PENSION AND BENEFITS PRACTICE

We provide a full range of legal services to trustees of pension and health benefit trusts and other benefit providers including:

• Designing and amending trust agreements and benefit plans
• advising on legal issues relating to administration of benefits and compliance with relevant legislation
• communications with members
• negotiation of contracts with service providers
• review, advise trustees and negotiate agreements with investment fund managers
• claim dispute resolution
• enforcement of rights of benefit providers
• litigation on behalf of trustees and defence of claims against them
• protection of contributions, particularly on employer insolvency

David Blair, senior partner, has extensive experience is this field and is recognized as one of the leading practitioners in B.C., providing advice with an understanding of how benefit design and delivery provision is affected by participation of unions on behalf of their members.