Lana Finney

Practice Areas

Lana is an accomplished environmental lawyer, litigator and a certified specialist in environmental law. She advises clients on environmental considerations in acquisition and sale transactions, provides strategic solutions relating to contaminated sites and remediation, and helps to navigate assessment, permit and environmental approval processes. Lana defends clients charged with environmental and regulatory offences under federal and provincial legislation, appeals remediation orders to the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the Environmental Review Tribunal), and regularly prosecutes and defends environmental litigation claims by landlords, tenants and property owners before the Ontario courts. Her experience also includes advising Canadian and international companies, as well as their directors and officers, on liabilities and insurance coverage for environmental matters, particularly rep and warranty insurance. An additional focus of Lana’s practice is on public-private partnerships and renewable-energy projects. She provides specialized environmental and regulatory advice related to project agreements, and related documentation, in a broad range of project and infrastructure mandates, many of which involve brownfield sites and environmental/impact assessment.