Kate McNeill-Keller

Practice Areas

Kate McNeill-Keller is a Partner in the firm’s Labour & Employment Group in Toronto.

Kate is a strategic advisor to employers in the private and public sectors on all aspects of labour and employment law, providing practical, business-focused advice on matters such as statutory compliance (including employment standards, occupational health and safety, accessibility, and human rights), workplace governance and design (including the drafting of employment contracts as well as workplace policy development, implementation, training and enforcement), human resources and labour relations advisory matters, and collective bargaining.

Kate is a skilled litigator and advocate, representing clients in workplace dispute resolution and litigation (including before courts, labour boards, human rights tribunals, labour adjudicators and other dispute resolution bodies, as well as in employment class actions).

Kate routinely advises clients on crisis management, providing a calm, thoughtful and pragmatic approach to reputationally sensitive matters, and acts as a workplace investigator on workplace harassment and discrimination matters.

Kate also supports clients in transactional matters, providing subject matter expertise on M&A deals, private equity investments and other business law matters.

Career

Ontario Bar, 2007; NY Bar, 2006

Professional Memberships

Member of the Law Society of Ontario, New York State Bar Association, the OBA, ABA and CBA.