Christopher Harris Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for the ECWE Elevated Guideway (ECWE EG); ECWE Stations, Rails, and Systems; Ontario Line Enabling Works 3; and Pape Support-of-Excavation projects (DB, P3 and DBB agreements), and supporting the legal director responsible for the GO Bowmanville Extension project (CMAR agreement)• Collaborating to introduce and improve upon tools available to project teams to better manage risk and improve the outcome of projects, including Material Indexation, Advance Procurement, Project Scheduling and Critical Path, Combined Dispute Board, Site Conditions, Delay and Compensation Events, and technical scoring

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

• Lead lawyer for construction & public works (infrastructure) projects, utilizing CCDC 2, 4, 5B, 14, OAA 600 and OPS forms of agreement, as well as developing non-CCDC turnkey agreements to address unique project and developer requirements• Sought out to brainstorm, develop and negotiate agreements related to initiatives new to the Region, leveraging my pragmatic legal approach and insights, informed by my previous careers in engineering, operations and rescuing projects in crisis

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Providing counsel and drafting commercial agreements on licensing, privacy, technology and construction matters

Toronto, Canada Area

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating memoranda of understanding, heads of terms and final agreements including: project/concession and related agreements for large P3 transactions, design-build/construction contracts, guarantees and indemnity agreements, joint venture and partnership agreements, subcontracts and confidentiality agreements• Reviewing RFQ/RFP documents and underlying agreements to assess legal risk, request clarification on ambiguous, conflicting or missing information, and to negotiate changes where requirements or terms are unrealistic or commercially unreasonable

Toronto, Canada Area

• Counsel responsible for the CCDC 5B agreement to construct a $270 M office tower under Project Horizon• Drafting & negotiating supplementary conditions for CCDC and Ontario Association of Architects forms of agreement• Working within the public procurement environment to draft RFPs and develop hybrid construction-technology agreements• Providing counsel to various departments; working with senior ministry representatives; drafting and negotiating services, technology, and data-sharing agreements within a highly regulated environment; and resolving contractual disputes• Serving as General Counsel for the SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health; acting as secretary for the Board

Toronto, Canada Area

• Working with clients across all strategic business units in Canada, the US and the UK, to draft and negotiate agreements complying with their respective regulatory framework, and to resolve contractual issues• Leading initiatives to resolve regulatory compliance deficiencies, related to agreements that did not adequately address privacy and risk

• Member of the Corporate Commercial group specializing in Technology Law• Working with clients to define detailed technical and business requirements, advising clients on risk, addressing privacy and intellectual property issues, and developing, drafting and negotiating a broad range of complex agreements, including procurement, licensing, software-as-a-service (SAAS), cloud, outsourcing, managed services, web hosting, disaster recovery, and iPhone and Android app agreements• Drafted privacy policies, and software and web site terms and conditions

Ontario Ministry Of The Environment

Career in senior management; operations; hardware, software and web development; and product marketing; in industries spanning telecom, wireless, energy, and manufacturing, in established companies and start-ups in the US and Canada. Worked as an employee or as a consultant (specialized in rescuing tech projects in crisis), for Rogers, Nortel Networks, Direct Energy, Sprint Canada, and Clearnet (now Telus Mobility)

Juris Doctor, Law

Certificate In Advanced Procurement Law And Practice: Major Projects And Tendering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Executive M.B.A.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Certificate, Project Management