brookfield Infrastructure's Sale of North American District Energy Business for $4.1 Billion
Goodmans LLP acted for Brookfield Infrastructure in connection with the sale of 100% of its North American district energy business, Enwave… -
Mergers and Acquisitions
McCain Capital Partners Acquisition of Forest City Fire Protection
Goodmans LLP acted for McCain Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Forest City Fire Protection. Forest City Fire Protection will now unite with Classic Fire Protection (another… -
Mergers and Acquisitions
Cott Acquisition of Primo Water Corporation
Goodmans LLP acted for Cott Corporation (“Cott”) in connection with its acquisition of Primo Water Corp. (“Primo”) for $14.00 per share, for a total transaction value of $775 million… -
Hospitality
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s Niagara Gaming Bundle
Goodmans LLP acted for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) in connection with structuring, procurement strategy and transaction documents, including the project agreements and transition… -
Banking and Financial Services
Onex Corporation Announces $5 Billion acquisition of WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Goodmans LLP acted as counsel to Onex Corporation (“Onex”) in connection with its announcement that they have entered into a definitive agreement in which Onex will acquire all outstanding shares of…
Insights
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Dispute Resolution
Limits of Climate Change Suits Against the Government: Mathur v. Ontario Decision
The Superior Court of Justice has now released its decision in Mathur v. Ontario, a case we wrote about earlier this year and which is now a further example of an unsuccessful claim against a… -
Municipal and Land Development
Site Alteration: Digging Into Municipal Authority on Excess Soils, Ontario Bar Association
Matthew Lakatos-Hayward is a contributor to the OBA Newsletter. This article appeared in the 2023 issue.Excerpt from "Site Alteration: Digging Into Municipal Authority on Excess Soils":This paper… -
Energy
Canada’s New Clean Fuel Standard & The Emergence of a Carbon Credit Market
On June 21, 2022, the federal government registered the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR)1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.2 The goal of the CFR is to advance the growth of Canada’s… -
Cleantech
Province of Ontario Proposes Establishment of a Clean Energy Credit Registry
On August 2, 2022, Ontario’s Ministry of Energy released its proposal for a clean energy credit registry (the “Registry”) for public comment on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO). The… -
Mining
2022 Federal Budget: Government Supports Critical Mineral Projects in Canada
The 2022 federal budget (the “Budget”) commits significant funding and proposes far-reaching measures to boost the development of Canada’s mining industry for critical minerals that are essential to… -
Environmental
CSA Proposes Climate-Related Disclosure for Reporting Issuers
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a proposed rule, National Instrument 51-107 – Disclosure of Climate-related Matters (“Proposed Instrument”), that would impose…
Awards & Recognition
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The Legal 500 Canada Tier 4, Environment 2023
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The Legal 500 Canada Tier 4, Environment 2022
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The Legal 500 Tier 4, Environment 2021
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The Legal 500 Tier 4, Environment 2020
News & Events
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Environmental
Goodmans Welcomes Joanna Rosengarten
Goodmans is pleased to announce that Joanna Rosengarten has joined the firm as counsel in our Environmental Group. Joanna has a wealth of knowledge and expertise on a broad range of environmental… -
Environmental
Rodney Gill at OBA’s Ontario Legal Conference: Municipal, Planning & Environmental Law
Join Rodney Gill on February 9th at 3:00 pm for the Managing Matters involving Unrepresented Parties session at OBA's Ontario Legal Conference: Municipal, Planning & Environmental Law. This… -
Environmental
Matthew Lakatos-Hayward at OBA’s Ontario Legal Conference: Municipal, Planning & Environmental Law
Join Matthew Lakatos-Hayward on February 10th at 9:00 am for the Plenary: Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 session at OBA's Ontario Legal Conference: Municipal, Planning &…