Our Firm

About Willms & Shier

Welcome to Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP, one of Canada's leading legal firms. Our team delivers a full range of environmental law advice and service for Canada's most complex environmental law challenges. Through a commitment to responsiveness to client needs and objectives, we provide practical, actionable legal solutions and support.

Willms & Shier lawyers are Canada's experts, known for extensive knowledge and innovative solutions in a broad range of practice areas including defence of prosecution, corporate due diligence and risk management, toxic tort litigation, brownfields strategy and contaminated site remediation, environmental assessment and approvals, municipal law and land use planning. Our leadership and participation at conferences and events helps us maintain cutting edge knowledge and analysis of Canada's changing environmental laws.

The Canadian Lawyer Magazine, May 2010, names Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP as one of the top 5 boutique law firms in the country. "This Toronto firm has spent over 30 years helping companies and municipalities manage environmental law issues. Over that period, partners Donna Shier and John Willms have developed reputations as two of Canada’s foremost counsel in the specialty area, and their firm now consists of a stable of 12 lawyers. Most of the boutique’s clients are from the private sector, with the bulk of those matters involving issues with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Brownfields and contaminated lands work also helps keep Willms & Shier one of the country’s busiest environmental law boutiques."

Contact Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers. We'll anticipate your environmental law needs, deliver expert advice, on time and on budget, with service and care that exceeds expectations.