Pensions & Benefits

Elizabeth Brown is a highly acclaimed Toronto-based lawyer at Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso, who is renowned for her work on the formation and restructuring of major pension plans. She regularly advises employers in the public and private sectors and is notably active in the representation of universities.

I admire and respect Elizabeth's skill, judgement and work ethic. She is a consummate professional and a very decent person.

Elizabeth is extremely talented at explaining complex pension matters.

Excellent advice and support.

Terra Klinck of Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso is esteemed for her skills in pension governance, compliance and implementation. Based in Toronto, she frequently provides pensions and benefits advice to clients such as banks and insurance companies.

Pension is a very technical area and Terra makes it accessible.

Terra is very practical. Pension legislation can be extremely technical, archaic and in some cases incomprehensible. She has the incredible ability to take that and make it understandable for us.

Sean Maxwell of Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso is based in Calgary, where he acts for a range of clients including airlines and energy companies. He is adept at advising on the pensions aspects of M&A alongside his strengths in pension restructurings and deferred compensation arrangements.

Sean is responsive and provides excellent advice on the issues needing to be addressed.

Sean Maxwell is a proven legal expert, he provides sage and practical legal advice.

Sean is really smart and quite practical. I find the subject matter dry so I am not very good at it. He can help me figure things out and help me understand things and not make me feel stupid.

John Prezioso of Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso is based in Toronto and is widely noted for his pension administration and compliance practice. He often represents pension plan sponsors and also has experience advising on pension governance.

John is a very thoughtful expert. He has a strong understanding of nuances of pensions benefit act and how we navigate that with the governance and multiple unions part of the plan.

John connects real world experiences in case law with our processes and documentation to help us manage risk. He is very responsive, working to meet or exceed our timelines.

John regularly offers us the latest news with respect to best practices. He genuinely seeks to understand how our business operates and identifies areas for improvement.

Lindsay McLeod of Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso frequently advises leading national companies on the pensions and benefits aspects of major acquisitions. She is based in Toronto and also excels at advising private equity funds, as well as assisting with pension investments.

Lindsay is great and practical.

Lindsay provides excellent support.

Maggie Carmichael enjoys a growing reputation for her pensions and benefits practice and offers strengths in a broad range of compliance and administration matters.

She is personable, detail-oriented and effective.

Maggie Carmichael has strong problem-solving, research and project management skills.

Pamela Odina is an associate who offers broad expertise in pension and benefits matters.

Pamela is an excellent lawyer.

She is a great pensions advisor.