Ian  McSweeney

Ian McSweeney, Partner, Pensions & Benefits

Contact Information

  • tel: 416.862.6578
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Bar Admission

Ontario, 1981

Education

  • University of Western Ontario, LL.B.
  • University of Western Ontario, B.BA.

Office

Toronto

Language(s)

English

Biography

Ian practises exclusively in the field of pensions and employee benefits and advises clients on pension plans, supplemental retirement arrangements, deferred profit sharing plans and other employee and executive compensation programs. He provides advice with respect to both private and public sector pension plans, and is consulted on pensions and benefits issues by plan administrators, plan sponsors, corporate trustees, boards of trustees for multi and single employer plans and governmental agencies responsible for pension administration. Ian is the editor of Pension Benefits Law in Ontario (Carswell) and a former Vice-Chair of the Pension Commission of Ontario (now Financial Services Commission of Ontario) Legal Advisory Committee.

Notable Matters

  • The Nortel Board of Directors on pension matters in the Nortel CCAA restructuring.
  • Surplus distribution settlements in connection with a Montreal trust partial wind-up.
  • Imperial Oil in forced annuitization and partial wind-up matters before the Ontario Financial Services Tribunal.
  • Ongoing advice to clients on pension plan administration, governance and compliance issues, including trust law and surplus issues and pension plan termination issues.

Affiliations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute
  • Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM)
  • International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA), Past Chair of IPEBLA Steering Committee

Industry Recognition

  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers 2010: Employment
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010: Pensions
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010: Employee Benefits Law

Publications/Events/Education

Ian has lectured at various programs sponsored by the Ontario Bar Admissions Course, the Canadian Bar Association–Ontario, The International Foundation of Employee Benefits, the Canadian Pension Conference, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Trust Companies Institute, Insight, Federated Press, The Canadian Institute, Lexium, the Canadian Tax Foundation, IPEBLA and The Conference Board of Canada.

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