P.A. Neena "Neena" Gupta

Neena Gupta is a partner in the firm’s Waterloo and Toronto offices. Her practice focuses on a broad range of employment and human rights matters.

Neena has advised a broad range of employers, from start ups to world-renowned multinationals, on all aspects of employment law, including employment policies, offer letters, compensation plans, cross-border employment and regulatory compliance in Canada.

Neena regularly advises employers on both compliance and litigation involving the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Canada Labour Code, the Canadian Human Rights Act, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Employment Standards Act, 2001 (Ontario).

A popular and engaging speaker, Neena has been invited to present at the International Bar Association (IBA), Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA), the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), the Advocates’ Society, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and the International Paralegal Management Association (IPMA). She developed the employment law course at Seneca College and taught at both the University of Toronto and Queen’s Universities as an adjunct professor at their respective Faculties of Law on human rights.

She served for five years as a governor of the Law Commission of Ontario, which focuses solely on law reform, and is currently on the Rules Committee of the Ontario Superior Court. She is a director of TiE Toronto, which is part of an international network supporting entrepreneurship.

In 2002, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee medal in recognition of her service to the legal profession and the community at large.