40 King St W, Suite 5800, Scotia Plaza, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1995 (ON)
Certified specialist in environmental law, Tamara Farber focuses her practice on environmental law matters in a civil litigation context as well as in commercial transactions. She has advised Canadian and US clients on transactions involving brownfield redevelopment and portfolio land acquisitions, investigation of contaminated lands, corporate environmental due diligence, environmental social and governance issues (ESG), property remediation, indemnities, site decommissioning, waste management, environmental compliance matters, risk management, risk assessments, environmental insurance environmental regulatory compliance issues, and the intersection of environmental and insolvency laws. She deals extensively with contaminated land litigation, spills, environmental consultant claims, remediation contract disputes, and insurance disputes involving environmental damage. She is experienced in resolving complex technical issues, facilitating early resolution in regulatory or litigation matters. She has been named a leading lawyer for environmental law by Lexpert (and a former Top 40 Under 40), consistently ranked by Chambers for environmental law, and named in the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for environmental law.
