Over 30 years of experience in all sectors of environmental law
- Characterization, design, and implementation of contaminated sites remediation
- Publication in the land registry of notices of contamination, decontamination and use restrictions
- Redevelopment of brownfields
- Sale of businesses and contaminated assets
- Cessation and change of use
Services
Remediation of Land
- Characterization, design, and implementation of contaminated sites remediation
- Publication in the land registry of notices of contamination, decontamination and use restrictions
- Redevelopment of brownfields
- Sale of businesses and contaminated assets
- Cessation and change of use
Mining & Pulp and Paper
- Environmental assessments and permits
- Management and treatment of water
- Monitoring and modelling of air emissions
- Management of residual materials
- Decommissioning and restauration
Manufacturing & Transformation
- Facility upgrades
- Monitoring and management of effluents, air emissions and noise
- Management of residual materials
- Environmental permits
- Community relations
Water Usage
- Industrial water use permits
- Quality and treatment of effluents
- Declarations and duties
Environmental Emergencies
- Immediate notices to governmental authorities
- Emergency interventions
- Relations with governmental authorities and communities
- Remediation
Cessation or Change of Activities
- Notice to governmental authorities
- Characterization and remediation obligations
Sale of Businesses & Contaminated Assets
- Environmental due diligence
- Negotiation and contract drafting
- Transfer of permits
- Environmental indemnities
Carbon Regulation
- Provincial cap and trade system
- Transfer of compensation credits
Biodiversity
- Protection of species, habitats, wetlands and watercourses
- Development constraints
- Environmental permits
- Compensations
Residual Materials
- Extended responsibility of producers
- Consignment and compensations
- Reclamation and elimination
- Import and export
Enforcement
- Relations with governmental authorities
- Training of employees, directors and officers
- Response to governmental actions
Our team
Anne-Marie Sheahan
Partner
Ms. Sheahan is the senior partner of Sheahan LLP.
For more than 30 years, she has advised on compliance with environmental laws, enforcement, environmental emergencies, impact assessment, permitting for new projects as well remediation of contaminated land. She coordinates environmental due diligence verifications for all types of transactions.
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Ms. Sheahan is the senior partner of Sheahan LLP.
For more than 30 years, she has advised on compliance with environmental laws, enforcement, environmental emergencies, impact assessment, permitting for new projects as well as remediation of contaminated land. She coordinates environmental due diligence verifications for all types of transactions.
Ms. Sheahan represents clients from many industrial sectors and has greater expertise in mining, metallurgy, forestry, pulp and paper, infrastructure, agrifood, chemical products and reclamation of residual materials.
Education
- Quebec Bar, 1991
- B.C.L. and LL.B., McGill University, 1989
Boards and Associations
- Member of the Quebec Bar Permanent Committee on Environment
- Former President of the Environment Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Quebec division)
- Former director of the Board of RECYC-QUÉBEC
- Former director of the Board of a national law firm
Recent Conferences and Teaching
- Client conferences on EQA amendments
- Panel on clean fuels – CPEQ
- Traceability of contaminated soils – Environmental Law Forum – Cambridge Forums
- Management of contaminated land – Environmental Law Forum – Cambridge Forums
- Liability and proof of environmental damages to health – Environmental Law Forum – Cambridge Forums
- How to minimize unwanted risks – Environmental issues – SIOR – Canada East Chapter
- Environmental law course for Architecture and Engineering students – McGill University
Distinctions
- Chambers Canada Legal Guide 2023, Environment, Band 1 (Top Ranked)
- Chambers Global Legal Guide 2023, Canada, Environment, Band 1
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Most Frequently Recommended, Environment
- The Best Lawyers in Canada, Environment
- Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders Global Elite – Environment 2023
- Expert Guides – Women in Business Law, Environment, 2022
Mariko Maya Khan
Partner
Ms. Khan is a partner of the firm. She drafts environmental contracts and carries out environmental due diligence verifications. She advises clients in the context of large industrial and commercial developments. She represents clients in the contestation of monetary administrative penalties and provides advice in civil, administrative and penal litigations.
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Ms. Khan is a partner of the firm. She drafts environmental contracts and carries out environmental due diligence verifications. She advises clients in the context of large industrial and commercial developments. She represents clients in the contestation of monetary administrative penalties and provides advice in civil, administrative and penal litigations.
Ms. Khan advises clients on compliance with environmental laws. She has developed an expertise in mining, pulp and paper, extended producer responsibility, restoration of contaminated sites, protection of wildlife and plant species, regulation of GHG emissions and regulation of noise.
She provides advice to clients on emerging regulations.
Education
- Quebec Bar, 2010
- J.D. (common law), University of Montreal, 2012
- LL.B., University of Montreal, 2009
- Bachelor in political science, McGill University, 2006
Boards and Associations
- Former President of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Quebec Division)
Recent Conferences
- Client conferences on the amendments to the EQA
- Protection of caribous from coast to coast – Canadian Bar Association – Environment, Energy and Resources Section
- New Environmental Authorizations Regime in Quebec – Quebec Association of Environmental Auditing
- Protection of fauna, flora and their habitats – Federal and Provincial laws – CPEQ
- Environmental Due Diligence – Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada
- Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact (REAFIE) – Quebec Manufacturers and Exporters
Distinctions
- Chambers Canada Legal Guide 2023, Environment (Up and Coming)
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Repeatedly Recommended, Environment
- The Best Lawyers in Canada, Environment
Lauren Port
Associate
Ms. Port is an associate of the firm. She provides advice on compliance with environmental laws, in relation to noise, protection of vulnerable species and their habitat as well as use of water.
