Employment & Labour
Canada Guide 2025 : Ontario
Band 4
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Stikeman Elliott is a full-service national firm with a solid bench of employment experts in Toronto who service an impressive list of domestic and multinational clients. The team has worked on significant mandates for well-known employers in the food production, consumer products and e-commerce sectors. It advises on a broad range of employment litigation, including workplace disputes and wrongful termination claims, and also advises on the employment aspects of M&A transactions.
Work Highlights
- Stikeman Elliott acted for Ultimate Kronos Group in a broad range of employment and labour matters across Canada, including day-to-day advice on all aspects of their human resources operations. They also represent UKG in employment and labour disputes, including dismissals.
Strengths
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"Extremely strong dedication to service and responsiveness."
"They provide well researched arguments to support our case. They are very detail-oriented and think outside of the box."
"They are incredibly responsive and available. Service is their hallmark."
"No matter the complexity or topic I can rely on Stikeman to have a well-researched response."
"In all complex matters, the lawyers at Stikeman have been supportive, taken time to explain, demystify and ensure I am knowledgeable and comfortable with our decisions."
"Extremely strong dedication to service and responsiveness."
"They provide well researched arguments to support our case. They are very detail-oriented and think outside of the box."
"They are incredibly responsive and available. Service is their hallmark."
"No matter the complexity or topic I can rely on Stikeman to have a well-researched response."
"In all complex matters, the lawyers at Stikeman have been supportive, taken time to explain, demystify and ensure I am knowledgeable and comfortable with our decisions."
Notable Practitioners
Nancy Ramalho is head of of Stikeman Elliott's Toronto labour and employment group and is well respected for advising clients on the employment aspects of corporate transactions. She also excels in employment matters ranging from terminations to human rights cases.
"Nancy is straight up and provides advice that is on point based on experience and logical analysis."
"Nancy Ramalho knows her area of expertise well, she's very approachable and practical. She is often managing multiple files at once and is able to deal with hairy and more complex cases."
"Nancy is an exceptional partner."
"Nancy is a pleasure to work with. I trust her counsel immensely."
Kathleen Chevalier of Stikeman Elliott is a skilled Toronto-based lawyer with a broad-ranging labour practice. She often represents both domestic and international companies in employment litigation, as well as advising on human rights matters and terminations.
"Kathleen is practical, available, prompt and highly knowledgeable."
"Kathleen is always prompt, informed and ready for the cases we have handled. She is very strong at assessing risk."
"Kathleen is fantastic to work with - pragmatic, quick thinker, straight forward, easy to understand - a true partner that we count on."
Kathleen is highly sophisticated, business savvy, insightful, responsive, articulate and a great listener. She is also "no-nonsense" and practical and a superior communicator.
Khalfan Khalfan of Stikeman Elliott's Toronto office practices in all areas of employment and labour law. He advices clients on a range of matters, including employment standards, employee privacy, corporate immigration, human rights, occupational health and safety and employee terminations.
"Khalfan's responsiveness is unsurpassed. He is aware of our business needs and practices. We consider him an extension of our legal team."
"Khalfan is a true partner for our organisation, providing valuable guidance and legal expertise to support our sometimes complex employment matters."
"We have a strong relationship which drove complex matters to the ground with great value."
"Khalfan is a great partner."
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