John Prezioso, founding principal of Prescient Compensation Law, has over 20 years of experience in Canadian pension, benefits, and compensation law. He advises clients in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors on compliance, administration and governance issues relating to their pension plans and employee group benefits plans, and issues relating to pension plan investment, de-risking of defined benefit pension plans and decumulation issues in the defined contribution context. John has extensive experience working with employers and leading compensation consultants in the design, drafting, administration and communication of incentive compensation plans for employees and executives, and with tax, employment and other compliance issues relating to incentive compensation plans. John has also taught the Pension Law course at Queen’s University Faculty of Law.
John Prezioso
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2019 Awarded Practice Areas
Employee Benefits Law
Awarded Practice Areas
Employee Benefits Law
Works at
Prescient Compensation Law
1 Best Lawyers award
Biography
Works at
Prescient Compensation Law
1 Best Lawyers award
Locations
Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, J.D.
Bar Admissions
Affiliations
- Osgoode Professional Development, Pension Law Certificate Program - Instructor
- Canadian Bar Association: Pension and Benefits Law Section, Labour and Employment Law Section, Taxation Law Section - Member
- Ontario Bar Association: Pension and Benefits Law Section, Labour and Employment Law Section, Taxation Law Section - Member
- Queen’s University Faculty of Law - Past Sessional Instructor, Pensions and the Law
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2026 for work in:
- Employee Benefits Law
Awards:
- Chambers Canada (2021-2025)
The Legal 500 Canada: Leading Partner, Pensions (2025)
The Best Lawyers in Canada (2019-2025)
Lexology Index: Labour, Employment and Benefits (2023-2024)
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2021, 2023-2024)
Additional Information
Q&A
Prescient Compensation Law is a boutique law firm practicing exclusively in the area of Canadian pension, benefits and compensation law. We partner with our clients and their advisors to seamlessly deliver trusted, efficient, practical and timely advice to address our clients’ needs in this specialized area.
Perhaps the most challenging and interesting aspects of practicing pension, benefits and executive compensation law is that there are few commonly asked questions. On a day-to-day basis we engage with subject matter experts in a highly technical area. Clients typically come to us for advice when they encounter novel circumstances, or an operational objective has taken them into uncharted legal waters. That no two work days are the same makes our practice area both challenging and intellectually rewarding.
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