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Updated: November 2011

Miller Thomson LLP

Practice & Industry Areas

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Miller Thomson LLP is one of Canada’s largest national law firms, with more than 500 professionals working from Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Markham and Montreal. The firm provides a complete range of business law, advocacy and personal legal services to Canadian and international corporations, entrepreneurs, institutions, governments and not-for-profit organizations. The firm's practice is organized into industry and functional groups that facilitate a multidisciplinary team approach to providing business-oriented solutions, including brownfield and site remediation services.

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Practice & Industry Areas

For a full list of Practice & Industry Areas within Miller Thomson click here.

CleanTech

CleanTech includes a diverse range of products, services and processes designed to provide superior performance at lower cost and lessened environmental impact through more productive and responsible use of natural resources.

The prime objective of the team is to provide ready access to integrated legal advice and a uniform level of support to our clients whether they are manufacturers at the early stage of developing a concept or process, developers entering into project planning, parties providing necessary capital or service providers supplying expertise.

Energy

Regulatory and Environmental Law

Information Technology/IP

Corporate Finance and Securities

Project Finance

Private Equity

M&A

Corporate/Commercial

Tax

Employment

Litigation

For details click on > CleanTech

Environmental Law

The Environmental Law Group consists of legal planners, negotiators and advocates. Many have experience as professional engineers, regulators, prosecutors and policy makers.

The Environmental Law Group is able to offer cost-effective and timely legal advice, due its size, expertise and the relationships with a wide variety of environmental consultants.

Contaminated Land/Brownfield Redevelopment

Defence of Environmental and Related Prosecutions

Directors and Officers Liability

Emission Control and Abatement

Environmental Approvals

Environmental Assessment

Environmental Civil Litigation

Environmental Compliance

Environmental Insurance

Land Acquisitions, Development and Sale

Legislative Drafting and Interpretation

Transactional Environmental Due Diligence

Waste Management

Water and Sewage Servicing

For details click on > Environmental Law

Construction & Infrastructure

The Construction & Infrastructure Law Group is a leading provider of construction and infrastructure projects related advice and advocacy across Canada. Provides comprehensive advice on all aspects of the project including recommendations on the project delivery system best suited to our clients’ needs and objectives.

Procurement

Agreements/Contracts

Project Financing

Performance Security and Insurance

Claims Avoidance and Management

Construction / Builders Liens

Negligence Claims

Dispute Resolution

Construction Litigation

Health Industry

For details click on > Construction & Infrastructure

Mining

The Mining Group draws upon the extensive legal expertise and broad industry experience of lawyers in our offices across Canada to advise mining companies, investment dealers and financial institutions on a wide variety of domestic and international transactions involving precious and base metals, diamonds and industrial minerals.

Domestic and International Acquisitions and Divestitures

Public and Private Equity and Debt Financing

Option, Joint Venture, Exploration and Royalty Agreements

Stock Exchange Listings

Regulatory Compliance and Advice

Environmental Issues

Energy Issues

Aboriginal Issues

Construction Issues

Tax Planning and Structuring

Tax Audit and Appeal Representation

Flow-through Share Financing

Litigation Support

For details click on > Mining

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property has become one of the most valuable assets in today’s rapidly changing world and knowledge based economies. Innovative and comprehensive legal advice will enable clients to realize the full potential of their Intellectual Property and shield themselves against the risk of competition, infringement, counterfeiting and loss of value.

Patents

Trademarks

Industrial Design

Copyright

Trade Secrets/Know-how

Intellectual Property Litigation

Intellectual Property Disputes

Intellectual Property Agreements

Management of IP

Securitizing IP

Technical Expertise

For details click on > Intellectual Property

Procurement and Contracts

The Procurement Group brings together a group of lawyers who use their knowledge of, and experience in, a diverse range of legal specialties to assist public and private sector clients with their procurement projects.

