15th Annual Pension & Benefits Seminar

Date
October 22, 2025Program Start Time
12:30 PM EDTProgram End Time
5:00 PM EDTEvent Format
Hybrid | Online & In-Person TorontoWe are delighted to invite you to our 15th Annual Pension & Benefits Seminar. Lawyers from our Pension, Benefits & Executive Compensation Group and other McCarthy Tétrault experts will provide you with legal and governance insights into key trends and the legal opportunities and risks they present. Please join us in our Toronto office or online for our annual half day update.
Topics to be discussed include:
- Legislative and regulatory updates
- Beneficiary and power of attorney considerations
- Family law and marriage breakdown issues
- Surplus utilization and risk management
Speakers include:
- Susan Nickerson, Partner, Head of National Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, McCarthy Tétrault
- Lori Duffy, Senior Counsel, Lead - Private Wealth, Estates and Trusts Group, McCarthy Tétrault
- Gregory Winfield, Counsel, National Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, McCarthy Tétrault
- Kelleher Lynch, Partner, National Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, McCarthy Tétrault
- Francis Racine, Associate, National Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, McCarthy Tétrault
- Julia Miller, Associate, National Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, McCarthy Tétrault
- Emmanuel Onyemachi, Associate, National Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, McCarthy Tétrault
- Andrew Donelle, Senior Director, Deferred Income Plans, Tax Legislation Division, Finance Canada
Note: The presentation will take place in our Toronto office. For those participants who cannot join us in person, we are offering this program via webinar. If you are interested in this alternative, please select the appropriate option during the online registration process. All instructions and information on how to access the webinar will be forwarded a few days before the event.
This program qualifies for up to 3.25 hours of CPD credit under the mandatory education regimes in British Columbia and Ontario.
Barreau du Québec Continuing Education: This program contains up to 3.25 hours of content. For more information regarding the declaration and recognition of educational activities, please contact the Barreau du Québec.
For questions about this seminar, please contact clientevents@mccarthy.ca.
Speakers
Susan NickersonPartner | Head, Pensions, Benefits, & Executive Compensation
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Guest Speaker
Andrew Donelle