Jason J. Annibale

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2002

Areas of Practice
Real Estate, Construction Litigation

Description
Jason J. Annibale is the co-leader of McMillan’s Construction & Infrastructure Group and is recognized as one of Canada’s leading construction, infrastructure and energy lawyers. He acts in highly complex construction law disputes and sophisticated project finance transactions for clients throughout the construction pyramid, including authorities, special purpose vehicles, lenders, contractors and owners. He is a talented and seasoned arbitration and litigation counsel who has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario.

Jason has represented clients in disputes over delay and cost overruns relating to force majeure, COVID-19, changed site conditions, scope of work changes, owner interference, and other impacts in respect of underwater tunnels, biomass plants, prisons, hospitals, First Nation schools, residential and commercial developments, highway service stations, electrical power stations, and other infrastructure assets.

An authority in his field, Jason regularly speaks on the Ontario Construction Act, prompt payment, adjudication, delay and impact claims, dispute resolution, and managing risk in the P3, construction and real estate contexts. Jason has been recognized by Chambers Canada and Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading lawyer in construction law. The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory has identified Jason as a repeatedly recommended lawyer in the area of construction law and Who’s Who Legal has identified him as a leader in Construction. He has also been recognized by Lexpert/ROB as one of Canada’s Leading Infrastructure Lawyers and one of Canada’s Leading Energy Lawyers and by Benchmark Litigation Canada Guide as a Litigation Star.

A fellow of both the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and the Construction Lawyers Society of America, Jason is the co-chair for Osgoode Hall’s premier construction programs, including the full-week Construction Law Certificate, Construction Liens, the Construction Act, and Construction Delay and Impact Claims. Elected three times to the Ontario Bar Association’s Construction and Infrastructure Law Section Executive, he also served as its co-chair program coordinator and is the author of the chapter on dispute resolution in the LexisNexis text, Public-Private Partnerships in Canada: Law Policy and Value for Money.