John Stefaniuk, K.C., is a partner at TDS who engages in a broad practice with emphasis on environmental law, real estate and development law, natural resources and energy, commercial law and municipal law matters. He has particular experience in relation to contaminated sites, mining and mine rehabilitation, wind power development, natural resource development, environmental approvals and licensing, commercial real estate, leasing, financing and development, municipal approvals, taxation and assessment and business acquisitions. He appears regularly before government licensing bodies and administrative tribunals including the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission and Municipal Board, municipal councils, provincial legislative committees and in all levels of court in Manitoba and in the Federal Court in connection with environmental, resource, regulatory municipal, and property issues.
John has been repeatedly named to the Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the 500 Leading Lawyers in Canada. He is also listed in the Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory under Environmental Law and Property Development and is listed in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, under Environment, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Environmental Lawyers and the National Post-Best Lawyers in Canada directory, among other listings. He was among the “most highly regarded individuals” under Environmental Law in the “Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2017 Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers”. He is a roster member of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation.
Education
University of Manitoba, B. Comm. (Hons.) 1984, LL.B. 1987
Bar Admission
Manitoba, 1988
Achievements:
- Canada's Top 50 Lawyers - Environmental Law - Manitoba 2023
- Appointed King’s Counsel (K.C.) by the Manitoba Government, 2023
- John is a member of the national Board Of Directors of the Canadian Bar Association.
- John is a Life Council Member of the Manitoba Bar Association.
- Listed in the Chambers Canada Guide under the specialty Environmental Law
- Recognized as a Lexpert-ranked leading infrastructure lawyer in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2022
- Recognized in Lexpert Magazine’s “Leading Lawyers in Global Mining” special edition
- Recognized in Lexpert Magazine’s “Canada’s Leading Energy Lawyers” special edition
- Repeatedly recognized by Lexpert as a Leading Lawyer in Environmental Law, Mining and Property Development
- John was selected as one of only three Canadian lawyers for inclusion in Who’s Who Legal’s 2020 edition of WWL: Thought Leaders – Global Elite under the Environmental Law chapter
- Recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2017 in the area of Environmental Law
- John is repeatedly selected by his peers to be included in the 2006 – 2023 Editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada in the specialties of Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law
- Recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2019 in the area of Environmental Law
- Listed in the Chambers Global 2020 and Chambers Canada 2020 guide under the specialty of Environmental Law
Contact info:
(204) 934-2597
jds@tdslaw.com