Annik Forristal

Annik Forristal is a co-group head of McMillan LLP’s national infrastructure and construction group. Her practice is dedicated to the construction, infrastructure, and development industries. A practising engineer before becoming a lawyer, she advises on project delivery, contractual allocation and management of risk, land use planning and related approvals, project administration, claims management, and dispute resolution. She has broad experience negotiating, drafting, and advising on complex construction contracts and development agreements, including custom-drafted and standard form construction contracts (such as CCDC, CCA, RAIC, OAA, and ACEC). Her extensive project experience includes condominiums, universities, hospitals, renewable, and district energy installations and entertainment and industrial facilities. She is also fully versed in the front-end approvals and permitting necessary for development and construction projects. She helps clients obtain official plan amendments, rezonings, site plan approvals, severances, and minor variances, as well as authorizations from heritage and conservation authorities. She encourages dispute avoidance and fervently supports clients through dispute resolution processes, employing a results-oriented and cost-effective approach.