Projects range from traditional acquisitions to more complex relationships:

Alternative Financing Arrangements

Public Infrastructure Renewal

Outsourcing Agreements

Large-scale Information Technology (IT)

Network Services Projects

Our lawyers are widely recognized as leaders in such sectors as healthcare, construction, and information and communication technologies (ICT).

For details click on > Procurement

Power Generation

The Electricity Law Group works with generation companies, transmission utilities, energy regulatory tribunals, government departments and large industrial companies in advising on all aspects of energy law issues.

Transactions

Energy Trading and Marketing

Regulatory

Tax

Corporate Finance

Environmental

Construction

Litigation

Intellectual Property

For details click on > Power Generation

Oil & Gas

The Oil and Gas Group draws on the diverse industry experience and broad legal expertise of its members to provide the complete spectrum of services required by our clients – whether they be private or public companies, local, national or international in scope or governmental agencies.

Transactions

A&D Services

Operations

Tax Matters

Corporate Finance

Regulatory

Environmental

Litigation

Aboriginal Matters

For details click on > Oil & Gas

EnviroNotes! Newsletter

For up-to-date information and environmental issues across Canada, Miller Thomson LLP, provides its readers with newsletters (Newsletters) and Publications, including:

Business Law in Canada - Recent Developments
CleanTech Developments
Construction and Infrastructure Law Newsletter
EnviroNotes!
Intellectual Property Newsletter
Real Estate Report

Below are highlights related to remediation and brownfield redevelopment:

Issue	Highlights ... related to remediation and brownfield redevelopment

October 2011	No Harm, No Nuisance - The Ontario Court of Appeal Lays Out What Will, and Will Not, Fly in Proving Nuisance: Smith v. Inco Limited BC Contaminated Sites: EAB Directs Ministry of Environment to Issue Certificate of Compliance
May 2011	Due Diligence in Buying Residential Property – Beware Leaking Oil Tanks Berendsen v. Ontario Can Title Insurance Protect You from Environmental Defects?
February 2011	B.C. - Tougher Environmental Enforcement Measures Now In Place
December 2010	Prosperity Mine Project Blocked by Federal Government Syncrude Sentencing Sends Serious Message to Canadian Companies
September 2010	Environmental Approvals Reform In Ontario Brownfields: Opportunity Is Knocking In Alberta Major Petroleum Spill In Johnstone Strait In Orca Sanctuary: Due Diligence Lessons For Captains And Barge Owners
April 2010	Ministry of the Environment Announces Framework for Major Overhaul of Ontario's Environmental Approvals Public Disclosure: The Ontario Securities Commission Acts to Provide Guidance to Reporting Issuers on Environmental Matters
February 2010	The Environmental Assessment Track – Discretion to Scope is Not Discretion to Track?
January 2010	Client Alert: Amendments to the Brownfields' Regulation

Issue	Highlights ... related to remediation and brownfield redevelopment
December 2009	Ontario's Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 to Come into Force Alberta's Environmental Impact Assessment and Approval Processes Expected to Undergo Major Changes in 2010 Beware of Old Heating Oil Tanks in Residential Properties
May 2009	Contaminated Sites Regulation in British Columbia: Stage 6 Amendments in Effect Environmental Enforcement and Compliance in BC - An Update Green Building Can "LEED" to Liability
May 2009	Client Alert: $1.8M Available From BC Government for Brownfield Renewal: Application Deadline June 15, 2009
Spring 2009	Staying Green in Troubled Times Review of Federal Budget 2009: Environmental Aspects New Federal Environmental Enforcement Legislation Tabled

