BMKP Law

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.