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Frank Bourgault is an associate at Merovitz Potechin LLP practicing in real estate with an emphasis on real property acquisition, disposition, financing and land development. Frank acts for a broad range of clients including developers, builders, lenders, and investment companies. He has experience with all types of condominium projects, including standard, common elements, vacant land and leasehold condominiums. In his spare time, Frank is an avid fitness and sports enthusiast. He enjoys playing football, tennis, and rugby, and is a passionate supporter of the Green Bay Packers.
Paul McCulloch is currently a regional solicitor providing legal services directly to field staff in the Ministry’s EasternRegion who enforce environmental legislation. Between 2004 and 2020, he conducted hearings and prosecutions on behalf of the Ministry including appearing before all levels of Court and the Environmental Review Tribunal. From 2000 to 2004, Paul provided litigation support to the government's participation in the Walkerton Inquiry and thereafter was involved in developing and implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 and its corresponding regulations. Paul was called to the Bar in 1999. Hegraduated from York University in 1997 with a combined master's degree in environmental studies and law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. He also has an honours Arts and Science degree from McMaster University
Anand Srivastava, J.D., B.Sc. (Hons.), is a lawyer at Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP. Anand’s practice focuses on environmental legal advice and environmental litigation. With prior education and experience in environmental toxicology, Anand assists clients to facilitate practical solutions to complex environmental legal issues. Anand works with a wide variety of clients on issues relating to environmental regulatory compliance with federal, provincial and municipal laws, contaminated sites, environmental due diligence, and exposure to environmental risks and liabilities. Anand’s objective is always to help clients understand and avoid corporate and personal environmental liabilities including civil claims, regulatory orders, and regulatory prosecutions. Anand regularly appears before the Courts and administrative tribunals. Anand prosecutes and defends environmental civil lawsuits. Similarly, Anand also defends clients against environmental regulatory prosecutions and/or appeals of regulatory orders to the Environmental Review Tribunal. Anand is called to the Bar in Ontario.
A senior partner of our Commercial Real Estate Group, Sidney has a very broad business and commerical law practice. In addition to his traditional real estate law practice involving the purchase, sale and financing of commercial property, he is consulted regularly by industry, title insurers and lawyers for his expertise and his practical and creative approach to real estate problem solving, trouble shooting, and getting deals done. He also serves as counsel to the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company and title insurers, providing opinions, strategy and litigation support regarding the standard of practice of real estate lawyers in Ontario. He is also an arbitrator and mediator of real estate and commercial leasing disputes. He is considered one of the leading members of the Ontario real estate bar. From 1990 to 2000, he was the co-head of the Real Estate Law section of the Ontario Bar Admission Course. He continues to chair the Law Society of Upper Canada’s annual Real Estate Law Summit which he founded in 2004. A noted teacher, he is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education programmes for the Law Society, the Ontario Bar Association, and many local Ontario law associations on a wide range of real estate law-related topics. Sidney is the author of “The Law of Subdivision Control in Ontario”, a text on Section 50 of the Planning Act and is generally considered by Ontario lawyers as the leading expert on subdivision control in the province. He co-authored “Real Estate Conveyancing in Ontario: A Nineties Perspective”, for the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company, which analyzed the role of lawyers in real estate transactions in Ontario. He is a contributing author to “Agreements of Purchase and Sale” and to the 5th edition of “Falconbridge on the Law of Mortgages”. Sidney has authored special bulletins for the legal profession on mortgage fraud in real estate transactions, published annotations on leading judicial decisions and issued cautions to the profession on the standard of real estate practice. He is a past member of the Executive of the Real Property Section of the Ontario Bar Association and was the co-chair of the 2002 Special Lectures of The Law Society of Upper Canada. He chairs The Law Society of Upper Canada’s Annual Real Estate Law Summit. In 2015, he was elected a Bencher (governor) of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Much in demand as a speaker, Sidney has been a leader and educator in continuing education programmes for lawyers in Ontario.
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