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General Counsel today, in addition to the traditional myriad of responsibilities, are business unit managers, in much the same way as line management. Accordingly, General Counsel are also responsible for the performance of the legal department in assisting the legal department in meeting it’s strategic and operating objectives in a timely, cost effective, efficient and successful manner.
Mr. Swartz has executive responsibility for managing a broad portfolio of corporate services including legal, corporate secretarial, risk management, bonding, and office/facility services to the Aecon group of companies. He has been actively involved in many major infrastructure and P3 initiatives in Canada and abroad including: Highway 407, Union Station Train Shed Renewal, Union Pearson Express, Ferihegy Airport (Hungary), Cross Israel Toll Highway, Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project (India), Quito International Airport (Ecuador), Pearson International Airport (Toronto), Darlington Nuclear Refurbishment, and many other projects. He is Past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association, Construction Law Executive. In 2008, Mr. Swartz Chaired the Construction Lien Act Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Employers Council and a former director of the Canadian Construction Association. Mr. Swartz is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Corporate Counsel (London UK). He was recently appointed to the Board of Advisors for Osgoode Hall Law School’s Professional Development Program. Mr. Swartz graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School and has received a Cert. Arb from University of Windsor Law School and a certificate in Advanced Management from the Schulich School of Business, York University. Mr. Swartz serves as a mentor for the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s young lawyer mentoring program. In 2013, Aecon’s Legal department was awarded the distinction of “Best Canadian Legal Department” by the International Legal Alliance (Paris). In 2015, Mr. Swartz was honoured by the Ontario Bar Association with the Award in Excellence in Infrastructure and Construction Law. Also in 2015, the Aecon Legal Department won the Innovatio award from Canadian Lawyer Magazine for its development and adoption of Board and Corporate Policies on Diversity.
Aecon is Canada’s largest publicly traded construction and infrastructure development company. (ARE/TSX) For almost 100 years Aecon has developed international expertise in design and engineering, project finance, construction and operations in all construction sectors (transportation, energy, buildings, including heavy civil, industrial, commercial and institutional buildings, airports and toll roads.
