Overview

Mira Gauvin is a partner in the Corporate Group, with a focus on Environmental law. She is a member of the Environment and Natural Resources and Climate Change Strategies groups. Based in the Firm’s Montréal office, she advises clients in all industrial sectors, including mining, manufacturing, chemical, oil and gas, renewable energies, pulp and paper, agro-food, marine terminal, transportation and waste management.

Her practice comprises analyzing the impacts of jurisprudential and legislative developments on her clients’ activities, advising on compliance with environmental laws, cap-and-trade regulations, environmental assessment and permitting issues, land rehabilitation and remediation projects, the implementation and closure of industrial sites. She also negotiates and drafts environmental contractual clauses of commercial transactions and land rehabilitation agreements, and supervises environmental due diligence of business transactions. Her practice also involves working on environmental questions in territories governed by land claims agreements.

First recognized in 2013, Mira has been commended for her extensive knowledge and experience in a variety of respected publications, including Chambers Canada (Environment), The Best Lawyers in Canada (Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law),The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Environmental Law, Indigenous Law, Mining), Lexpert Special Edition – Canada’s Leading Lawyers (Global Mining, Energy), The Legal 500 Canada (Environment) and Expert Guides Women in Business Law (Environment). She is a Past Chair of both the Québec Branch of the EENRLS of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and of the Executive Committee of the CBA's National Environment, Energy and Resources Law Section (NEERLS). She is also a former Programs Vice-Chair of the International Environmental and Resources Law (IERL) Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER).

First recognized in 2013, Mira has been commended for her extensive knowledge and experience in a variety of respected publications, including:

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2021, The Osgoode Certificate in ESG, Climate Risk & The Law

Practice Areas

• Environmental Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2001 (QC)