Thomas J. Timmins
Partner
- Year of Call, Ontario (2000)
Areas of focus
Areas of focus
Tom is a senior corporate-commercial lawyer serving clients in the renewable power sector.
With more than twenty years' experience in energy project development and finance, he is frequently sought out for his familiarity with complex project contracts and his ability to help get challenging projects across the finish line.
Tom leads Gowling WLG Canada's Energy Sector Group and is a member of the Toronto office's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council.
Named a "Leading Individual" by The Legal 500 Canada and Who's Who Legal, Tom also serves as a director of Aazhogan Bridge, as a member of the Legal Committee of Transparency International, as a Board member of the Canadian Ditchley Foundation and as an advisor at the Centre for Urban Energy at Metropolitan Toronto University.
In 2022, he was appointed to the roster of adjudicators under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. He also teaches Infrastructure and Project Finance Law at Windsor Law and has previously served as Chair of the Canadian Solar Industries Association (now CanREA).
Tom and his team act frequently power generation, transmission and distribution sector projects and have been deeply engaged in the rollout of AMI 2.0 technologies, the negotiation of distribution system-related SaaS contracts and the advancement of deep decarbonization endeavours across the building, transportation and industrial sectors.
Tom appears regularly in international news media regarding energy transition matters and has been quoted in such leading news sources as the Economist Intelligence Unit, the CBC, CTV, The Globe and Mail, the Financial Post, World Journal, BNN and Canadian Business.
Tom is a senior corporate-commercial lawyer serving clients in the renewable power sector.
With more than twenty years' experience in energy project development and finance, he is frequently sought out for his familiarity with complex project contracts and his ability to help get challenging projects across the finish line.
Tom leads Gowling WLG Canada's Energy Sector Group and is a member of the Toronto office's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council.
Named a "Leading Individual" by The Legal 500 Canada and Who's Who Legal, Tom also serves as a director of Aazhogan Bridge, as a member of the Legal Committee of Transparency International, as a Board member of the Canadian Ditchley Foundation and as an advisor at the Centre for Urban Energy at Metropolitan Toronto University.
In 2022, he was appointed to the roster of adjudicators under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. He also teaches Infrastructure and Project Finance Law at Windsor Law and has previously served as Chair of the Canadian Solar Industries Association (now CanREA).
Tom and his team act frequently power generation, transmission and distribution sector projects and have been deeply engaged in the rollout of AMI 2.0 technologies, the negotiation of distribution system-related SaaS contracts and the advancement of deep decarbonization endeavours across the building, transportation and industrial sectors.
Tom appears regularly in international news media regarding energy transition matters and has been quoted in such leading news sources as the Economist Intelligence Unit, the CBC, CTV, The Globe and Mail, the Financial Post, World Journal, BNN and Canadian Business.
Tom's recent experience includes:
2016
2015