Adina Georgescu

Municipal Law

Expropriation

Land Use Planning

Commercial Real Estate

Environmental

Energy - Oil & Gas Regulatory

Government & Public Sector

With nearly two decades of experience, Adina is a leading litigator in municipal law, expropriation, property taxation, environmental, and energy law. She is widely recognized for her depth of knowledge in these specialized areas and frequently acts in precedent-setting matters involving complex regulatory and public law issues. Her clients, ranging from developers and industrial landowners to energy and infrastructure companies, rely on her for strategic advice and effective advocacy before administrative tribunals and courts.

Adina’s practice spans the full spectrum of development-related legal challenges, including expropriation, zoning, permitting, property assessment and tax exemptions, environmental compliance, and energy rate approvals. She is also highly experienced in navigating public sector and regulatory frameworks, including access to information, lobbying, and legislative drafting.

A respected thought leader, Adina is a frequent speaker and writer on expropriation, municipal law, public law, assessment and taxation, and environmental matters. Her expertise supports the real estate industry across all stages of development and operation, particularly where government regulation and land use intersect. She plays an active role in professional and industry associations, and her contributions to the legal profession have earned her repeated recognition by Benchmark Litigation, Lexpert, and Best Lawyers.

President, Board of Directors, Canadian Property Tax Association, 2024-2025, and former President of the Québec Chapter Executives, 2014-2021

Vice President, Board of Directors, APL Énergies (Pipeline Association of Québec), since 2022, and Board Member since 2019

President, Legal Committee, Urban Development Institute of Québec

Founder, board member and former President, Romanian Chamber of Commerce of Québec, since 2014

Member, Steering Committee for the annual national Cambridge Environmental Forums

Regular speaker, Québec Business Council on the Environment (CPEQ)

Certification

Administrateurs de la relève, Collège des administrateurs de sociétés

2018

Université de Montréal

LL.B.

2007

Université Lyon II (Lyon, France)

General Law training session

2006