Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Partner and National Co-leader, Energy and Power Group

John has a comprehensive energy law practice covering a breadth of corporate, commercial and regulatory issues with a particular focus on Canadian electricity markets and infrastructure revitalization.

He is a Partner and National Co-leader, Energy and Power Group, encompassing the Power, Oil & Gas, Mining and Forestry sectors. His clients include Provincial and Territorial governments, system operators, regulated utilities, developers, investors, and lenders. He provides counsel concerning corporate, commercial and regulatory aspects of the electricity and natural gas industries and power project development for a variety of technologies, including:

• battery storage
• wind
• solar
• hydro-electric
• nuclear
• biomass/biogas
• tidal
• natural gas
• cogeneration (combined heat and power)
• district energy

John represents clients in proceedings before provincial regulatory agencies, primarily the Ontario Energy Board.

John also advises management and boards on ESG matters including corporate governance best practices, sustainability mandates and net-zero initiatives.

Professional Involvement

• Member, International Nuclear Law Association
• Officer (Communications), Power Law Committee, International Bar Association, 2025-current
• Chair, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section, Ontario Bar Association, 2022-2023
• Officer (Communications), National Energy, Environment and Resource Law Section (NEERLS), Canadian Bar Association, 2025-current
• Executive, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section, Ontario Bar Association
• Member, Law Society of Upper Canada

Education

• LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2007
• MBA, Schulich School of Business, 2007
• BA.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), University of Waterloo, 2003

Bar Admission

• Newfoundland and Labrador, 2025
• Ontario, 2008

Community Involvement

• Board Member, Association of Power Producers of Ontario