Best Lawyers Near You in Toronto, Ontario for Employee Benefits Law

Roberto Tomassini is a partner in Koskie Minsky’s Pension and Employee Benefits Group with extensive experience advising and representing employees, unions, plan administrators, trustees and their advisors and consultants regarding all aspects of pension and employee benefit plan structuring, administration, regulatory compliance and fiduciary responsibilities. Roberto has particular expertise relating to income and sales tax issues affecting the design and administration of pension and...

Cynthia is the leader of the Pensions and Benefits Practice. She has extensive experience in pension and benefits law, policy and strategy - for 25 years, she has exclusively worked in pension and benefits from alma broad range of perspectives, starting with private practice representing unions, employees and administrators. Cynthia also worked within the Ontario government, within a large jointly sponsored public sector plan and most recently, with Ontario’s new pension regulator on st...

Andrew Hatnay is the practice co-ordinator of the firm’s Pensions and Employee Benefits group. He advises employees, retirees, pension plan administrators and unions on all aspects of pension plans, benefit plans and employee compensation, and has special expertise with corporate restructurings and bankruptcy. Andrew is also a litigator and represents clients in insolvency proceedings before all levels of court. Andrew has acted as court-appointed representative counsel for employees an...

James Harnum provides counsel to unions, employees and boards of trustees on all aspects of pension and benefits administration and litigation. A significant part of his practice involves assisting employees of insolvent companies in recovering amounts owed to them, whether for wages, severance pay or post-retirement benefits. James also has experience in litigation involving the intersection of constitutional rights with labour and pension law. He has appeared before all levels of court in O...

Emily Lawrence is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, Health Care Law and Labour and Employment Law. Emily, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Emily is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Michael Mazzuca is a Partner in Koskie Minsky’s Pension and Employee Benefits Group. Michael has extensive experience in providing legal advice across Canada to multi-employer pension plans (MEPPs), jointly sponsored pension plans and other jointly governed plans, including health and welfare plans and training funds. He also advises trade unions as well as plan member and retiree groups across Canada concerning legal matters related to plan governance, fiduciary duties and plan investm...

J. David Watson is counsel to and a founding member of Watson Jacobs Bosnick LLP. He has appeared on behalf of many trade unions, trust funds, associations and individuals before a wide array of tribunals and courts including Arbitrators and Boards of Arbitration, Federal and Provincial Labour Relations Boards, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and Appeals Tribunal, as well as various other administrative boards. David has also represented clients ...

Simon Archer likes to get the deal done. He helps trade unions negotiate agreements and settle disputes so that promises are kept – especially pension promises. Simon works to protect the wages, working conditions and retirement security of his clients and their families. To do this, he works with trade unions, retiree associations and boards of trustees across Canada, advising on negotiating pension and benefits, trust administration and fiduciary issues, public interest litigation, in...

Anthony is a member of the firm’s Pension and Employee Benefits Department and the Tax Group. He has extensive experience advising pension and employee benefit plan sponsors, administrators and trade unions on matters related to statutory compliance, human rights, privacy, income and sales tax. He has also represented clients before various levels of court and administrative tribunals in disputes involving pension surplus, human rights claims and insolvency. Anthony completed his articl...

Maggie is a pension and benefits lawyer with Toronto-based firm, BMKP Law. She maintains a broad practice covering all aspects of pension, benefits and executive compensation law. She regularly provides advice to sponsors and administrators of provincially and federally regulated pension plans on plan design, administration, compliance, funding, investment and governance matters, as well as plan mergers, plan wind-ups, and the distribution of surplus. Maggie has experience working with employ...