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Mark L. Madras

Gowling WLG
  • Recognized Since:
    2006
  • Recognized in:
    Environmental Law
  • Website:
    https://www.gowlingwlg.com
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    1 First Canadian Place
    100 King Street West, Suite 1600
    Toronto, ON M5X 1G5

Mark Madras is a partner in the firm's Toronto office, specializing in the practice of environmental law.

Mark has over 39 years of practice experience. He is described in Who's Who Legal: Canada 2014 as a "highly regarded" environmental lawyer and an "esteemed practitioner [who] provides sound legal advice that is commercially oriented." He is also certified as a Specialist in Environmental Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Recognized as one of Canada’s leading environmental lawyers, Mark counsels clients with respect to a variety of environmental regulation and liability concerns, including:

  • Climate law
  • New substance regulation
  • Toxic and hazardous chemicalregulation
  • Contaminated lands
  • Air and water emissions
  • Dangerous goods transportation
  • Waste management
  • Facility auditing
  • Environmental reporting
  • Emergency preparedness and response
  • Environmental issues in commercial transactions
  • Environmental compliance — corporate; director and officer

In the area of climate law, Mark has been counsel on several carbon transactions domestically and internationally. His practice entails ongoing advice to clients concerning emerging climate law regulatory regimes in Canada, as well as current carbon markets and carbon finance opportunities. Mark has been called upon as counsel in several high-profile environmental emergency situations and their aftermath, including emergency response, site remediation, government investigations, orders and prosecutions. He is counsel to clients in the nuclear sector on compliance and regulatory issues, and was lead counsel on the first decommissioning in Canada of a nuclear reactor. He was also a contributor to the work of the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization.

Mark has been counsel on a large number of complex contaminated lands disputes. He has advised manufacturing and chemical industry clients on plant decommissionings across Canada. Mark has represented numerous companies in the transportation sector, ranging from highway carriers to marine terminals, on environmental compliance issues in national and international operations. He has advised both corporate and industry association clients on proposed changes to environmental regulation on subjects as diverse as chemical regulation, toxic substance designations and climate law, and represented them on submissions to government and government agencies.

Mark is accredited by the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada Inc. as an arbitrator, and has been trained as a mediator. He serves as a member of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation, for the conduct of environmental arbitrations and mediations.

Mark is recognized in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2015for Environmental Law.

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Lawyer Bio

Mark Madras is a partner in the firm's Toronto office, specializing in the practice of environmental law.

Mark has over 39 years of practice experience. He is described in Who's Who Legal: Canada 2014 as a "highly regarded" environmental lawyer and an "esteemed practitioner [who] provides sound legal advice that is commercially oriented." He is also certified as a Specialist in Environmental Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Recognized as one of Canada’s leading environmental lawyers, Mark counsels clients with respect to a variety of environmental regulation and liability concerns, including:

  • Climate law
  • New substance regulation
  • Toxic and hazardous chemicalregulation
  • Contaminated lands
  • Air and water emissions
  • Dangerous goods transportation
  • Waste management
  • Facility auditing
  • Environmental reporting
  • Emergency preparedness and response
  • Environmental issues in commercial transactions
  • Environmental compliance — corporate; director and officer

In the area of climate law, Mark has been counsel on several carbon transactions domestically and internationally. His practice entails ongoing advice to clients concerning emerging climate law regulatory regimes in Canada, as well as current carbon markets and carbon finance opportunities. Mark has been called upon as counsel in several high-profile environmental emergency situations and their aftermath, including emergency response, site remediation, government investigations, orders and prosecutions. He is counsel to clients in the nuclear sector on compliance and regulatory issues, and was lead counsel on the first decommissioning in Canada of a nuclear reactor. He was also a contributor to the work of the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization.

Mark has been counsel on a large number of complex contaminated lands disputes. He has advised manufacturing and chemical industry clients on plant decommissionings across Canada. Mark has represented numerous companies in the transportation sector, ranging from highway carriers to marine terminals, on environmental compliance issues in national and international operations. He has advised both corporate and industry association clients on proposed changes to environmental regulation on subjects as diverse as chemical regulation, toxic substance designations and climate law, and represented them on submissions to government and government agencies.

Mark is accredited by the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada Inc. as an arbitrator, and has been trained as a mediator. He serves as a member of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation, for the conduct of environmental arbitrations and mediations.

Mark is recognized in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2015for Environmental Law.

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Bar Admissions:

  • Ontario, The Law Society of Upper Canada

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Environment, Energy and Resources Law Section - Member
  • Canadian Bar Association - National Environmental Energy and Resources Law Section - Member
  • Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation - Member
  • International Nuclear Lawyers Association - Member
  • Law Society of Upper Canada - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for work in:

  • Environmental Law
 

Awards:

  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2012
  • Who's Who Legal, Environmental Law: "First Class"
  • Best lawyers in Canada, 2006-2012: Leading Lawyer in Environmental Law and Transportation Law
  • PLC Which Lawyer? 2012
  • Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2012

Areas of Expertise:

  • Truck
 

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Gowling WLG
https://www.gowlingwlg.com
 
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100 King Street West, Suite 1600
Toronto, ON M5X 1G5
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