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Ms. Port is an associate of the firm. She provides advice on compliance with environmental laws, in relation to noise, protection of vulnerable species and their habitat as well as use of water.
Ms. Port advises clients on the legislative framework applicable to their projects, permitting requirements, and environmental assessments. She has experience in the transportation and disposal of hazardous materials, contaminated land and undertakings in wetlands and watercourses. She also advises on prevention and management of stakeholder concerns.
She carries out environmental due diligence verifications and advises on environmental responsibility risks.
Before joining the firm, she practiced civil litigation before the Quebec Court and Superior Court.
Education
- Quebec Bar, 2020
- LL.L., Ottawa University, 2019
Boards and Associations
- Member of the Equity Committee of the Law Faculty
Samantha Backman
Associate
Ms. Backman is an associate of the firm. She assists clients of many industrial sectors in matters involving compliance with environmental legislation at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels, such as impacted groundwater management, mining restoration as well as reuse, disposal, and traceability of contaminated soils. She identifies required environmental permits and assists in obtaining those permits or their transfer.
Samantha Backman
Ms. Backman is an associate of the firm. She assists clients of many industrial sectors in matters involving compliance with environmental legislation at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels, such as impacted groundwater management, mining restoration as well as reuse, disposal, and traceability of contaminated soils. She identifies required environmental permits and assists in obtaining those permits or their transfer.
Her work notably involves performing environmental due diligence verifications and the assessment of environmental liability risks in the context of business operations and transactions.
She works in collaboration with technical experts, both within clients’ organizations and consulting firms.
Education
- Quebec Bar, 2021
- B.C.L. and J.D. (common law), McGill University, 2020
- Bachelor in International Studies, Bishop University, 2017
Annie Robert
Office Administrator/Paralegal
Annie Robert
Mme Khan est une associée du cabinet. Elle fournit des conseils sur la rédaction de contrats environnementaux, y compris dans le cadre de transactions commerciales, et sur la préparation des demandes de permis environnementaux. Elle a conseillé des clients dans le cadre de grands projets de développement industriel et commercial impactant les matières résiduelles enfouies, les milieux humides et les espèces protégées. Elle représente également des clients dans le cadre de demandes de révision de sanctions administratives pécuniaires devant le Bureau de réexamen et fournit des conseils en droit de l’environnement dans le cadre de litiges civils, commerciaux et pénaux.
Mme Khan conseille ses clients sur le respect des lois environnementales. Elle a effectué des recherches sur diverses questions juridiques environnementales concernant l’énergie éolienne, l’exploitation minière, les pâtes et papiers, le droit autochtone, la responsabilité élargie des producteurs (gestion des déchets), la restauration de sites contaminés, la protection de la faune et des espèces végétales, la réglementation des émissions de GES et la réglementation du bruit. Elle a également donné des avis sur l’applicabilité des lois compte tenu de la séparation constitutionnelle des pouvoirs.
Elle a conseillé et fait des présentations à des clients dans divers domaines concernant les modifications apportées à la LQE en 2017 et 2018 et les propositions de modifications réglementaires.
Mme Khan détient un BA en sciences politiques de l’Université McGill en 2006, un LLB (en droit civil) de l’Université de Montréal en 2009 et un JD (en common law) de l’Université de Montréal en 2012.
Elle est présidente du comité exécutif de la section Environnement, énergie et ressources naturelles de la Division du Québec de l’Association du Barreau canadien.
Elle a été admise au Barreau du Québec en 2010.
Massilva Saïghi
Assistant
Sidonie Gosinary
Mme Khan est une associée du cabinet. Elle fournit des conseils sur la rédaction de contrats environnementaux, y compris dans le cadre de transactions commerciales, et sur la préparation des demandes de permis environnementaux. Elle a conseillé des clients dans le cadre de grands projets de développement industriel et commercial impactant les matières résiduelles enfouies, les milieux humides et les espèces protégées. Elle représente également des clients dans le cadre de demandes de révision de sanctions administratives pécuniaires devant le Bureau de réexamen et fournit des conseils en droit de l’environnement dans le cadre de litiges civils, commerciaux et pénaux.
Mme Khan conseille ses clients sur le respect des lois environnementales. Elle a effectué des recherches sur diverses questions juridiques environnementales concernant l’énergie éolienne, l’exploitation minière, les pâtes et papiers, le droit autochtone, la responsabilité élargie des producteurs (gestion des déchets), la restauration de sites contaminés, la protection de la faune et des espèces végétales, la réglementation des émissions de GES et la réglementation du bruit. Elle a également donné des avis sur l’applicabilité des lois compte tenu de la séparation constitutionnelle des pouvoirs.
Elle a conseillé et fait des présentations à des clients dans divers domaines concernant les modifications apportées à la LQE en 2017 et 2018 et les propositions de modifications réglementaires.
Mme Khan détient un BA en sciences politiques de l’Université McGill en 2006, un LLB (en droit civil) de l’Université de Montréal en 2009 et un JD (en common law) de l’Université de Montréal en 2012.
Elle est présidente du comité exécutif de la section Environnement, énergie et ressources naturelles de la Division du Québec de l’Association du Barreau canadien.
Elle a été admise au Barreau du Québec en 2010.
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4620 Sainte-Catherine St. West, Westmount, QC H3Z 1S3
Telephone
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+1-514-507-9846