Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.‘s pensions and benefits practice is led out of Toronto by Mitch Frazer and has continued to grow and expand its Canadian offering since its establishment in March 2023.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP's Pensions, Benefits and Executive Compensation team is led out of Toronto by Jeffrey Sommers who is known for his work advising on taxation, funding, administration, wind-up of pensions and group benefit plans. The team has been active in de-risking and plan consolidation matters, as well as advising on pension aspects of sales, acquisitions and other large transactions. Natalie Bussière sits in Quebec and acts as counsel for boards of trustees, pension committees and plan sponsors. Senior counsel Jeremy Forgie is part of the Toronto team and is noted for his work on plan and fund governance, pension fund investment, divestiture, acquisitions and de-risking. Toronto-based Adam Ngan and Philipp Knoll are both well-versed in administration, governance, investments and advising on pension and employee benefits of corporate transactions. The firm assists an array of clients from major pension funds, domestic and foreign investment management companies, financial institutions and other corporate entities.

BMKP Law is well-equipped to advise clients on Canadian pension, benefits and executive compensation law. The firm is known for advising employers, universities and administrators on pension matters, such as pension plan designs and regulatory issues. The team also assists with pension issues related to M&A transactions, including pension and benefit plan restructuring. The team is jointly led out of Toronto by Elizabeth Brown, Terra Klinck, and Lindsay McLeod, while Sean Maxwell leads the team in Calgary. Brown advises public and private sector employers, sponsors and administrators, Klinck is an expert in defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, and McLeod often assists clients with equity-based compensation agreements, supplemental executive retirement plans and pension plans, while Maxwell is noted for his work on pension fund investments and plan terminations. Cary Wong and associates Pamela Odina and Maggie Carmichael are all noted for their expertise in pension matters. John Prezioso departed the firm in June 2025.

Lawson Lundell LLP has a Vancouver-based pension and employee benefit specialist team that focuses on advising clients in Western Canada. Clientele of the firm includes employers and boards of trustees of multi-employer pension and benefit plans in a wide range of sectors such as financial services, manufacturing, government and resources. The team are experts in the Income Tax Act and provincial and federal pension standards issues facing plan sponsors and administrators. The firm also assists clients with regulatory issues involved with governing, litigating, investing, merging and terminating pension and employee benefit plans. The practice is led by Murray Campbell, who assists boards of trustees and sponsors of pension and benefit plans in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Kenneth Burns focuses on legislative and regulatory compliance, governance and plan design, while Lisa Chamzuk centres her practice on multi-employer pension plans and employee life and health trusts. Megan Kaneen is noted for her work on pension plans for single-employer plans and multi-employer plans.

McCarthy Tétrault‘s pensions, benefits and executive compensation group is led out of Ontario by pension specialist Susan Nickerson. She is well-versed in a range of issues such as pension aspects of corporate transactions, restructurings and insolvencies as well as fiduciary duties and risk management. The firm assists clientele with creating and administrating pension plans, benefit and executive compensation plans and investments of pension plan assets. It is also well-versed in compliance matters, surplus entitlement under pension and group insurance arrangements and sustainable investing. Kelleher Lynch focuses on advising public, private and non-for profit clients in a range of pension issues including employee plan matters in M&As. Deron Waldock  departed the firm in September 2025.

Dentons fields a specialist pensions, benefits and executive compensation team which advises on daily pension governance, plan administration and communication strategies. Clients of the firm include both domestic and international employers, unions and corporations. The practice is jointly led by Scott Sweatman and Pamela Chan Ebejer from Toronto and Vancouver, respectively. Sweatman is known for his working advising professional hockey and baseball athletes on retirement compensation arrangements. Ebejer regularly acts as counsel for clients in pension and post-benefit retirement plans and advises on governance and pension investments.

Stikeman Elliott LLP has a sizeable team which advises on pension and benefits matters across every province in Canada. The team is noted for its work on pensions, tax, investment funds and asset management, often advising on the regulation, structuring and taxation of investment funds and investment strategies. Natasha vandenHoven  chairs the pension and benefits group from Toronto and assists clients with statutory and governmental plans, governance, fiduciary obligations and pension investments. Mark Firman is the go-to for his expertise on pension fund investments, stock option and equity-based incentive plans and corporate governance.

Torys is equipped to advise clients on pensions, benefits and executive compensation law issues such as retirement plan administration and regulatory compliance. The team is based in Toronto and led by Tom Stevenson who advises on the interpretation and application of pensions, benefits and employment legislation. Stephanie Kalinowski is a key member of the team who advises employers, plan administrators and service providers on pension plan asset transfers, mergers, investment mandates and governance structures for single-employer and jointly sponsored plans. Raegan Kennedy is an expert in corporate issues and acts as pension investment counsel for acquisitions.