Jeremy Power

Full Profile

Jeremy is a construction and infrastructure lawyer whose practice covers every stage of a project. He acts in lien, delay, deficiency, payment and fee claims through negotiation, adjudication, mediation, arbitration and litigation, and has particular experience with Ontario's Construction Act, including its holdback, prompt payment and adjudication regimes. He also drafts and negotiates construction, design and services agreements, including CCDC and CCA standard forms, EPC contracts and supplementary conditions, and advises on procurement and project delivery structures.

He acts for owners, contractors, consultants and industry associations, and serves as general counsel to a national construction trade association. His experience spans public infrastructure and rail, cultural institutions, hospitality, water and wastewater, and renewable energy, with clients across Canada and the United States.

Before joining Clyde & Co, Jeremy practised in the construction groups of two Toronto firms, worked in the Toronto office of a US construction law firm and served as General Counsel to a construction technology company applying AI to risk management and contract administration. That in-house experience informs a practical, commercially minded approach and a continuing interest in the use of AI in construction and legal practice.

Admissions

• Ontario Bar, 2019
• Nova Scotia Bar, 2019
• Alberta Bar, 2021

Education

• J.D., University of New Brunswick, 2018
• M.Sc. (Econ.), James Cook University, 2014
• B.B.A., Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2011

Experience

• Defending a consulting engineer against a counterclaim and a separate multi-million-dollar action arising from the construction of water booster and sanitary pumping stations for a residential development (ongoing)
• Defending an engineering firm in a claim brought by a commercial property developer, including developing the discovery plan and retaining experts (ongoing)
• Pursuing a multi-million-dollar unpaid fee claim on behalf of an engineering consultant in multi-party litigation arising from two commuter rail station projects (ongoing)
• Preparing a Notice of Arbitration for an international engineering and design consultancy in a dispute governed by British Columbia arbitration rules (ongoing)
• Acting for the owner of a major airport hotel and conference centre in a Superior Court action and counterclaim arising from an event contract (ongoing)
• Acting for residential property owners in a construction lien action and counterclaim against their contractor, including a claim for an exaggerated lien under section 35 of Ontario’s Construction Act (ongoing)
• Acting as construction and procurement counsel to a provincial transportation agency, including structuring completion milestones and liquidated damages for a multi-phase freight facility and comprehensively updating its CCDC 2, CCDC 4 and design-build supplementary conditions (ongoing)
• Drafting and negotiating the owner’s supplementary conditions to a CCDC 5B-2025 construction management contract for the capital renewal of a major public art gallery (ongoing)
• Drafting the CCDC 5B-2025 construction management contract and supplementary conditions for the conversion of a hotel in a resort community to an international hotel brand (ongoing)
• Advising a tunnelling contractor on Ontario’s statutory holdback regime and the annual holdback release mechanism in connection with a major transit project (2026)
• Serving as general counsel to a national roofing trade association, advising on governance, standard-form contract documents, warranty programs and intellectual property (ongoing)