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Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth Brown is one of Canada’s leading pension, benefits, and executive compensation lawyers, bringing more than 30 years of practice experience to her role as a founding partner of BMKP Law LLP. She advises public‑sector/broader‑public‑sector, and private‑sector employers, plan sponsors, and administrators on defined benefit, defined contribution, and jointly sponsored pension plans, as well as group benefit arrangements. Elizabeth’s expertise includes complex multi-party plan design and funding matters, major plan restructurings; administration, governance, fiduciary duties, regulatory compliance, plan design, major plan restructuring, mergers, wind‑ups, de‑risking strategies, and pension litigation. She is counsel to the Employer Sponsor of the University Pension Plan Ontario. Elizabeth was recently appointed to the OMERS Sponsors Corporation Board of Directors — serving on the Corporate Governance & Risk Committee and the Plan Design Committee — and to the National Ballet School Board of Directors. She is recognized by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, Lexpert, and the Lexology Index, and is the recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s 2017 Award of Excellence in Pensions and Benefits Law.

Maggie Carmichael

Maggie Carmichael is an associate at BMKP Law LLP practicing in the areas of pension, benefits and executive compensation law. She provides advice to sponsors and administrators of provincially and federally regulated defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans on plan design, administration, compliance, funding, investment and governance matters, as well as plan mergers, plan wind-ups, and the distribution of surplus. Maggie also provides advice on the pension, benefits and equity-based compensation aspects of corporate transactions, including mergers & acquisitions and reorganizations. She has experience working with employers in the design, drafting and implementation of incentive compensation plans, and with tax and other compliance issues relating to incentive compensation plans. In addition to the practice of law, Maggie is a member of the Board of Directors of Trafalgar Castle School, where she currently serves as Chair of the Risk Committee and previously served on the Governance Committee. Maggie has been recognized by Chambers and Partners and Best Lawyers for her expertise.

Terra Klinck

Terra Klinck is a leading pension and benefits lawyer with over 25 years of experience. She is the Managing Partner of BMKP Law LLP, a pension, benefits, and executive compensation law boutique. Terra advises provincially and federally regulated employers and plan administrators on matters relating to defined benefit and defined contribution arrangements and supplementary pension plans. Her expertise includes governance, fiduciary responsibilities, regulatory compliance, plan administration, funding requirements, pension fund investment, and surplus utilization strategies. Terra has a wealth of experience advising private sector employers on the restructuring of legacy defined benefit pension arrangements, including investment restructuring, de-risking initiatives (such as annuity transactions), plan mergers, and wind-ups. She also has extensive experience advising on pension and benefit matters in the context of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, insolvencies, and restructurings. Terra has received the Lexpert Zenith Award for mid‑career excellence and was recognized as an Elite Woman by Benefits and Pensions Monitor in 2025. She has also been recognized by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, and the Lexology Index.

Sean Maxwell

Sean Maxwell is a seasoned pension, benefits, and executive compensation lawyer with 20+ years of experience. He is Partner at BMKP Law LLP, a pension, benefits, and executive compensation law boutique. Sean advises employers, plan administrators, and financial institutions on pension governance matters, pension fund investments, plan terminations, plan administration and compliance issues, surplus utilization and withdrawal, and the implementation of new pension and employee benefit plans. His expertise includes issues arising from corporate transactions and commercial insolvencies, and the establishment and implementation of incentive compensation arrangements, including phantom stock, stock option, deferred share unit (DSU) and share appreciation rights plans, employee profit‑sharing plans, and supplementary retirement plans. Sean has twice been seconded to major Canadian financial institutions to assist with pension and benefit‑related matters and actively participates in organizations advocating for the Canadian retirement industry. Sean has been recognized by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, Lexpert, and the Lexology Index, was featured on Benefits and Pensions Monitor’s 2025 Hot List and was named one of Thomson Reuters’ Stand‑out Lawyers in 2021.

Lindsay McLeod

Lindsay McLeod is a senior lawyer with over 15 years of experience and is a Partner at BMKP Law LLP, a pension, benefits, and executive compensation law boutique. She provides strategic and practical advice to employers and plan administrators on matters relating to defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, as well as supplemental executive retirement plans (SERPs). Her expertise includes pension plan governance, annuity purchases, pension fund investment matters, third‑party service agreements and other plan administration matters. She also has a wealth of experience advising on the design, taxation, and drafting of executive compensation arrangements, including stock option, deferred share unit (DSU) and restricted share unit (RSU) plans. Lindsay also has significant experience advising on risks and complex issues arising in corporate transactions, plan mergers, and wind‑ups. Lindsay has been recognized by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, Lexpert, and the Lexology Index for her expertise.

Pamela Odina

Pamela Odina is an associate at BMKP Law LLP where she maintains a broad practice covering all aspects of pension, benefits and executive compensation law. She regularly provides advice to public and private sector employers and plan administrators on pension plan design, administration, compliance, funding and governance. Pamela has extensive experience advising on de-risking initiatives (e.g., buy-in and buy-out annuity purchases) and pension and benefit matters in corporate transactions, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, and reorganizations. Prior to joining BMKP Law, Pamela worked at a large national law firm where she assisted clients, including a newly formed jointly sponsored pension plan, on a broad range of corporate, commercial, and governance matters. Pamela has been recognized by Chambers and Partners and Best Lawyers for her expertise.

Cary Wong

Cary Wong is an experienced pension and benefits lawyer with Toronto based firm, BMKP Law LLP. Cary has practiced exclusively in the area of pension, benefits and executive compensation law for over 25 years. Cary has a wealth of experience providing advice to employers and plan administrators on legislative and regulatory compliance matters involving pension and benefit plans, including compliance with pension, tax and employment standards legislation. He assists clients with the interpretation of plan documents and day-to-day administration issues, such as pension division on marriage breakdown and benefit entitlements. He has extensive experience drafting clear and effective plan documents and member communications with a view to legislative compliance, and to reflect plan design changes, business reorganizations and corporate transactions. Cary has been recognized by Best Lawyers for his expertise.