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With complex employment and labour laws, an aging population, technology that opens businesses to increased risks, and the complications of a global marketplace, being an employer is a sophisticated endeavour.  With a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers practising in all Bennett Jones offices, our employment services practice represents private and public sector clients whose operations span business, government, trades and the professions. Whether the issues call for preventative measures or decisive action, we work with employers to manage their human capital and mitigate employment risk and disputes. Our practice includes all aspects of employment such as labour, occupational health and safety and pensions and benefits.

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"One of the best decisions I have made is going with Bennett Jones. The individuals I’ve worked with are exceptional lawyers and advisers."

A major element of our practice involves advising on employment matters arising out of mergers, acquisitions, takeovers and reorganizations, including developing executive compensation structures and devising action plans and termination packages for company relocations, closures, corporate downsizing, employee outsourcing and contract staffing.

We also advise on pension and employee benefit matters, provide counsel on the wide array of employment benefit plans and guide fund and investment managers who manage pension funds. From an employer perspective, we help clients structure pension plans and other benefit plan trusts – such as employee share ownership plans, bonus and stock-option incentive plans, group benefit plans and supplemental retirement plans – by advising on design options, drafting the required compliance documents, and setting up the necessary contracts and procedures governing employee subscriptions and distributions.

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Our advice to pension plan, administrators and trustees involves pension plan review and interpretation, plan administration issues such as preparation and review of plan texts and related funding agreements, communications with plan members, plan governance structures, pension fund investment structures and strategies and fiduciary obligations. We also advise on the tax implications of various plan structures, pension deficit and surplus issues, wind ups, disclosure and compliance issues and pension-related litigation.

In the labour arena, we represent employers involved in union certification drives, collective bargaining sessions, and in the negotiation, drafting and interpretation of collective agreements.

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"Their strengths are broad, deep subject matter expertise, responsiveness, high-quality work product, reasonable rates and being a pleasure to deal with. This is why Bennett Jones is our go-to firm in Canada."

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Recent Experience

City Wide Towing and Recovery Service Ltd., in its defence of an action brought by former owner alleging breach of post-sale non-compete obligations, and a separate matter against former employee for theft and misuse of confidential information.
Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company, in the sale of its entire Canadian fossil fuel-based electricity generation portfolio for approximately $835 million, which was completed in three stages, through the sale of its interest in the Cory project in Saskatchewan to SaskPower International Inc., a sale of its interest in the Brighton Beach project in Ontario to Ontario Power Generation Inc., and a sale of the balance of the applicable generation assets through a sale of its equity interest in ATCO Power Canada Ltd. to Heartland Generation Ltd., an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners.
United Active Living Inc., in matters related to ownership and operations of assisting living housing projects.
1908 GP Inc., in the formation of 1908 LP and the formation and capitalization of POI Holdings LP by a syndicate of private Canadian investors led by Cody Church, on behalf of Clear North Capital, together with a team that included Rakesh Saraf (formerly of ATRF) and Kenny Albert (formerly of Kilmer Capital), and the acquisition of a majority interest in the business of POI Business Interiors Inc., a provider of workspace environment solutions and a Steelcase distributer in Ontario.
Diversified, in its acquisition of the business of Advanced Presentation Products.
Wilbur-Ellis Holdings II, Inc., in its acquisition of Nachurs Alpine Solutions.
Northern Metalic Sales (F.S.J.) Ltd., an independent industrial supply company offering both traditional and non-traditional MRO products and related services, in its sale to affiliates of Side Management Ltd.
Devon Canada Corporation and Devon Canada Crude Marketing Corporation, in their approx. $3.8-billion sale of substantially all of their assets to Canadian Natural Resources Limited.
Zedi Inc., in the sale of its software and automation businesses to affiliates of Emerson Electric Co.
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., in its approximately US$300-million acquisition of RPM Technologies.
CIP Capital Management LLP, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of People 2.0, Inc.
Kissner Group Holdings LP, completed its acquisition of NSC Minerals Ltd., a market-leading provider of salt products in Western Canada and the North Central United States, from an investor group led by Altas Partners.
Canadian counsel to Conagra Brands, Inc. in its $10-9 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Longview Aviation Capital Corp., in its acquisition of the Dash 8 program from Bombardier Inc.
First Majestic, completes US$320-million acquisition of Primero and enters into new stream agreement at San Dimas Mine.
Schlumberger Production Management, on the purchase of the Palliser Block assets in Alberta from Cenovus Energy Inc. for cash consideration of $1.3 billion.
Cenovus Energy Inc., in its acquisition of ConocoPhillips' Deep Basin conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia and 50% interest in the FCCL Partnership. 
The Government of Bermuda, as Chief Legal Advisor, in the redevelopment and 30 year operation of Bermuda's L.F. Wade International Airport. 
Statoil ASA, in the sale of its Alberta oilsands assets to Athabasca Oil Corporation for the consideration of $435 million cash, 100 million common shares and contingent value payments triggered at oil prices above US$65/bbl WTI.
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a publicly-listed, Houston-based drilling services company, in its acquisition of drilling technologies companies Warrior Rig Ltd., Warrior Manufacturing Services Ltd. and certain related subsidiaries.
Acal PLC, a UK-based company and a leading international supplier of customised electronics to industry, in its acquisition of Plitron Manufacturing Inc., a Toronto-based designer and manufacturer of custom toroidal transformers for transportation, medical and industrial applications.
TerraPro Group Inc., an Alberta-based provider of environmental, terrain protection and remote access solutions, in its reorganization pursuant to a plan of arrangement and concurrent refinancing.

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Ranked, Employment & Labour
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Ranked, Labour and Employment

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