Maggie Carmichael, Toronto | Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

About Maggie

Maggie’s practice focuses on all aspects of pensions, benefits, and executive compensation law. Maggie advises clients on matters including plan administration, governance, design, taxation, investment, and termination. She has experience working with sponsors and administrators of both federally and provincially regulated defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. Maggie also advises on pension, other benefit, and equity and deferred compensation aspects of corporate transactions.

Maggie completed her articles with Blakes in 2018/2019. She has a J.D. from Queen's University, where she was named to the Dean's List.

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Recent representative matters in which Maggie has been involved include:

Sycamore Partners on its acquisition of Lowe's Companies, Inc.’s Canadian retail business including Lowe’s Canada and Rona stores
Penn National Gaming, Inc. in its US$2-billion acquisition of Score Media and Gaming, Inc.
dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. in connection with its C$700-million initial public offering and C$250-million concurrent private placement of subordinate voting shares for total proceeds of approximately C$950-million
Knix Wear Inc. on the US$313-million sale of 80% interest in Knix to Essity
Coty Inc. on Canadian aspects of its strategic transaction with KKR for Coty's Professional and Retail Hair business valued at US$4.3-billion
Equinix, Inc. on its C$1.04-billion acquisition of 25 data-centre facilities across Canada from BCE Inc.
FirstGroup plc in the US$4.6-billion sale of First Student and First Transit to EQT Infrastructure
Advised various pension clients on plan amendments, restatements, asset transfers, and plan wind-ups, as well as other plan administration matters
Advised on the merger of several single employer pension plans into a jointly sponsored pension plan

Professional Appearances

Co-speaker: What’s New in Pensions and Benefits?
Canadian Bar Association Pensions and Benefits Law Online Symposium, June 14, 2023.
Co-speaker: WFH 101
HR Legal Considerations for Remote Work Webinar, June 13, 2023.
Speaker: Regulatory Round-Up and Case Law Update
Recent Developments in Pensions and Employee Benefits Law Seminar, May 16, 2023.
Co-speaker: Administrative Guidelines for Life Events
Canadian Pension Certificate Program, Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute in partnership with the Human Resources Professionals Association, October 31, 2022.
Co-speaker: Pension and Employee Benefits Updates for 2022
Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute Webinar, October 18, 2022.
Panellist: LGBTQ+ Representation and Advancement in the Legal Profession
PRIMSE Conference, Toronto, Ontario, June 18, 2022.
Co-speaker: Electronic Communications and Beneficiary Designations
Key Topics and Developments in the Pensions & Benefits Sector, Webinar, June 9, 2022.
Co-speaker: Regulatory Round-Up and Case Law Update: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Key Topics and Developments in the Pensions & Benefits Sector, Webinar, November 18, 2021.
Co-speaker: Regulatory Round-Up and Case Law Update with a Focus on the Fraser Decision
Recent Developments in Pensions, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Law, Webinar, June 17, 2021.
Co-speaker: Case Law and Regulatory Roundup
Recent Developments in Pensions, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Law, Webinar, November 18, 2020.