Osler's Jennifer Fairfax Helps Clients Navigate Increased Scrutiny Of Environmental Regulators

Jennifer Fairfax is Chair of Osler's Environmental Disputes, Investigations and Enforcement practice. Working together with Osler's national team of experts, she brings a depth of experience and expertise to help clients navigate the increasingly complex world of regulatory enforcement.

Q: You have a dynamic practice within the integrated Regulatory, Environmental, Indigenous and Land group at Osler. Why were you drawn to this area of law?

Jennifer: I started at Osler as a litigator, gaining expertise in, among other areas, corporate, construction and infrastructure and project-based litigation. In my first few years of practice, my interest was piqued in regulatory/environmental law, partly as a result of my clerkship at the Federal Court of Appeal for Justice J. Edgar Sexton (who once Chaired Osler's litigation practice), but more because of the multi-faceted areas of the practice. One day's work can range from providing compliance advice, conducting