About Andrea
Andrea is the Practice Group Leader of the Blakes National Employment & Labour group and co-chair of the Firm's Privacy group. She is an experienced advocate with 25 years of experience in the areas of employment and privacy law. Her practice is devoted exclusively to advising corporations and other employers on employment and privacy law matters.
Andrea provides clients with timely and practical advice on day-to-day human resources and employee relations issues that impact their workplaces. She works with employers across a variety of industries, including banking and financial services, retail, manufacturing, medical and consumer products, technology, pharma, and marketing and advertising. Andrea regularly works with clients on the preparation of employment, executive compensation and termination agreements, and assists clients with employee policy development and review. When disputes arise, she also acts for employers in various legal proceedings, including wrongful dismissal and human rights claims as well as claims enforcing post-employment obligations. Andrea also advises on the employment and privacy law aspects of commercial transactions, including M&A transactions, reorganizations, insolvencies and outsourcing transactions.
Andrea is also a member of the Blakes NITRO team, and a member and past co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee at Blakes.
