Jessica Boily

Jessica Boily is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office. Focusing on environmental litigation, she provides proactive advice to clients and helps engage with regulators on matters involving contaminated sites, director’s and officer’s liability, environmental approvals and permits, chemical substances, waste, transportation of dangerous goods, reporting, and emergency response. She has experience guiding clients in many industries – including the energy, chemical, waste, and resource recovery industries – through regulatory proceedings and prosecutions. She defends companies and individuals in federal, provincial, and municipal enforcement matters, from assisting with inspections and investigations to representing clients charged with environmental offences. She also acts for clients involved in environmental assessment and approval hearings. She advises on the redevelopment and remediation of contaminated properties, including in disputes between neighbouring property owners, professional negligence actions, and appeals of clean-up orders. She is past chairwoman of the environmental law section of the Ontario Bar Association and a director of waste to Resource Ontario. She has been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Best Lawyers™ in Canada.