Charles Kazaz

Charles is a partner at Fasken Martineau and is based in both its Toronto and Montréal offices. Charles practises environmental law and advises clients in the commercial, industrial, mining and waste-management sectors. He has extensive expertise pertaining to environmental aspects of corporate, commercial and real estate transactions. He advises businesses with regard to contaminated property, brownfield development, environmental permits, investigations and enforcement under environmental legislation, environmental assessments, waste management issues, environmental management systems, commercial agreements, environmental audits, regulatory and legislative compliance, officer/director/parent company liability, and defending environmental prosecutions.

He also counsels clients with respect to natural resource permitting and compliance with mining and forestry regulations. He has advised several major mining companies in matters including mine acquisitions and divestitures, mine reclamation and closure issues and mineral rights concerns. Charles has also been involved in negotiating harmonization agreements with First Nations.

He has been a frequent speaker and has participated in the preparation of several continuing legal education programs in the area of environmental law, particularly regarding contaminated lands, trade and the environment as well as the liability of directors and officers.

Charles is Past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Environment, Energy and Resource Law Section, Past-Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Québec Division Environment Section as well as a member of the Québec Bar Standing Committee on Environmental Law.

Charles is recognized by the Legal Directory LEXPERT 2006 as one of the repeatedly recommended Environmental Lawyer in Canada. Charles has also been selected as a world leader by The Guide to the World's Leading Environmental Lawyers, 2005 (Legal Media Group) and The International Who's Who of Lawyers, 2006 (Who's Who Legal) in the area of environmental law. Charles is also listed in the most recent publication The Best Lawyers in Canada.

Selected Experience

• SGF concludes $75 million financing agreement with Osisko Mining
• Logistec acquires Rideau Bulk Terminals

News

• Charles Kazaz comments on Bill 79 in The Gazette
• Best Lawyers – Lawyers of the Year

Publications

• Attorney General of Quebec v. Moses - Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Environmental Assessments in Northern Quebec
• SANCTIONS - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT

Presentations

• Forum québécois sur l'eau
• Conférence sur la gestion et la planification immobilière au sein du secteur public

Membership/Affiliations

• Member of the Advocates' Society
• Member, Québec Bar
• Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member, Bar of Montréal
• Member, Canadian Bar Association

Honours and Awards

• Past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Environment, Energy and Resource Law Section
• Past-Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Québec Division Environment Section
• Listed in LEXPERT Directory - consistently recommended as an environmental practitioner
• Selected as a world leader by The Guide to the World's Leading Environmental Lawyers, 2005 (Legal Media Group)
• Listed in The International Who's Who of Lawyers, 2006 (Who's Who Legal) in the area of environmental law.
• Listed in the most recent publication The Best Lawyers in Canada
• Listed as a recommended lawyer for Environment (Canada) by Practical Law Company in 2009