Bryan J. Buttigieg

Bryan represents corporations and individuals in litigation arising out of the sale, purchase, and use of contaminated property. He provides advice regarding claims for environmental damages, including clean-up costs, loss of use, loss of market value, and negligent misrepresentation.

Bryan also provides advice to purchasers, vendors, landlords, tenants, lenders, and investors in transactions involving the purchase and sale of contaminated sites and brownfields developments. He makes recommendations on how to market and sell contaminated sites to protect against future liabilities, advises landlords and tenants of their respective duties and obligations, and negotiates creative solutions to environmental problems that would not be available as remedies through litigation.

Bryan has successfully represented clients charged under provincial regulatory legislation, such as the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. He advises on best practices for working with inspectors and investigators to help prevent prosecution. In administrative law matters, he advises on appeals before various government boards and administrative tribunals, and on reviews of administrative orders under environmental statutes.