Hugh Wright
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Pensions & Benefits
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Band 3
About
Provided by Hugh Wright
Practice Areas
Hugh Wright’s practice focuses in the area of pensions and benefits, providing advice to pension plan sponsors, administrators, and service providers on the full range of pension and benefit matters, including related investment matters and the resolution of disputes. He focusses on finding efficient and effective solutions for clients enabling them to navigate the complex regulatory and legal framework in which they operate and realize their strategic and business objectives. Hugh is a leader in Canada’s retirement income system, having been Chair of Canada’s national pension industry organization, the Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM) and advocating for regulatory reform with governments across Canada on behalf of ACPM and private clients.
Hugh is a trusted advisor to participants in the pensions & benefits field providing strategic counsel in a number of areas, including Plan Governance, Funding, and Administration, Labour law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Investments, Cybersecurity, Plan transfers and Insolvency and Restructuring.
Chambers Review
Canada
Hugh Wright is a highly acclaimed Toronto-based pensions lawyer at Miller Thomson, who provides regulatory and governance advice, as well as acting on pensions litigation. His clientele includes plan sponsors and employee groups.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Hugh is comfortable in the multi-employer plan space, which very few people are. He is very well-regarded."
"Hugh is comfortable in the multi-employer plan space, which very few people are. He is very well-regarded."