Andrea Boctor is a partner and Head of the Pensions & Benefits Group, as well as Co-Chair of the Toronto office’s Community Involvement and Pro Bono Committee. Andrea advises clients in all areas of pensions and benefits, with emphasis on pension issues in the context of bankruptcy and insolvency, and fiduciary duty and governance. She also advises clients with respect to a full range of pension investment and administration issues, and the pension issues that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions and lending arrangements. She is frequently called upon for her expertise by government and in litigation matters.
In addition, Andrea advises clients on executive compensation matters including the taxation of stock and non-stock based compensation, supplemental pension and retirement compensation arrangements, and bonus arrangements.
Professional Activities
Andrea is the co-editor of Pension Benefits Law in Ontario (an annotated Ontario Pension Benefits Act) and editor of Canadian Cases on Pensions and Benefits (a case law reporter). She writes and speaks extensively on pensions-related issues, and contributes to the firm's Employment and Pension Law blog.
Andrea is an adjunct professor at Queen’s University Law School and is a regular guest lecturer on pension issues in the context of insolvency and restructuring at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Professional Development.
Andrea is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Law Society of Ontario, Association of Canadian Pension Management, and International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association. She is a past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Pensions and Benefits Section executive, and the current vice-chair of the Federal Council of the Association of Canadian Pension Management.