Kenneth Burns

Practice Areas

Administration, Pension Governance & Investment; Multi-Employer Pension & Benefit Plans; Pensions & Employee Benefits; Energy; Financial Services; Forestry; Mining

Career

Ken practices exclusively in the firm’s pensions and employee benefits law practice group. He advises pension and benefit plan sponsors on a range of legal and regulatory issues affecting their plans. He advises on pension plan governance and compliance monitoring projects, regulatory applications and the handling of pension disputes. He works with managers in the drafting and maintenance of pension documents, including plan texts, trust agreements, governance policies, investment policies, funding policies, plan assessments, as well as investment manager and other service provider contracts. Ken is frequently involved in assisting parties in mergers and acquisitions on the pension and benefits issues arising in the course of planning and executing their transactions.

Professional Memberships

Canadian Bar Insurance Association (CBIA) & Lawyers Financial, Board of Directors (2024)

Association of Canadian Pension Management, Vice-President, British Columbia Regional Council, Past Chair; Chair of the 2013 and 2019 National Conference and National Conference Planning Committee

Canadian Bar Association, Pension and Benefits Section, Past National Executive Member (3 terms) and Past British Columbia Section Chair (3 terms)

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Past Canadian Legal/Legislative and Public Sector Committee Member

International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers’ Association, Program Chair of the 2014 Conference; Member of the 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2020 Conference Planning Committees

Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute, Past British Columbia Council Member