Overview
Our team offers business-minded counsel on pensions, executive compensation, employee benefits and employment matters and disputes. Our breadth of knowledge allows us to balance the needs of the organization, employees and other stakeholders, and find win-win solutions whenever possible. We know how to defuse sensitive and complex workplace issues in a way that minimizes risk.
We are also deal facilitators, giving practical counsel on pension and employment aspects of complex transactions—and we offer a one-team solution to clients on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Our team maintains broad experience in pension fund investment, advising Canada’s largest pension funds on structuring acquisitions around the world in compliance with their governing legislation.
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Areas of Service
- PensionsWe advise on all aspects of pensions: wind-ups, solvency funding, use of pension surplus, plan mergers, compliance, administration and governance, and tax issues, including compliance with federal income tax legislation and provincial pension standards.
- EmploymentWe often work behind the scenes advising on high-profile executive departures, individual and mass terminations, wrongful dismissal claims, departing restrictive covenant issues, bonus disputes, and human rights and harassment claims. We also draft employment agreements, severance packages and workplace policies.
- Executive CompensationOur experience includes advising on executive contracts, change-of-control agreements and retention arrangements, supplementary retirement plans, and incentive compensation arrangements, including stock option plans, share purchase plans and long-term incentive plans.
- Employee BenefitsWe frequently advise on all aspects of employee benefits, providing practical solutions on employee downsizing, both voluntary and involuntary reductions-in-force, and strategies that facilitate transition and minimize disruption.
- Crisis ManagementWe are trusted counsel to businesses in the post #MeToo era, advising on a wide variety of investigative matters and employee crises, from harassment, discrimination and mental health, to board changes and class actions.Learn more
- Employment and Pensions LitigationOur litigators are recognized for their work representing employers on employment and pensions issues and their advocacy is sought-after to negotiate disputes and resolve matters through arbitration and mediation.Learn more