Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP's Pensions, Benefits and Executive Compensation team is led out of Toronto by Jeffrey Sommers who is known for his work advising on taxation, funding, administration, wind-up of pensions and group benefit plans. The team has been active in de-risking and plan consolidation matters, as well as advising on pension aspects of sales, acquisitions and other large transactions. Natalie Bussière sits in Quebec and acts as counsel for boards of trustees, pension committees and plan sponsors. Senior counsel Jeremy Forgie is part of the Toronto team and is noted for his work on plan and fund governance, pension fund investment, divestiture, acquisitions and de-risking. Toronto-based Adam Ngan and Philipp Knoll are both well-versed in administration, governance, investments and advising on pension and employee benefits of corporate transactions. The firm assists an array of clients from major pension funds, domestic and foreign investment management companies, financial institutions and other corporate entities.