Radha D. Curpen

Specializing in environmental, aboriginal, regulatory matters, and the transportation of dangerous goods (including transportation of crude oil by rail), Radha Curpen assists clients with regulatory compliance, the management of environmental risks and the defence of environmental litigation, the avoidance and defence of environmental related prosecutions, and crisis prevention and management.

Radha negotiates with regulatory authorities and First Nations regarding environmental projects. Clients also call upon her to manage and advise on contaminated site issues and the environmental assessment process at the provincial and federal levels to identify and implement customized environmental management systems, and provide advice on environmental issues in commercial transactions in Canada and the United States.

Radha is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law for the Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility course.

Radha was a sessional lecturer at Robson Hall Faculty of Law for the environmental law course from January 1995 to 1999.

To complement her practice, Radha is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, and l'Association des Juristes d'Expression française de l'Ontario.She is a member of the board of directors of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

Radha also sits on the YWCA Metro Vancouver Culture Shift Advisory Council. 

Radha is fluent in English and French.

Select Experience

• Advised clients in connection with sale of assets for an enterprise value of $20 million. 
• Advised clients in various industrial sectors on crisis prevention and crisis management.
• Advised several clients in chemical and oil industries on the transportation of dangerous goods by all means of transport (including the transportation of crude oil by rail).

Recent Publications

• Federal Court of Appeal: Government Failed to Adequately Consult with First Nations on Northern Gateway
• Northern Gateway: BC Supreme Court Rules that British Columbia Must Issue its Own EA Decision and Consult First Nations
• Implications of the Supreme Court Decision on Aboriginal Title

Blog Posts

• Northern Gateway: British Columbia must Issue its Own Approval and Consult with First Nations
• Supreme Court Decision in Keewatin Confirms Provincial Ability to Take up Treaty Lands
• Supreme Court Decision on Aboriginal Title Raises Questions for Resource Development

Recent Recognitions

• 2017, Chambers Canada

  Ranked, Environment

• 2017, Chambers Global

  Ranked, Environment

• 2017, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

  Repeatedly recommended, Aboriginal Law

News & Speaking Engagements

• Radha Curpen on Conversation That Matters: Social License
• Four Bennett Jones Practices Ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global 2017
• Award Winning Women of Bennett Jones