Jessica Foster

Jessica Foster is a partner in Gowling WLG’s Infrastructure and Construction Group. With significant experience in infrastructure and construction law, she guides clients through complex projects with precision and insight, delivering innovative solutions and successful outcomes.

Jessica combines a deep understanding of project-specific risks with a tailored approach to legal strategy, ensuring clients achieve contractual arrangements that align with their goals and risk tolerance. She has extensive experience negotiating and drafting key agreements, including public-private partnerships (P3), design-build contracts, development agreements and consulting contracts. Additionally, she has created tailored solutions for supplementary conditions to Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) contracts and progressively procured project agreements, helping clients address unique project challenges effectively.

Before joining Gowling WLG, Jessica was a Director in the Transaction Legal department at Infrastructure Ontario. In this role, she advised on the procurement and implementation of major public infrastructure projects utilizing both traditional and alternative delivery models across a variety of asset classes. This equipped Jessica with a unique perspective, allowing her to provide pragmatic and commercially minded legal advice while effectively navigating key risks and market realities.   

Prior to her time at Infrastructure Ontario, she served as an Assistant Vice President and Legal Consultant at Aon Reed Stenhouse, where she acquired an in-depth understanding of risk transfer methods, including financial lines insurance. Jessica began her career in private practice at a national business law firm and has also contributed to legal education as a content development lawyer at LexisNexis and a program lawyer at Osgoode Professional Development.

Known for her collaborative style and strategic thinking, Jessica delivers practical advice and solutions that help clients achieve their goals with confidence.