Pensions
Plan for every angle
Align legal, financial, and human insight to shape decisions that stand the test of time
Pension plans can be an advantage or an anchor. Done well, they’re a competitive edge for attracting and retaining talent. Structured poorly or simply left to drift, they can limit flexibility, complicate deals, and slow strategic change. Add funding pressure, demographic shifts, and rising scrutiny, even healthy plans can become difficult to steer.
Combining deep actuarial insight, funding strategy, and regulatory expertise in a truly distinctive way, we dissect complex issues to uncover creative solutions others may miss. From plan structure and administration to operations and compliance, we focus on long-term outcomes over short-term fixes, ensuring your pension arrangements endure for generations to come.
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SubscribeClarity under pressure
Our clients count on us when the path forward isn’t clear and when standard approaches won’t hold. We thrive in supporting clients through these moments, bringing the knowledge, discipline, and ingenuity required to move forward with confidence.
Here’s what sets us apart
Strategic pension thinking, not just technical answers: We look beyond statutory requirements to help you understand how pension decisions affect governance, workforce strategy, balance sheets, and transactions. Whether you’re adjusting plan design or responding to regulatory change, we focus on client solutions that make sense in the real world.
Deep transactional and restructuring experience: Pension issues often surface at the most critical moments: mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and insolvencies. We help you identify exposure early, navigate surplus and deficit questions, and manage pension risk in a way that supports deal certainty and execution.
Trusted across sectors and plan types: From private corporations to public sector employers, we advise sponsors, administrators, and trustees of single-employer, multi-employer, and jointly sponsored plans with a sophisticated understanding of how different governance models and risk frameworks perform in practice.
Borderless pension solutions: As one of the few Canadian law firms with truly global reach, we’re uniquely positioned to help pension administrators navigate foreign markets. We don’t just advise on cross-border deals; we deliver them, working closely with global sector specialists to provide seamless support across Canada, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
“Pension decisions are never just legal questions; they’re business, financial, and people ones too. The right advice helps you see around corners, manage risk realistically, and make choices that stand up over time.”
— Deron Waldock, Partner
End-to-end pension strategies
Pension challenges rarely fit neatly into one category. Our integrated approach allows us to support you across the full lifecycle of your plan, from day-to-day administration to high-stakes corporate events. Explore our services:
