About Our Speakers
Paul W. Litner
Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Mr. Litner is the Chair of the firm’s National Pensions & Benefits department. Regularly advises public and private sector organizations on a variety of legal and compliance issues in relation to their pension and benefit plans. Paul has extensive experience advising in the areas of: plan funding, fiduciary responsibilities, governance, administration, changes to benefits, pension litigation, fund investments, plan wind-ups, surplus utilization and the pension/benefits aspects of corporate transactions.
Recognized as a leading practitioner in pension and benefits law in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. He has also been repeatedly recognized as an expert in pension and benefits law in both The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Global Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers, and is peer review rated by Martindale Hubbell. Paul was a member of Ontario’s Financial Services Tribunal from 2002 through 2010.
Mr. Litner has published numerous articles for industry publications, including International Pension Lawyer and Benefits Canada, on a variety of pension/benefits subjects. He is also a regular lecturer at continuing education and pension industry programmes, including the CCCA, the CPBI, the ACPM and IFEBP conferences. Paul was also a consulting editor of Lancaster House’s Pension & Benefits E-bulletin from its inception in 2004 until 2010.
Paul is an active participant in the pension industry and is currently the Chair of the ACPM’s National Policy Committee. |
Jonathan Marin
Associate, Pension & Benefits, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Mr. Marin advises on legal and regulatory issues affecting all aspects of provincially and federally regulated pension plans and other employee benefit plans. Jon deals with issues such as plan design, governance and administration, wind ups, as well as pension and benefit issues arising in corporate transactions. Jon joined the firm as a summer student in 2009, completed his articles with the firm in 2010-2011, and returned to the firm as an associate in 2011.
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