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Cheryl Elliott, Partner, Baker & McKenzie - Canada
Cheryl has been a partner of Baker & McKenzie since 1989. She has extensive experience in providing strategic human resources advice to both domestic and international private and public sector employers. Her practice includes providing detailed advice on handling employee terminations; handling wrongful dismissal claims; drafting of employment contracts; review and drafting of employment policies; employment standards matters, human rights obligations; pay and employment equity; advising on employment and labour issues in the context of commercial transactions, including purchases, mergers and amalgamations, and providing advice to unionized employers on collective agreement interpretation, grievance mediation and collective bargaining generally. Cheryl has also written numerous articles on various employment and labour matters.
Jeremy Hann, Associate Baker & McKenzie - Canada
Jeremy joined Baker & McKenzie in 2004 and currently practices as an associate in the Labour, Employment and Regulatory Law group. Prior to joining Baker and McKenzie, as an associate Jeremy articled with Baker & McKenzie in Toronto. Jeremy’s practice encompasses all aspects of labour, employment and regulatory law with a particular emphasis on litigation, general labour, employment and employee benefits law counseling, as well as the various employment and employee benefits issues which arise in the context of corporate transactions. Jeremy is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association and the Toronto Advocates’ Society.
Donna Walwyn, Partner Baker & McKenzie - Canada
Donna is Head of the Pensions and Employee Benefits Practice in the Toronto office. Donna advises corporations and other organizations in all areas of pension and employee benefits law, including: plan and fund governance, federal and provincial regulatory compliance, plan administration, pension fund investment, fiduciary duties and obligations, executive compensation and pension and employee benefit issues in the general employment law and unionized context, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and divestitures. She also regularly liaises with third party service providers and consultants on behalf of clients. Donna has represented pension funds, boards of trustees, plan administrators and internal pension committees on pension and other employee benefits matters, and has appeared before the regulatory tribunal on behalf of such clients. Prior to joining Baker & McKenzie, Donna practiced exclusively in the area of pensions and employee benefits law with a boutique firm in Toronto. She has a background in pension policy and compliance and prior to the practice of law worked with provincial pension regulator in a variety of statutory compliance roles.
