Jennifer Mathers McHenry

Practice Areas

Executive employment law and employment law for employers, including: offers of employment, termination of employment, human rights, changes of control, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, investigations, resignations, constructive dismissals, and post-employment fiduciary and contractual obligations.

Jennifer’s litigation practice encompasses a wide range of complex employment and workplace-related commercial litigation including actions involving wrongful and constructive dismissal, breaches of human rights legislation, bad faith performance of a contract, breach of contract, breach of confidence, unfair competition, negligent misrepresentation, partnership disputes, and shareholder disputes.

Career

Jennifer began her legal career as a commercial and employment litigator at one of Toronto’s premier litigation boutiques, then spent more than a decade at a second premier Toronto boutique where she was a partner and where her practice focused on executive employment law and litigation, and on providing strategic and legal advice to senior executives, directors, partners, and others at pivotal transition points in their careers. Jennifer founded Mathers McHenry & Co. in 2019 with a commitment to surrounding herself with integrity and excellence and to focusing on what she does best.

In addition to her “hard law” expertise, Jennifer frequently helps senior executives navigate interpersonal and other complexities that regularly present themselves in the context of the employment relationship, all with an eye on their legal rights and options. Jennifer regularly plays the role of sounding board, strategist, and PR/communications consultant for her clients and is able to assist them with achieving their unique goals with a view to creating, protecting and preserving their legal rights.

Jennifer frequently assists those participating in workplace investigations, whether as complainant or subject. She also conducts workplace investigations which are designed to be reliable, minimally invasive, and alive to the potential for work and culture disruption an investigation presents. She is also a trained mediator and offers mediation services in a limited number of employment cases.

Jennifer knows the law and, often even more importantly, she “gets” people. She deploys a range of skills and talents in service of her clients.

Education