BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 CLASS:PUBLIC REV:2024-03-28 14:57:04 FN;CHARSET=utf-8:Annik Forristal N;CHARSET=utf-8:Forristal;Annik;;; TITLE;CHARSET=utf-8:Partner, Construction & Infrastructure | Municipal, Land Use Planning & Development ORG;CHARSET=utf-8:McMillan LLP ADR;TYPE=work;CHARSET=utf-8:;;;Toronto;;; EMAIL;TYPE=internet,pref:annik.forristal@mcmillan.ca TEL;TYPE=work,voice:416.865.7292 ROLE:Array NOTE;CHARSET=utf-8:Annik is a Group Head of McMillan’s National Infrastructure and Construction Group whose practice is dedicated to the construction, infrastructure and development industries. She provides considered advice and representation on project delivery, contractual allocation and management of risk, municipal land use planning and related approvals, project administration, claims management, environmental law and dispute resolution. A practicing engineer before becoming a lawyer, Annik is committed to providing informed, practical advice to all stakeholders in the construction and development industries, including owners, developers, municipalities, contractors, engineers and architects. Her extensive project experience includes condominiums, university and hospital developments, entertainment facilities, industrial facilities, and solar and wind energy installations. In 2022, Annik advised her clients on projects with a cumulative value of over $1.5 billion Frequently sought after for her experience negotiating, drafting and advising on complex construction and development agreements, Annik assists her clients with custom-drafted and standard form construction contracts (such as CCDC, CCA, OAA and ACEC), integrated project delivery (IPD) agreements, tie-back and crane swing agreements, master supply agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, site plan agreements, and community benefit agreements. Annik also fervently supports her clients through the dispute resolution processes, employing a results-oriented, creative and cost-effective approach in mediation and arbitration proceedings, as well as Building Code, by-law and regulatory compliance matters before the Provincial Offences Court. Annik is fully versed in the front-end approvals and permitting necessary for development and construction projects. She helps her clients obtain official plan amendments, rezonings, severances and minor variances, as well as authorizations from heritage and conservation authorities. Annik also makes submissions to municipal councils and committees of adjustment, and appears before the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and the Ontario Municipal Board), the Environmental Review Tribunal and the Toronto Local Appeal Body. A frequent speaker and writer in her areas of expertise, Annik is an elected member of the Ontario Bar Association’s Construction Law Executive as of 2021 and was an elected member of the Ontario Bar Association’s Municipal Law Executive for years from 2016-2020. TZ:+0000 END:VCARD