Anissa Chekir

Called to the bar in 2012, Anissa is a lawyer in the Indigenous Law Group in the Montréal office. After beginning her career in environmental law and expropriation law, she has focused her practice on Indigenous law since 2016. For more than a decade, she has advised Indigenous governments, First Nations, as well as Indigenous entities and organisations, with a particular focus on governance, land management and natural resources. She is committed to helping her clients advance their self-determination and self-governance.

In land management, her work centres on land administration, housing matters and negotiations with the provincial and federal governments regarding the territorial limits of certain First Nations.

Anissa has taken part in negotiations on the implementation of treaties and related agreements with the Crown. She also has experience negotiating impact and benefit agreements. She is frequently involved in legislative reforms and in drafting laws, by-laws and policies.

Anissa also advises on wildlife management, environmental impact assessment, waste management, negotiating research agreements and the protection of traditional knowledge, as well as the development of protected and conservation areas. In addition, she advises on the administration of justice, public security, public procurement and the education sector.

Drawing on this varied experience, she is able to support her clients across many aspects of their activities.

She practises law in both French and English.