sean l. gosnell

SEAN L. GOSNELL
Associé
T 416.367.6120
F 416.361.2711
Toronto
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Aménagement de terrains
Planification municipale
Expropriation
Chine
Droit minier
Assurance et responsabilité civile
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLM (specialty in electronic
commerce), Osgoode Hall Law
School, 2003
Sean Gosnell is a partner in the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Sean
has practised with BLG since joining us as an articling student in 1982, except for two
years (1989 and 1990) when he was employed by Olympia and York Canary Wharf
Limited in London, England, as a solicitor and its assistant chief operating officer.
JD, University of Toronto, 1982
BA, University of Toronto, 1984
Ontario, 1984
Qualified as a solicitor in England and
Wales, 1989
Upon returning to the Firm in 1990, Sean became a partner and between 2008 and
2014 was the regional practice group leader of the Environmental, Municipal,
Expropriation and Regulatory Group. His municipal and expropriation work covers three
areas:
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Assisting private land owners in identifying opportunities for unlocking and
creating value by pursuing enhanced land development approvals.
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Advising private land owners faced with compulsory land acquisition by
governmental authorities.
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Advising governmental authorities in the design and implementation of largescale land acquisition projects for infrastructure renewal.
Activités professionnelles
Member, Ontario Bar Association;
Former Member, Executive
Committee, Information Technology
and E- Commerce Law Section
Former Guest Lecturer, Electronic
Commerce, University of Windsor
Former President, Ontario
Expropriation Association
Sean also has a significant practice representing lawyers in the defence of professional
negligence claims in commercial and complex real estate matters. As well, he acts on
business interruption loss claims. Drawing on connections to Chinese entities dating to
his time in London, Sean provides general legal advice to several Hong Kong- and
Chinese mainland-based companies, and has lectured at Peking University.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Activités communautaires
Judge, Queens' Inter-Collegiate
Business Competition
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Acting for Metrolinx in connection with the acquisition of a number of properties
and obtaining related planning approvals in connection with several
infrastructure projects in the GTA.
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Acted for land owners in a number of the leading Ontario expropriation cases
in the last 25 years, including Hillcrest v. Toronto and Torvalley v. MTRCA.
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Provided land acquisition and planning advice to the City of Toronto on the
assembly of the lands required to create Yonge Dundas Square.
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Also acted for the City in connection with the acquisition of the area known as
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the West Don Lands.
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Acting for Xstrata in a substantial action involving mining claims.
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Participated in several milestones in the development of Canary Wharf,
including the first lettings. Co-led a team that negotiated the conditional
acquisition of a large parcel of land near Canary Wharf and an associated
development agreement with the local government authority and a corporation
controlled by the City of Tianjin, China.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Panel Member, “Ethics Update: Decisions and Operations of Toronto’s Ethics
Commissioner,” Commons Institute, February, 2014.
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Lecturer, Peking University, "An Overview of the Canadian Law of Intellectual
Property Protection," delivered April 7, 2013. Peking University is the top
ranked university in China.
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Moderator, "Panel Discussion: Intellectual Property Protection," 2012 OntarioChina Science & Technology Collaboration Forum presented by the Ontario
Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, October 2012.
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Panel Member, "Assessing the Reasonableness of Costs," Ontario
Expropriation Association 2012 Fall Seminar, October 2012.
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Session Chair, "Investing in Tomorrow's Infrastructure — How Smarter
Choices Can Help Battle Climate Change," Canadian Urban Institute, February
2012.
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Panel Member, "Infrastructure Improvements in the GTA: Where Will They Be,
and How Will They Affect Land Development Patterns?," Real Estate Forum
Land and Development Conference, May 2011.
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Contributor, New Law of Expropriation, Carswell, looseleaf, 1985-present.
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Co-Editor, Business Interruption Insurance, Canada Law Book, 2004 (with
Bruce J. Webster and John Seigel, both PwC).
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Associate Editor, Real Property Reports, the Canada-wide real estate law
reporter, 1987-94.
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Lecturer and Author/Speaker, seminars sponsored by the Law Society of
Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS
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Recognized in the 2016 edition of Who's Who Legal: Government Contracts
and Who's Who Legal 2017: Compendium Edition.
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Martindale-Hubbell® BV® Distinguished™ 4.4 out of 5 Peer Review Rated.
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