Avocat(e), Régimes de retraite et avantages sociaux | Pension & Benefits Associate

Job summary

The associate will advise clients on operational and strategic pension and benefits matters, including due diligence for transactions and plan governance. Responsibilities also include drafting plan documents, managing regulatory compliance, and handling executive compensation and asset transfers.

Job details

The associate will advise clients on operational and strategic pension and benefits matters, including due diligence for transactions and plan governance. Responsibilities also include drafting plan documents, managing regulatory compliance, and handling executive compensation and asset transfers. Candidates must have three to five years of relevant experience in pension and benefits law, ideally in private practice. A Bachelor of Laws degree and membership in the Quebec Bar are required, along with excellent academic records and bilingual proficiency in French and English.

What you’ll do

The associate will advise clients on operational and strategic pension and benefits matters, including due diligence for transactions and plan governance. Responsibilities also include drafting plan documents, managing regulatory compliance, and handling executive compensation and asset transfers.

Requirements

Candidates must have three to five years of relevant experience in pension and benefits law, ideally in private practice. A Bachelor of Laws degree and membership in the Quebec Bar are required, along with excellent academic records and bilingual proficiency in French and English.

Listed skills

• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Teamwork · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Pension law
• Benefits law
• Due diligence
• Regulatory compliance
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Restructuring
• Insolvency
• Annuity buy-outs
• Taxation
• Executive compensation
• Asset transfers
• Legal drafting
• Analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Bilingualism
• Teamwork

Job areas

• Legal
• Finance & Accounting
• Consulting

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