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Provided by Megan Kaneen
Administration, Pension Governance & Investment; Mergers & Acquisitions: Pension & Benefits Issues; Pensions & Employee Benefits.
Megan advises boards of trustees and plan sponsors on a variety of legal matters involving pension plans, employee life and health trusts and other benefit plans. Her clients include both single employer plans and trusteed multi-employer plans across a wide range of industries.
Megan prepares and amends plan texts and trust agreements, advises on the application of provincial and federal pension legislation and regulator policy, and drafts supporting plan documentation such as participation agreements, third party reimbursement agreements and governance policies. She advises on issues that arise in day-to-day plan administration, assists her clients with specialized projects such as plan conversions, plan terminations and matters related to ownership of plan surplus, and assists the resolution of benefit disputes outside of court. She regularly works with the BC Financial Services Authority and other regulatory agencies through her practice.
Megan also negotiates a variety of plan contracts for her clients, including investment management and subscription agreements, custodial or solvency reserve account trust agreements, letter of credit trust agreements, securities lending agreements, annuity contracts, disability insurance policies and other pension and benefit plan service provider agreements. Megan has significant experience reviewing and advising on pension and benefit plan investment agreements.
The Law Society of British Columbia, Member
The Law Society of Saskatchewan, Member
Canadian Bar Association, Pensions and Benefits Section (Current B.C. Section Co-Chair (4 terms), Current National Executive Member (4 terms), Past B.C. Section Chair (3 terms), Past B.C. Section Secretary (3 terms)
Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Member
Association of Canadian Pension Management, Member
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Member
International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers’ Association, Member
Provided by Chambers
Megan Kaneen of Lawson Lundell is based in Vancouver and is increasingly well-regarded for her work assisting with the maintenance and governance of pension funds. She is also well-versed in pension regulatory matters.
Provided by Chambers
Megan provides excellent advice, always in a timely manner and was a key contributor to a recent transaction of ours that successfully concluded.
We are very pleased with Megan's knowledge and diligence.
Megan has provided advice on numerous issues at the right level of detail and sophistication, while being responsive and a pleasure to work with.
Extremely attentive and knowledgeable.
Megan is amazing. Proactive, knowledgeable, she understands our business. She helps get to the issues where decisions need to be made and goes above and beyond.
Megan provides excellent advice, always in a timely manner and was a key contributor to a recent transaction of ours that successfully concluded.
We are very pleased with Megan's knowledge and diligence.
Megan has provided advice on numerous issues at the right level of detail and sophistication, while being responsive and a pleasure to work with.
Extremely attentive and knowledgeable.
Megan is amazing. Proactive, knowledgeable, she understands our business. She helps get to the issues where decisions need to be made and goes above and beyond.