Paul W. Litner

Paul W. Litner

(416) 862-4730
(416) 862-6666
100 King St W, Suite 6200, 1 First Cdn Pl, PO Box 50, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1990 (ON)
Paul is a partner on the firm’s Pensions & Benefits Group and former chair of the department. He has over 30 years of experience advising public and private sector organizations on a variety of legal and compliance issues in relation to their pension and benefit plans. He has extensive experience advising on plan funding, fiduciary responsibilities, governance, compliance, benefits administration, conversions, pension litigation, pension fund investments, plan wind-ups, surplus utilization, and pension/benefit aspects of corporate transactions. Paul serves as Board counsel and advisor to several jointly sponsored pension plans in Ontario. Has published numerous articles for industry publications, including International Pension Lawyer and Benefits Canada, on a variety of pension/benefits subjects. A regular lecturer at continuing education and pension industry programs, including the Lancaster House, CPBI, ACPM, and IFEBP conferences. Paul is past Chair of ACPM’s National Policy Committee and member of Ontario’s Financial Services Tribunal from 2002 to 2010.
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