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79 WELLINGTON STREET WEST, SUITE 3000
BOX 270, TD CENTRE
TORONTO, ONTARIO
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Tom Stevenson
Work Department
Pensions & Employment
Position
Tom advises clients across all areas of pension governance and employment law, including in the context of corporate and commercial transactions. He also regularly advises clients regarding the interpretation and application of pension, employment, labour and human rights legislation in the workplace, as well as assisting clients in the drafting and implementation of pension and employment documentation and practices.
Career
Alberta Bar, 2016
Ontario Bar, 2012
Memberships
Tom has taught as a guest lecturer for the Pension Law Course at the University of Toronto, as well as for the Advanced Business Law Seminar at the University of Windsor.
Tom is the Past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association Pensions and Benefits Section, and current Member-at-Large on the Pension and Benefits Section Executive for the Canadian Bar Association. He is also a member of the Labour and Employment Section and the Administrative Law Section, serving as a member of the Lobbying and Ethics Sub-Committee.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Pensions
(Next Generation Partners)Torys‘ practice provides clients with pension plan governance and pension law counsel. Its expertise also spans plan drafting, wind-ups, administration and tax issues, regulatory and governance matters and transactional support. The practice is jointly led by two Toronto-based partners: Tom Stevenson handles pension governance matters in relation to corporate and commercial transactions, and Lisa Talbot specializes in contentious employment and pensions matters. Counsel Raegan Kennedy is also of note. Ex-practice head Mitch Frazer left the firm in March 2023, along with partner Susan Nickerson, who departed in April 2023. Partner Stephanie Kalinowski, previously at Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP, joined the group in June 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and M&A
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Energy and natural resources > Power
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Cannabis
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Pensions
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Technology
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Indigenous law
- Public procurement
- International trade
- Labour and employment