Gabrielle provides environmental risk management strategies to both public and private clients, directing complex environmental claims, advising on new and historic losses, defending regulatory proceedings and advising on transactions. Gabrielle also advises on related insurance issues, municipal law, expropriations law and real estate issues having acted as counsel in numerous cases.
Gabrielle has extensive appellate experience and has represented clients before all of the courts in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. She represents a variety of private and public-sector clients before the Ontario Land Tribunal.
Gabrielle is the Regional Leader of BLG’s Environmental Group and is a member of the firm's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiative.
She serves clients in English and French.
Gabrielle fournit des services juridiques par l’intermédiaire d’une société professionnelle.
Experience
- Counsel to INEOS Styrolution Canada Ltd. appealing environmental orders and allowing company to navigate regulatory process while addressing closure plans.
- Counsel to Corporation of the City of Markham successfully defending challenges to class environmental assessment process for future urban areas.
- Successfully appealed conviction under Endangered Species Act.
- Counsel to Cenovus Energy Inc., defending and prosecuting environmental claims, negotiating lease transactions and providing strategic advice with respect to environmental issues.
- Advising clients on PFAS, Plastics, and Extended Producer Responsibility Compliance.
- Acted for U.S.-based venture capital firm Bedrock Industries in acquisition of Stelco steel manufacturing plants for approximately CAD $500 million. The transaction included arrangements governing historic environmental liabilities.
- Acted for Brookfield Homes (Ontario) Limited in successful summary judgment against claim for $6 million for alleged toxic mould exposure.
- Prosecuting and defending varied environmental litigation for industries and private individuals; defending environmental offences; and conducting discoveries, pre-trials, trials, arbitrations, appeals, mediations and negotiations.
- Providing insurance coverage services, including legal opinions, litigation and document management services to leading insurers respecting environmental insurance issues.
- Providing environmental coverage advice, including excess insurer of Enbridge in respect of Michigan oil spill; American Defence Committee in Exxon litigation involving refineries and service stations across the United States and Canada.
- Drafting environmental insurance policies for a number of leading insurers.
- Defending professional liability claims, including for environmental consultants, environmental contractors, real estate appraisers, listing agents and brokers.
- Advising on environmental aspects of corporate, commercial and real estate transactions, including the conduct of extensive environmental due diligence in connection with both international and Canada-wide acquisitions and financing transactions.
- Acting in projects including Toyota Development in Woodstock, and York Region Rapid transit, road extensions and widening, intersection installations, landfill sites, reservoir sites, and sewage treatment.
- Counsel to INEOS Styrolution Canada Ltd. appealing environmental orders and allowing company to navigate regulatory process while addressing closure plans.
- Counsel to Corporation of the City of Markham successfully defending challenges to class environmental assessment process for future urban areas.
- Successfully appealed conviction under Endangered Species Act.
- Counsel to Cenovus Energy Inc., defending and prosecuting environmental claims, negotiating lease transactions and providing strategic advice with respect to environmental issues.
- Advising clients on PFAS, Plastics, and Extended Producer Responsibility Compliance.
- Acted for U.S.-based venture capital firm Bedrock Industries in acquisition of Stelco steel manufacturing plants for approximately CAD $500 million. The transaction included arrangements governing historic environmental liabilities.
- Acted for Brookfield Homes (Ontario) Limited in successful summary judgment against claim for $6 million for alleged toxic mould exposure.
- Prosecuting and defending varied environmental litigation for industries and private individuals; defending environmental offences; and conducting discoveries, pre-trials, trials, arbitrations, appeals, mediations and negotiations.
- Providing insurance coverage services, including legal opinions, litigation and document management services to leading insurers respecting environmental insurance issues.
- Providing environmental coverage advice, including excess insurer of Enbridge in respect of Michigan oil spill; American Defence Committee in Exxon litigation involving refineries and service stations across the United States and Canada.
- Drafting environmental insurance policies for a number of leading insurers.
- Defending professional liability claims, including for environmental consultants, environmental contractors, real estate appraisers, listing agents and brokers.
- Advising on environmental aspects of corporate, commercial and real estate transactions, including the conduct of extensive environmental due diligence in connection with both international and Canada-wide acquisitions and financing transactions.
- Acting in projects including Toyota Development in Woodstock, and York Region Rapid transit, road extensions and widening, intersection installations, landfill sites, reservoir sites, and sewage treatment.
