Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Split between its Toronto and Montreal offices, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP’s environmental law group is a popular choice to advise corporates — particularly mining companies — on the environmental aspects of large-scale transactions. The full-spectrum practice also maintains a thriving compliance offering, with experience in project approvals, Indigenous consultation, environmental incident management and litigation. In Toronto, high-profile partners Sarah Powell and Alexandria Pike rank among the leading environmental law specialists in the market. Powell was recently retained by the Government of Canada to provide an expert report in the matter of Ruby River v Canada under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Toronto team also includes capable associate Robyn Barabash. Key Montreal contacts are Marie-Claude Bellemare, whose expertise spans compliance, regulatory approvals and litigation; and Anne-Frédérique Bourret, who joined in December 2024 from Langlois Avocats and focuses on risk management, environmental assessment processes and contentious matters.