Lawyer Profile
Laura Delemere
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Laura is a trusted advisor on construction project planning, contract negotiation, contract administration and dispute resolution.
Laura knows construction – first as the “boots on the ground”, she trained in civil engineering and was an on-site consultant on various energy, transit, mining, municipal, commercial and residential infrastructure projects. She learned the importance of receiving practical legal advice real time as issues arise on construction projects, which remains front of mind as she works with clients to move their projects forward.
As counsel, Laura provides practical, strategic advice to clients to navigate changing market trends and challenges facing their projects. She works with clients to proactively avoid disputes and to resolve disputes if they arise. She has represented clients in disputes before independent certifiers, referees, mediators, arbitrators, dispute boards and courts.
Her clients include owners, consultants, engineers, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, sureties and financial institutions. She has advised on procurement, contracts and disputes in a range of sectors: energy (oil and gas, hydro, solar, steam, cogeneration, electric vehicle), mining, transit, health, education, defence, manufacturing, aggregates, commercial and residential. Laura works with an interdisciplinary group of specialists in municipal, real estate, energy, corporate and tax law, and more, to provide full-service legal advice.
Laura is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). She serves on the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) Trade Contractors National Advisory Council and is an appointed Member-at-Large of the Canadian Bar Association’s Construction and Infrastructure Law Executive. She participated in the Surety Association of Canada (SAC) Board of Directors Internship Program, and she co-instructs the Surety and Construction Law course for the SAC Associateship of Canadian Surety Bonding Designation Program.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2016 (ON)
Professional Details
Education
Certificate in Public Procurement Law: The Rules in Practice, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2026
Certificate in Public-Private Partnership (P3) Law and Practice in Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2023
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2015
MASc (Civil Engineering), Queen's University, 2011
BASc (Civil Engineering), University of Toronto, 2009