Guided several major financial institutions though extensive restructurings and mass terminations.
Work
We offer legal services that include advice, courtroom and tribunal advocacy, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, policy development and strategic planning. Below are examples of work we have performed for our clients.
Advised a telecommunications company on the people issues associated with the purchase and sale of businesses.
Renegotiated and drafted executive employment agreements for financial institutions.
Provided strategic advice to a media company in order to successfully resist union certification.
Successfully represented multi-national manufacturing employers in a variety of situations involving wrongful competition and solicitation.
Argued successfully on behalf of a college for the dismissal of an application for judicial review of a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision.
Defeated a grievance in which the grievor claimed an entitlement to sick pay benefits during a period of absence for which her claim for WSIB benefits was denied.
Argued successfully for the dismissal of a human rights application on the basis that the application had no reasonable prospect of success as a result of delay and the applicant’s inability to rely on statements made during mediation.
Successfully defended a discharge grievance for a long-term care home involving a healthcare worker terminated for resident abuse.
Strategic advisor to multi-location retailer in relation to union negotiations concerning significant business restructuring.