Pensions & Benefits Lawyer – 2 to 4 Years’ Experience

October 14, 2016

Are you ready to take your next step? Join Osler’s Pensions and Benefits Department in either our Toronto or Montreal office and see where your career can take you. Working alongside some of the best and brightest legal minds in one of the largest groups of full-time pensions and benefits law practitioners of any Canadian law firm, you will have the opportunity to work on a broad spectrum of pensions and benefits matters. Osler’s Pensions and Benefits Department is band 1 ranked by Chambers Global and Chambers Canada.

The successful candidate will:

• have 2 to 4 years of pension law experience
• have some experience advising plan administrators, plan sponsors, trustees, and major institutional pension funds on a wide range of matters including pension plan design, administration, governance, legislative compliance, fiduciary responsibilities, plan wind-ups, pension fund investment, surplus strategies, and pension and benefit issues arising from corporate transactions
• have some experience advising clients on employee and executive compensation programs including supplemental retirement arrangements and deferred profit sharing plans
• possess excellent communication and drafting skills
• have excellent academic credentials
• be a member in good standing with the Law Society of Upper Canada

Consistently ranked as one of Canada’s leading business law firms by clients and leading independent reviews, Osler offers you the benefit of working with more than 400 of the best legal minds in the country and the opportunity to develop your skills in a high-growth area.

If you have strong interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and would like to join our growing team, please reply in confidence with a cover letter, detailed résumé and academic transcripts to:

Janette Canvin

Chief Professional Resources Officer

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

1 First Canadian Place, P.O. Box 50

Toronto, ON   M5X 1B8

E-mail:  associateprogram@osler.com

No agencies please.

Osler is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.