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Mr Rick Williams
Work Department
Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation and Regulatory Group
Position
Partner and National Business Leader, Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation and Regulatory Group
Career
Rick Williams is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office, national leader of BLG’s Environmental Law Group, and regional leader of the Regulatory and Oil and Gas Groups. Rick represents and advises clients on commercial and regulatory aspects of project development, permitting and operations in the energy and natural resource sectors, including land, environmental and Indigenous issues. Rick also represents and advises clients on dispute resolution including regulatory proceedings, corporate/commercial litigation and arbitration, with a focus on energy, transportation, forestry and mining. He is recognized in Chambers Canada and The Best Lawyers in Canada, including being named Vancouver Lawyer of the Year in the 2020 (Oil and Gas Law), 2022 (Environmental Law) and 2024 (Natural Resources Law, Aboriginal Law/Indigenous Practice, Energy Regulatory, Oil and Gas) editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada.
Languages
English
Education
LLB, University of Victoria, 1999
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
Distinguished by the breadth of its regulatory offering, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP routinely represents domestic and multinational energy companies on environmental and administrative law matters, including litigation. The practice also handles commercial work. Calgary-based transactional partner Peter Bryan leads the oil and gas group nationally, while commercial and regulatory specialist Rick Williams heads the department in Vancouver and also fronts the national environmental team. Other key names in Calgary include senior counsel Randall Block KC, who is a go-to name for energy disputes, and regulatory expert Alan Ross KC.
Canada > Environment
(Leading individuals)Borden Ladner Gervais LLP houses a robust environmental law practice, which is particularly recognized for its activity in energy, mining and Indigenous law-related matters. From its broad base of offices across the country, the group is equipped to handle environmental disputes, regulatory issues, and transactional support work. Vancouver-based Rick Williams fronts the department and is well versed in both contentious and non-contentious work, but he is primarily noted for his experience in project development, permitting and operations in the energy and natural resource sectors. Toronto-based Gabrielle Kramer is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Canada > Environment
- Environment Canada
- Oil and gas Canada > Energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Construction
- International trade
- Labour and employment
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- Business immigration
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Transport > Aviation
- Transport > Shipping
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Indigenous law
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- Banking and finance
- Business immigration
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Transport > Other transport
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- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Technology
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A