Law and Climate

Janet Bobechko is a well-recognized senior practitioner with extensive experience in all aspects of environmental law. She routinely provides sophisticated environmental advice on environmental compliance, strategic advice on environmental impact assessments, mergers, acquisitions, real estate and portfolio acquisitions, financings and environmental management systems. Her dispute resolution work includes providing advice on environmental aspects in complex civil litigation for legacy contamination, mediation for migration of contamination and managing environmental regulatory inspections, charges, orders and providing due diligence advice.  Janet works with many industrial sectors, including manufacturing, mining, transportation, chemical, pulp and paper. Ms. Bobechko has advised on renewable energy projects for solar and cogeneration. She is involved in infrastructure projects for linear transportation. Ms. Bobechko has a particular specialty in providing advice on management of legacy contaminated sites and brownfield development and has been extensively involved in law reform on these issues.

Ms. Bobechko provides assistance regarding environmental approvals (all media), chemical management and importation of new substances into Canada, transportation of dangerous goods, hazardous products, pesticides, stewardship and producer responsibility for recyclable materials as well as emergency planning and spills response. She advises on climate change issues and Ontario’s cap-and-trade regime. She advises boards of directors regarding environmental compliance, corporate reporting strategies and risk mitigation and environmental insurance. Ms. Bobechko advises clients on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) matters. She is routinely consulted on issues related to water taking, sewage and waste water management and treatment, source water protection, water security and issues related to the Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). She also provides advice in relation to aboriginal consultation and how to work collaboratively with aboriginal groups.  

Ms. Bobechko is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in environmental law and is recognized as a leading practitioner in environmental law. She recently received a career achievement award from the Canadian Brownfield Network as a person who has had a profound impact on the Brownfield industry in Canada.

She regularly updates “Falconbridge on Mortgages,” chapter 10 “Environmental issues Affecting the Mortgagee” and has written the inaugural chapter on “Environmental Considerations for Landlord” in the upcoming second edition of Landlord's Rights and Remedies in a Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide to be published in 2017.