Mark Firman
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Band 4 : Pensions & Benefits
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Provided by Mark Firman
Practice Areas
Mark Firman is a partner in the Montréal office’s Tax Group. His practice focuses on pensions, benefits and executive compensation issues in corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, insolvencies, reorganizations and financings. Mark advises on all aspects of pensions, benefits and executive compensation law, including: the taxation of equity incentives; retirement and health and welfare benefits; pension plan and trust fund administration; pension fund investment structuring; governance; pension plan de-risking; and corporate disclosure obligations relating to incentives, pensions and other employment benefits.
Mark brings a unique perspective to his practice, informed by his previous experience as in-house counsel at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canada’s largest single-occupation pension fund.
Chambers Review
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Mark Firman is a well-established lawyer based in Stikeman Elliott's Montréal office. He has acted on a number of pension investments, structurings and administration matters. His work also includes advising on M&A and joint ventures.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mark has a high level of knowledge and sophistication, together with having been in-house counsel as well."
"Mark has a high level of knowledge and sophistication, together with having been in-house counsel as well."