Natasha Carew
Partner
- Year of Call, Ontario (2012)
Bio
Natasha Carew is a litigation partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office. She is well-versed in a range of commercial disputes involving construction, infrastructure, public private partnerships (P3s), business partnerships, shareholders, debtors and creditors, employment contracts, consulting contracts, commercial leasing, and insurance. Her clients range from multi-national corporations to start-up companies and individuals.
Natasha helps construction industry clients successfully navigate Ontario's Construction Act. She has expertise in adjudication, prompt payment, the prosecution and defence of construction lien actions, deficiency claims, delay claims, and priority disputes between lien claimants and mortgagees. She has represented contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, designers, developers, lenders, and joint venture partners in respect of disputes arising from construction and infrastructure projects, including P3 projects (stadia, tracks, residences, light rail transit & hospitals), condominiums, university campus residences, luxury properties, and wind farms.
Natasha seeks to achieve efficient and cost-effective results through alternative dispute resolution tools, including mediation and settlement conferences. When necessary, she is an aggressive advocate for her clients at Ontario's courts and at arbitrations across the country.
As a past adjunct professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School (teaching negotiation) and Windsor Law School (teaching legal remedies), Natasha is committed to mentorship and professional development. In addition to teaching, she frequently presents to clients and other lawyers on the topics of construction law, remedies, expert witnesses, and legal writing.
Natasha is a featured Leading Lawyer in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and in the Lexpert Special Edition – Infrastructure.
Natasha is passionate about volunteering and fundraising. She regularly acts as pro bono counsel, including as counsel to a single mother in a property dispute and a transgender man in an employment dispute. In lieu of receiving wedding presents, Natasha and her partner - with the help of friends and colleagues - raised enough money to privately sponsor a refugee family's resettlement in Canada. Natasha led the sponsorship effort, finding housing for the family of four and supporting them financially and logistically during their first year in Canada.
A newly minted marathon runner, Natasha enjoys being outside and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.