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Lisa J. Mills is an experienced pension and benefits lawyer with Toronto-based firm, Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso LLP. She has 25 years of experience providing advice to both federally and provincially-regulated pension plan sponsors and administrators regarding pension plan design, regulatory compliance and all other aspects of administering defined benefit, defined contribution and hybrid pension plans.

Lisa appears as counsel on pension and benefit matters including in the arbitration context and regularly advises private and public sector employers on the pension and benefits aspects of corporate transactions and insolvencies. Lisa has recently assisted numerous employers on the establishment of new plans and governance frameworks and on the legal aspects of defined benefit plan de-risking. Lisa recently completed the Institute of Corporate Directors Not-for-Profit Governance Essentials Program. Lisa regularly provides advice on employment-related tax arrangements including supplemental pension arrangements and employee life and health trusts. She completed the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Depth Tax Course and has a particular interest and significant experience in resolving the income tax elements of pension and benefit matters.

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Location
  • Richmond-Adelaide Centre
    130 Adelaide Street W., Suite 1005
    Toronto, ON M5H 3P5
    Canada
Education
  • University of Toronto, LL. B.
Bar Admissions
  • Ontario, 1997
Affiliations
  • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans - Member
  • Ontario Bar Association, Pension and Benefits Law Section - Member
  • Canadian Bar Association, Pension and Benefits Law Section - Member
  • Institute of Corporate Directors - Member
  • Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario, Standing Committee for Defined Benefit Single-Employer Pension Plans - Member (2020-2023)
  • PHSS Medical & Complex Care in Community Board of Directors - Board Member (2022-2023)
  • Queen’s University Faculty of Law - Sessional Instructor, Pensions and the Law (2009-2013)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 for work in:
  • Employee Benefits Law
Awards:
  • Chambers Canada (2020-2024)
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada (2019-2024)
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2016-2023)
  • Who’s Who Legal: Labour, Employment & Benefits (2019-2023)
  • Who’s Who Legal: Canada (2019-2022)
  • Lexpert Zenith Award (2018)
  • Lexpert Rising Stars (2009)

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