Sound advice
In business transactions, the environment is certainly one undeniable element at the core of most industrial and commercial activities. Moreover, environmental damage can lead to wide-ranging disputes. The seasoned lawyers of Lapointe Rosenstein’s Environment and Natural Resources sector regularly advise businesses on the different steps to take in connection with their activities. In addition, they support them in their search for solutions to the many issues raised by the maze of statutory and regulatory environmental requirements in addition to new technological and scientific inventions. In recent years, several legislative schemes have changed the stakes of a myriad of projects. Our team can advise you and recommend different strategies tailored to your needs.

Areas of practice directly related to the evolution of market trends
In addition to their legal skills, our lawyers have thorough knowledge of the environmental and natural resources sector.

Following is how we can help you:

• The liability, stakes and obligations associated with contaminated sites, with their management and their revitalization cannot be overlooked. The trend to pick contaminated sites (brownfields) to start up certain projects requires some well orchestrated planning. In addition, the legal framework surrounding the ownership or occupancy of contaminated sites is complex with significant differences from one jurisdiction to the next and can lead to highly restricting situations. We have developed essential tools to advise you, defend you, if need be, and, lastly, put you in an advantageous position. In Quebec, we were the groundbreakers in matters of risk analysis as an approach to managing contaminated land.