Evan is a member of Osler’s Regulatory, Indigenous and Environmental group, and is a member of Osler’s Disputes Department.
Evan’s regulatory practice involves advising businesses regarding matters related to the environment and environmental laws, including waste diversion, environmental permitting, transportation of dangerous goods, renewable energy projects, contaminated site remediation, toxic substances regulations and general environmental regulatory compliance. He also assists clients through the environmental aspects of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, land transactions, and debt and equity offerings.
Evan also maintains a commercial litigation and dispute resolution practice with a particular emphasis on environmental and land litigation. He has considerable experience conducting environmental litigation, including civil actions, administrative tribunal proceedings, and defence of prosecutions. Evan provides advice on land use planning matters and regularly appears before the Ontario Land Tribunal regarding Planning Act appeals.
He also advises landowners and authorities on expropriations, including advising on expropriation strategy and preparing required documents in accordance with the Ontario Expropriations Act and the Ontario Energy Board Act.
Evan graduated with honours from the J.D. program at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. He previously obtained an Honours Bachelors of Education degree at Queen’s University and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Ottawa. Prior to joining Osler, he worked as a secondary school teacher in an Ontario school board.
Representative Work
- iCON Infrastructure
iCON Infrastructure in its investment in QSL
- Syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc.
Syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in connection with the $250 million public offering
- Advising a world leading construction company in disputes resulting from several projects related to a significant Ontario transit project
- Representing an Ontario construction company engaged on public infrastructure projects in its insolvency proceedings under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act
- Representing a full service Ontario construction company in disputes involving construction liens and trusts
- An American products distributor regarding cross-border general environmental regulatory compliance
- Wholesale and retail supplier of agricultural products in its successful defence of a prosecution under provincial pesticides legislation
- A land developer in a complaint to the Ontario Energy Board regarding a breach of an electricity distributor’s distribution obligations
- A Canadian corporation in its defence of regulatory or quasi-criminal charges
iCON Infrastructure in its investment in QSL
Syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in connection with the $250 million public offering
- Representing a full service Ontario construction company in disputes involving construction liens and trusts
- An American products distributor regarding cross-border general environmental regulatory compliance
- Wholesale and retail supplier of agricultural products in its successful defence of a prosecution under provincial pesticides legislation
- A land developer in a complaint to the Ontario Energy Board regarding a breach of an electricity distributor’s distribution obligations
- A Canadian corporation in its defence of regulatory or quasi-criminal charges
Latest Insights
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Osler Update Aug 22, 2024
Ontario government releases long anticipated Provincial Planning Statement
On August 20, 2024, the Ontario government released the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 (2024 PPS), introducing fundamental changes in how...
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Osler Update Jun 7, 2024
Fundamental changes made to Planning Act appeals as Bill 185 receives royal assent
On June 6, 2024, the Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185), was given royal assent, bringing into force sweeping changes to the...
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Osler Update Apr 11, 2024
Ontario government announces proposed amendments to Planning Act and Development Charges Act
On April 10, 2024, the Ontario government introduced Bill 185, the “Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2023”. The Bill proposes to repeal...
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Blog Feb 12, 2024
Ontario releases new regulations for carbon storage
New regulations in Ontario pave the way for carbon storage demonstration projects using private wells. Richard King, Jake Sadikman, Jennifer Fairfax,...
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Awards and Recognition
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Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Environmental Law
Community Involvement
- Law Help Ontario, Duty Counsel Volunteer
Speaking and Writing
Speaking Engagements
Credentials
Education
- University of Ottawa, J.D. (Honours)
- Queen’s University, B.Ed. (Honours)
- University of Ottawa, B.A. (Honours)
Languages
- English
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association