Rosalind H. Cooper

Rosalind is a partner with Fasken Martineau and Director of the Toronto office's Environmental Practice Group. She was recently named in Lexpert's The 2010 Guide to the 500 Leading Lawyers in Canada. Rosalind is also listed in the Best Lawyers in Canada publication for environmental law, in Lexpert as most frequently recommended in the area of environmental law, in The 2009 International Who's Who of Environmental Lawyers and in the PLC Cross-border Environment Handbook. Rosalind is also on the roster of mediators/arbitrators of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation and is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in environmental law.

Rosalind has extensive experience advising on all environmental regulatory issues including exposure to environmental liability, brownfields redevelopment, decommissioning and remediation of contaminated lands, certificates of approval, reporting requirements, various aspects of due diligence, and director and officer liability. Rosalind defends environmental charges, litigates contaminated land disputes and other environmental matters, and is involved in appeals and environmental assessment proceedings before the Environmental Review Tribunal. Rosalind also provides environmental advice in relation to business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, the purchase and sale of real estate and secured lending transactions.

In the occupational health and safety area, Rosalind has been involved in defending charges, dealing with work refusals, appeals of orders issued by the Ministry of Labour and reprisal complaints. She has extensive experience in advising on reporting requirements, the various roles and responsibilities of workplace parties, director and officer liability for health and safety infractions, various aspects of due diligence, and health and safety audits and assessments.

Rosalind has written numerous articles on a wide range of environmental and health and safety issues. She is a regular contributor to Solid Waste Magazine and has spoken on various environmental and health and safety issues at numerous conferences. She has also lectured at Canadian universities, including the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Western Ontario.

Selected Experience

• Open Link acquires dbc SMARTsoftware
• Co-operators Life Insurance Company and Central 1 Credit Union complete $245 million acquisition of The CUMIS Group

News

• Leaders in Canada's Law Community: Lexpert ranks 76 Fasken Martineau lawyers in 2010 Guide
• Best Lawyers – Lawyers of the Year

Publications

• Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine
• Ontario Mandates Safety-Engineered Needles or Needle-less Systems

Presentations

• Environmental Law: Stewardship Ontario, Waste Diversion and Waste-to-Energy Projects
• Managing Internal & External Investigations: Managing

Membership/Affiliations

• Member of the Environmental Law Executive Section of the Ontario Bar Association
• Member of the Advocates' Society
• Mediator/Arbitrator for the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation (CCEAM)
  

Honours and Awards

• Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Environmental Law
• Listed in Lexpert's The 2009 Guide to the 500 Leading Lawyers in Canada 
• Listed in Lexpert Directory - most frequently recommended as an environmental practitioner
• Listed in 2009 The International Who's Who of Environmental Lawyers
• Listed in the PLC Cross-Border Environmental Handbook 2009/2010
• Appointed to the Ontario Government Expert Advisory Panel on Brownfields
• Past Chair of the Environmental Law Section Executive of the Ontario Bar Association (1999/2000)