Representative Work

In 2018, John  represented a foreign parent corporation in defending two proposed Newfoundland and Labrador class actions seeking damages over $250 million in relation to pension and benefits claims related to insolvent Canadian subsidiaries.

In 2018, Lisa  advised the employer sponsor of a public sector jointly sponsored pension plan on the creation of a new benefit option under the plan for the not-for-profit sector.

Terra acted as pension and benefits counsel to a large steel manufacturer in its 2014-2017 Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act proceedings, in which the restructuring of legacy pension and post-retirement benefits were a critical aspect of the restructuring. Terra  acted for this employer in 2018 in the successful further restructuring of the "post-retirement benefit deal" with the unions and retiree groups.