Sharon Vogel has been recognized for her success at resolving and litigating disputes relating to large-scale infrastructure, industrial and commercial projects. Among the professional acknowledgments she has received, Benchmark Litigation has named her Construction Lawyer of the Year four times and repeatedly one of the top women in litigation in the country, she is ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global, she was recognized as one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer, and Lexology Index rates her one of the top three construction lawyers in Canada.
Sharon is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is Secretary of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and sits on the Board of the American College of Construction Lawyers. She is also co-chair of the Innovation Committee of the International Construction Projects Group of the International Bar Association. She is certified as a specialist in construction law by the Law Society of Ontario.
Sharon has served as counsel to numerous government agencies, municipalities, private owners, and contractors to successfully manage delays and other legal issues on high-profile infrastructure projects. She has over three decades of experience in handling major transportation and transit infrastructure projects. In addition, she works extensively on energy, mining, health care, education, manufacturing facilities, water and wastewater, and industrial, commercial, and institutional projects. Her expertise includes negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation of construction disputes, including construction liens, breach of contract, delays, surety bonds, construction insurance, and architects’ and engineers’ errors and omissions.
Together with her colleague Bruce Reynolds, she has played an important role in helping the Ontario government modernize the province’s construction law and helping to shape the Construction Act. Among the changes to the legislation based on the Striking the Balance Report she co-authored are the creation of a prompt payment framework and the introduction of adjudication as a mandatory dispute resolution system. Sharon was also retained as co-counsel by the federal government to assist in the introduction of new legislation on prompt payment and adjudication at the federal level and co-authored the independent expert report Building a Federal Framework for Prompt Payment and Adjudication.
She is a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, teaching International Construction Law. She is co-author of the text, A Guide to Canadian Construction Insurance Law.
Sharon is also co-managing partner at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel, and she is a member of the Management Committee.
- Bar Admission, Ontario
- Master of Laws, University of Auckland
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Toronto
- Bachelor of Arts, McMaster University
- Secretary and Fellow, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers.
- Member, Board of Governors, Co-Chair, International Committee, and Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers.
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
- Certified Specialist in Construction Law, Law Society of Ontario.
- Vice Chair, Innovation Subcommittee, International Construction Projects, International Bar Association.
- Member, The Advocates’ Society.
- Member, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration Committee.