CleanTech

Our Group

Miller Thomson’s CleanTech Group has extensive experience advising clients across a wide range of areas, including issues in energy, regulatory and environmental law, information technology, intellectual property, corporate finance and securities, project finance, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial, tax, construction, Aboriginal matters, employment law and litigation.

Our Group's members are located in our offices across Canada and are thoroughly familiar with the unique jurisdictional issues that are shaping this evolving and dynamic sector.

Our Clients

We count among our clients renewable energy developers based both in Canada and internationally, government agencies and research institutions, companies using materials-efficient production technologies, and traditional industrial players expanding their business into greener technologies or preparing to trade carbon credits.

We offer customized support to our clients, whether they are manufacturers at the early stage of developing a concept or process, developers entering into project planning or seeking regulatory approvals, parties providing necessary capital or service providers supplying expertise. We work with many of Canada’s leading clean technology innovators, as well as a number of the companies listed on the S&P/TSX Clean Technology Index.

Our Expertise

We recognize the urgent need to invest in Canada’s capacity to commercialize technologies. This is particularly true in the area of clean technology — a crucial sector of our economy representing high-value, green and globally competitive jobs.

Today, there are over 6,000 clean technology companies in Canada employing more than 250,000 people. Yet, Canada ranks 13^th out of 17 developed countries in commercializing technology innovations.

With years of experience assisting companies in this sector with all their legal requirements, Miller Thomson’s CleanTech lawyers can help Canadian clean technology companies realize their potential.

Our Services

We offer a suite of legal services designed to address the unique issues facing high-tech and clean technology companies, allowing them to compete in a global marketplace. Our business-focused lawyers offer legal counsel on a wide range of issues — from start-up requirements such as business structuring, tax, and intellectual property protection, to technology transfer and development agreements, employment, leasing, financing and advice on government funding programs.