Jonathan W. Kahn

Practice Areas

Jonathan is Chair of the Blakes national Environmental group and widely regarded as one of Canada's leading environmental lawyers. He represents clients on major project development; the purchase, sale, and remediation of contaminated land; mining regulation and permitting; ESG and sustainability issues, management of natural resources; transportation, handling and disposal of hazardous substances; environmental permitting; air, water and waste regulation; lender liability; and other environmental matters. Jonathan’s wide-ranging expertise also includes representing accused corporations in major environmental prosecutions and providing environmental law advice on significant transactions, across a broad range of industries, including chemical, mining, construction, oil and gas, transportation, general manufacturing, automotive, food and beverage and agribusiness. Jonathan is immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Law, the first non-American to serve on that organization’s Executive Committee. He is also a former Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Environment, Energy and Resources Law Section.