Konstantine Stavrakos

Partner Municipal, Environmental and Expropriations @O'Connor MacLeod Hanna LLP

Oakville, ON, CA

Konstantine provides a full range of legal services to municipalities, public agencies, First Nations and private sector clients in the areas of municipal law, planning and development, environmental law, expropriations, by-law enforcement and provincial offences. This includes acting as a legal advisor, regulatory approvals strategist and advocate. He is experienced in preparing a range of legal instruments to meet client needs from by-laws to agreements and, when necessary, litigating. Konstantine has appeared regularly before courts and tribunals including the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, the Environmental Review Tribunal, the Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court and Court of Appeal. Having previously managed a municipal legal department, Konstantine brings to his practice at OMH his lived experience of the nuts and bolts of how public authorities works, gathered from the daily demands of providing legal services to municipal staff and council. For his municipal and public sector clients, Konstantine understands the many constraints they work under and the need for innovative, solutions driven responses to complex problems. For his private sector clients, Konstantine knows how to work with municipalities and public agencies to ensure their needs are met quickly and efficiently.

McGill University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy and Literature

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

Master of Laws (LLM), Municipal Law

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)