Our experienced environmental lawyers are among the most knowledgeable in Canada in this emerging field. Working closely with our corporate and tax lawyers, we advise on the complex issues that arise in the structuring of carbon financing including the trading of emission credits. Recent files include:
- Negotiation of the sale of emission reduction credits created through methane gas recovery;
- Advised foreign business interests on Canada's development of an emissions trading system;
- Advising a multinational corporation with respect to a structuring issue relating to an Asian greenhouse gas emission reduction project that is intended to qualify for clean development mechanism treatment under the Kyoto Protocol;
- Advising with respect to structures and financial arrangements to facilitate the acquisition of greenhouse gas emission reduction units for entities which may be subject to greenhouse gas emission limitations or for investors interested in dealing with emission reduction units.
