John Georgakopoulos

Practice Areas

Environmental Law, Air Law, Waste Law, Litigation, and Energy Law.

Career

John Georgakopoulos is a Co-Managing Partner at Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP. He devises focused strategies to resolve complex environmental legal issues for clients. John was formerly a scientist with Ontario’s environmental regulator.

John counsels clients about various environmental legal issues including environmental aspects of corporate commercial and real estate transactions, contaminated site and brownfield redevelopment, environmental risk and liability management, environmental due diligence, regulatory approvals and compliance, air emissions, noise and odour management, greenhouse gases, carbon trading and climate change disclosure, the import and export of products, engines and chemical substances, environmental insurance, and environmental litigation.

His diverse client base includes industrial manufacturers, waste management companies, agricultural businesses, property developers and real estate investment trusts (REITs), lenders, insurers, and municipalities.

Professional Memberships

Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA), Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) - President, Hellenic Canadian Lawyers' Association (HCLA), Law Society of Alberta, Law Society of Ontario (Certified Specialist in Environmental Law), and Ontario Bar Association (OBA).

Publications

Various articles are posted on our website - www.willmsshier.com.

Personal

Education - B.Sc. (Hons.), Environmental Science and Management, University of Toronto, 1997, M.Sc., Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, 1999, and LL.B., University of Ottawa, 2007.

Rankings - The Best Lawyers in Canada - Peer selected annually for Environmental Law, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory - Peer selected annually for Environmental Law (Repeatedly Recommended), The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory - Listed in the Special Edition on Energy, and Who's Who Legal - Listed as a Global Leader (Environment 2022) and a National Leader (Canada - Environment 2021).

John Georgakopoulos is an Environmental Law Specialist certified by The Law Society of Ontario.