Winter 2008	St. Lawrence Cement Inc. V. Barrett
Fall 2008	Ontario MOE Announces New Brownfields Standards 'Green' Leases: A Primer Contaminated Sites Update in British Columbia
Summer 2008	Can Parent Companies be Responsible for Spills Caused by Subsidiaries? Due Diligence and Responsibility for Your Emergency Response Contractors: The CPR Glycol Spill British Columbia Establishes Brownfield Renewal Strategy
March 2008	Two Can Play at This Game: Cross Border Pollution Enforcement Consultant Liability for Contamination Under the Fisheries Act: The Gemtec Appeal Canadian National Railway Company v. Imperial Oil Limited: A Tenant's Responsibility to Clean Up Contamination

Summer 2007	Allocating Responsibility for Remediation Costs Case Comment - Gehring et al v. Chevron Canada Limited et al, 2006 BCSC 1639 Phased Implementation of Ontario Environmental Penalties to Begin August 1, 2007
February 2007	Brownfields Changes Proposed in Ontario: Horizontal Severances ("Pie Crusts") to be Prohibited? Contaminated Sites and Brownfield Redevelopment in Alberta: Where are we now? Recovery of Remediation Cost Judicial Review of a Decision of the Government of Quebec to Refuse the Enlargement of a Waste Disposal Site

November 2006	Ontario: Draft Environmental Penalty Regulations Released for Public Comment Cross-Border Insurance Jurisdiction Conflicts Lloyd's Underwriters v. Cominco Ltd. et. al., 2006 BCSC 1276 Gone But Not Forgotten - Environmental Obligations in O&G Transactions Environmental Litigators Beware - What You Don't Ask For in Discoveries Might Come Back to Bite You in the Contaminated Zone!
July 2006	Court Decisions News From British Columbia
May 2006	Legislation Update Court Decisions: A & D Holdings Inc. v. Canada Inability to Challenge Approval of Remediation Plan Pearson v. Inco: Ushering in a New Era in Environmental Litigation?
February 2006	New Environmental Review Tribunal Rules Allow Costs Awards Against Parties Inability to Challenge Approval of Remediation Plan Pearson v. Inco: Ushering in a New Era in Environmental Litigation?

November 2005	Going for "Sustainability": The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games Legislating Sustainable Development
October 2005	Federal Environmental Assessment of Transboundary Effects: When Does the Window Close? Contaminated Sites: The Ultimate Limitation Period - How Long do you Have to Bring a Claim? Workshop Holdings Ltd. v. CAE Machinery Ltd.
June 2005	Brownfields Update ? Mandatory RSC Filing Will Become Law On October 1, 2005 Contaminated Sites ? Recovering Remediation Costs
May 2005	Contaminated Sites - Inheriting The Sins Of The Past Through Amalgamation A Green 2005 Federal Budget Ontario's Review Of The Environmental Assessment Regime
January 2005	US Environmental Laws Can Affect Canadian Businesses Notice Requirements for Exporting and Importing Hazardous Wastes in Canada An Update on the Defence of Due Diligence Federal Court Prohibits Review of Bennett Environmental Facility R. v. Kingston (City): Deposit of Deleterious Substances, Section 36(3) of the Fisheries Act

November 2004	New Enforcement Legislation in Ontario Environmental Assessment in the Yukon - A Time of Transition: Part 2 of YESSA in Operation, Nov. 13, 2004 Ontario's Brownfield Amendments Take Effect Environmental Contamination and Property Taxes
April 2004	New Criminal Code Legislation Potentially Compounds Environmental Liability The Supreme Court of Canada Renders its Decision on the Tort of Abuse of Public Office

November 2003	The Supreme Court of Canada Endorses the Concept of "Polluter Pays" - But What Does it Mean?
April 2003	Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies Law of Due Diligence Ontario Brownfields Regulation Proposed

July 2002	Recent Developments in BC: Contaminated Sites; Review of Contaminated Sites Regime; Remediation of Mineral Exploration Sites and Mines; Environmental Assessment Regulatory Investigations Following the Inco Decision
March 2002	British Columbia Contaminated Sites Regulation - Second State Amendments
January 2002	Brownfields Bill Enacted Court of Appeal Releases Decision in Tridan v. Shell