McInnes Cooper is an Atlantic Canadian law firm with offices in St. John’s, Newfoundland; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick; and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. We have more than 130 lawyers and a large complement of legal assistants and support staff. We have assisted a broad range of clients in the natural resources industries and have lawyers with specialized expertise in the various natural resource sectors. We advise on oil and gas exploration and development, both onshore and offshore; mineral exploration and development; forest management and the pulp and paper industry; and all aspects of the fisheries and marine resource management. We assist clients in developing environmental management systems and compliance strategies to meet due diligence requirements. We guide clients with new business and expansion proposals, and defend against prosecutions brought under provincial and federal environmental protection legislation.