Alex MacWilliam

Senior Legal Counsel @Dentons

CA

Leader of Dentons Canada Region ESG, Environment and Natural Resources Practice and Climate Change Group and advises clients on all legal issues relating to sustainability and the environment. These include compliance, contaminated land, climate change, sustainability, dealing with regulatory agencies, responses to government policies and the development of internal environmental practices and systems. Appointed by Government of Alberta to the Environmental Appeals Board in 2005 and served as Board Chair from 2015 to 2020.Widely regarded as one of the leading environmental law practitioners in Canada. Ranked by Chambers Global, profiled in the Lexpert American Lawyer Media Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and and is rated by Practical Law Company as a recommended environmental lawyer. Recommended by Best Lawyers in Canada as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in the areas of Environmental and Transportation LawHas appeared before the Alberta Energy Regulator, Natural Resources Conservation Board, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Alberta Motor Transport Board, Federal Court of Canada and all levels of Court in Alberta.Advises clients in respect of all matters of an environmental nature, including the management and minimization of liability arising from environmental risks, environmental management systems and other risk management tools. Experienced in the legal aspects of emergency response and crisis management and has extensive experience in resolving disputes arising from such incidents through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. Member of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation.Frequently involved in major national and cross-border transactions in respect of the environmental due diligence arising in asset and share transactions, public offerings and financings. Works closely with the M&A, banking and securities lawyers at to ensure that any environmental issues are identified and properly assessed.