Pensions & Benefits
Nationwide - Canada
7 years ranked
Provided by BMKP Law
Pension, Benefits and Executive Compensation.
Lindsay is an experienced pension and benefits lawyer with BMKP Law. She has over 15 years of experience providing strategic and practical advice to both provincially and federally regulated employers, sponsors and plan administrators. She advises clients on regulatory compliance, governance and administration matters for registered pension plans and supplemental executive retirement plans (SERPs). She has a wealth of experience advising public and private companies on equity-based compensation arrangements, including stock option plans, deferred share unit (DSU) plans, restricted share unit (RSU) plans and profits interest plans. Lindsay has extensive experience advising clients on the risks and complex issues that arise in connection with pension and employee benefits in the context of corporate transactions, including with respect to equity-based compensation arrangements.
• Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario – Member of Pension Sector Technical Advisory Committee for Multi-Employer Pension Plans (2020-2024)
• Canadian Bar Association, Pension and Benefits Law Section – Executive Committee Member (2021-2023)
• Ontario Bar Association, Pension and Benefits Law Section – Member, Former Chair (2015-2022)
Recognized in:
• The Best Lawyers in Canada (2019-2027)
• The Legal 500 Canada (2021-2026)
• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2022-2026)
• Lexology Index: Labour, Employment and Benefits (2024-2026)
Provided by Chambers
Lindsay McLeod of BMKP Law 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.
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Not only does she have extremely strong technical legal skills, she is able to help clients understand and apply the advice in a clear and business-minded fashion. Lindsay takes incredibly complex issues and distils them for clients in a way that helps them understand risk and reach their business goals.
Lindsay has an analytical approach to evaluating matters and layers in her legal expertise to provide relevant and practical guidance.
Lindsay is able to explain complex systems easily for comprehension at all levels of knowledge.
Lindsay is a really good lawyer. She is incredibly intelligent and can do really complex work.
Lindsay is very knowledgeable about pension law.
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