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Dani Bryant Female Lawyer Vancouver

Dani Bryant *

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Jurisdiction British Columbia, 2012
Language(s) English
Office(s) Vancouver
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Overview

Dani Bryant is a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer primarily focusing on Indigenous, environmental and regulatory law, as well as complex commercial litigation. She is a member of the firm’s Global Energy and Mining Groups advising clients on natural resource development and ESG issues.

As part of a team providing strategic advice on the development of major projects in Canada, Dani advises clients regarding project permits and approvals, environmental assessments and compliance with environmental laws and regulations. Dani also focuses on consultation and the negotiation of agreements with Indigenous communities.

Dani represents clients on judicial review matters related to permitting, environmental assessment, and Indigenous consultation in the British Columbia Supreme Court, British Columbia Court of Appeal and Federal Court. She also represents clients in injunction proceedings.

Dani advises Canadian businesses (operating both inside and outside of Canada), on how to best manage ESG risks including human rights impacts in their operations and supply chains, as well as guiding them on corporate reporting obligations, including those under Canada’s new Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act

Outside of work, Dani co-chairs the Professional Women’s Network, a Vancouver-based organization supporting the success of women in business by providing educational and networking opportunities.

Achievements

Client Work

  • FortisBC applies for approval of $1.1 billion LNG facility, [Case - FortisBC Energy Inc.], FortisBC Energy Inc. Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Tilbury Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Storage Expansion Project.
  • Judicial reviews of a Fisheries and Oceans Canada Policy for Cermaq Canada, [Case - Cermaq]
  • Voters Taking Action on Climate Change v. British Columbia (Energy and Mines), 2015 BCSC 471, [Case - Texada Quarrying]
  • Managed and successfully settled a contaminated site remediation and negligence claim, [Case - Confidential Client]
  • Ekati diamond mine water licence renewal, [Deal - BHP Billiton Canada Inc.]
  • Global human rights policies, [Case - Mining Corporation]
  • FortisBC Energy Eagle Mountain Pipeline Project, [Deal - FortisBC Energy Inc.], C$350 million in capital costs.
  • Injunction to prevent trespass to fish for Cermaq Canada, [Case - Confidential Client]

Career & Education

Education

  • JD University of British Columbia
  • BA, Theatre University of British Columbia

Community involvement

  • Executive Member CBA Indigenous Law Section, BC Brnach 2019 to present
  • Mentor CBA Women Lawyers Forum 2018 to present
  • Board Member Monster Creative Productions 2015 to present
  • Co-Chair Professional Women’s Network 2014 to present
  • Mentor CBA/UBC Mentorship Program 2013 to present

Memberships & Affiliations

Knowledge

Events

News

Publications

  • Global Overview, Getting the Deal Through – Mining 2015, 6/1/2015
  • Canadian Mining Law, 7/31/2014
Book Canadian Mining Law From the Second Edition of the American Law of Mining

Speaking Engagements

  • Injunctions and Indigenous Law , 4/14/2020
  • What does human rights have to do with me?, 12/7/2016
  • Executive Briefing Seminar on CSR, 6/24/2015
Speaker Injunctions and Indigenous Law Pacific Business & Law Institute: Developments in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law 2020 location location Vancouver, BC
Speaker What does human rights have to do with me? The American Exploration and Mining Association 2016 Annual Meeting location location Reno, NV
Executive Briefing Seminar on CSR CSR Training Institute location location Vancouver Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University

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