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Environment - Nationwide - Canada

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Band 4

What the Team is Known For

McMillan's environmental group is active across the space, with proficiency in handling both regulatory considerations and transactional matters. The team acts for clients in a wide range of sectors, including mining, oil and gas and construction. Clients benefit from the firm's network of offices throughout Canada, including in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal. Additional strength includes cross-border mandates.

Work Highlights

  • McMillan defended Manulife Financial in a multi-party land contamination lawsuit in British Columbia arising from historical foundry and drycleaner uses at urban sites in Vancouver.

Strengths

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The team members have an exceptional ability to listen and analyse, in addition to putting all their resources into action to find answers to our questions.

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McMillan is strongly committed to offering a high level of service. Their lawyers respond to their emails quickly and respect deadlines.

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McMillan is attentive and knowledgeable.

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Notable Practitioners

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Radha Curpen
2
Radha Curpen
2
Band 2

Vancouver-based Radha Curpen handles a broad range of work in the environmental law space, including land contamination cases and regulatory compliance issues. She additionally advises on the environmental approvals of corporate transactions and projects.

Radha has exceptional legal skills combined with a dogged approach to getting deals done and projects complete.

Radha is an exceptional lawyer, both from a personal and a skills perspective. She is practical, succinct and able to look at things in a different way and come up with innovative solutions.

Radha brings a depth of experience.

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Robin Junger
3
Robin Junger
3
Band 3

Operating out of McMillan's Vancouver office, Robin Junger advises on the full spectrum of issues in the environmental and Aboriginal law spaces. Recently, he has demonstrated particular strength in dealing with discharge-related mandates and permitting issues.

Robin is an extremely capable legal advisor.

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Sharon Singh
5
Sharon Singh
5
Band 5

Sharon Singh is based in Vancouver, where she co-heads the Indigenous and environment practice. She has a particularly thriving environmental practice on regulatory matters, including securing approvals.

Sharon gives very easy-to-understand and practical advice. Her unique feature is that she very much understands the regulatory and political context.

Sharon is willing to think creatively, identify potential paths for consideration and provide thoughtful advice for our consideration and ultimate decision making.

She has exceptional big picture understanding of business trends in BC.

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Talia Gordner
5
Talia Gordner
5
Band 5

Talia Gordner is based in the firm's Toronto office. She has valuable experience across the full gamut of environmental law, including litigious matters and regulatory considerations.

Talia is an extraordinarily knowledgeable environmental lawyer.

Ms Gordner always makes us feel like her most important client. She devotes all her attention and proposes the best strategy that is aligned with our goals.

Talia is an amazing solicitor with service levels and understanding for execution.

I could not wish for a more service-oriented partner to work with.

Talia is able to very quickly consume the information, distil it down and hone in on what the issues are, making it look easy to come up with the right path.

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Radha Curpen
2
Radha Curpen
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Band 2
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Robin Junger
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Robin Junger
3
Band 3
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Sharon Singh
5
Sharon Singh
5
Band 5
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Talia Gordner
5
Talia Gordner
5
Band 5
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