Lana Finney

Partner, Toronto

Lana Finney is an accomplished environmental lawyer and litigator. She advises clients on environmental liabilities and deal structures, provides strategic solutions for dealing with contaminated sites and remediation, helps clients to navigate the permit and approvals process, and regularly litigates environmental issues before the Ontario courts and the Environmental Review Tribunal. Lana also provides environmental and regulatory advice related to public-private partnerships and renewable-energy projects.

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Clients benefit from Lana’s broad range of legal expertise and client-centred approach. She successfully defends clients charged with environmental and regulatory offences under federal and provincial legislation, appeals remediation orders, and regularly defends and prosecutes environmental litigation claims by landlords, tenants and neighbouring property owners.

Lana’s environmental practice is complemented by her involvement in public-private partnerships. She provides environmental and regulatory advice on project agreements, and related documentation, in a broad range of project and infrastructure PPP mandates, all of which involve brownfield sites.

In addition, Lana is responsible for due diligence, coordinating and reviewing environmental site assessments, advising clients on contaminated sites and remediation, including Record of Site Condition considerations, and advising on the environmental aspects of agreements of purchase and sale. She negotiates indemnities and related risk-allocation mechanisms, and advises clients on director and officer liabilities and insurance coverage for environmental matters.

After graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1993, Lana served as law clerk to the late Honourable E.D. Bayda, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, following which she was called to the bars of Saskatchewan (1994) and Ontario (1995).

Selected Experiences

Professional Associations & Activities

Member of the Executive of the Environmental Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association
Member, Advocates' Society
Member, Ontario Expropriation Association

Community Involvement

Lana has served as the Vice-President and President of the Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association, a support organization that assists those living with celiac disease.

Publications

Events

Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot
Judge, Moot Court Competition
Saturday, 9 March 2013
March 2013
Vapour Intrusion: What You Can't See, Smell, Hear, Taste or Feel Can Hurt You!
Chair, Ontario Bar Association Professional Development Program
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
February 2013
Assessing the Environmental Landscape: Anticipating and Mitigating Risk in Environmental Assessments
Davis LLP Breakfast Seminar
Thursday, 21 June 2012
June 2012
Environmental Legal Liability Hot Topics
Speaker, Insider Secrets to Managing Environmental Risk Conference
Thursday, 24 May 2012
May 2012
What To Do When The Regulator Comes Knocking
Davis LLP Breakfast Seminar
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
March 2012

In The News

Canfor completes $60 million acquisition of Tembec's BC southern interior wood products assets
On March 23, 2012, Canfor Corporation, a leading Vancouver-based integrated forest products company, completed its acquisition of the Tembec Industries Ltd. ("Tembec") southern British Columbia [more]
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Lana Finney Quoted in November 2011 Issue of Law Times
Lana Finney, Partner in Davis LLP’s Toronto office, was quoted in the November 21, 2011, issue of Law Times. In the article, “Tribunal Case Sends Shivers: original polluter responsible [more]
Monday, 21 November 2011
Davis Team Closes Quinte Courthouse Transaction
On Tuesday, June 21, 2011, Brookfield Infrastructure Partnerships Quinte entered into an agreement with the Province of Ontario to design, build, finance and maintain the Quinte Consolidated Courthouse, [more]
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Davis LLP Represents Wienerberger AG in $107 Million Bid to Purchase Operating Companies of Arriscraft International Income Fund
Davis LLP is representing Wienerberger AG, the world's largest brick manufacturer, in its bid to purchase the operating companies of Arriscraft International Income Fund, a leading Canadian manufacturer [more]
Thursday, 31 May 2007
Davis LLP Announces New Partners, Associate and Associate Counsel
Davis LLP welcomes the following lawyers to the firm: Paul Beckmann, Q.C., Associate Counsel, Wills, Trusts & Estates (Vancouver) Bryan Dunn, Partner, Corporate Commercial, Japan (Vancouver) [more]
Tuesday, 16 January 2007