Sven Poysa
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Employment & Labour
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About
Provided by Sven Poysa
Practice Areas
Sven has significant experience in all areas of employment and labour law. He advises national and international companies on legal and strategic HR issues, including executive employment arrangements, corporate transactions, individual terminations, facility closures, workforce reorganizations, insolvencies and restructurings.
Sven regularly advises a wide range of private and broader public sector clients on labour and employment compliance issues, outsourcings and program and service integrations. Sven has significant experience in collective bargaining matters, including union successorship issues and strategies. He regularly represents clients in judicial and administrative proceedings, with a focus on human rights, rights and interest arbitrations, mediations, workers’ compensation, employment standards, occupational health & safety, collective bargaining and wrongful dismissals.
Sven has spoken and written on a wide-range of labour and employment topics and teaches Legal Inquiry at McMaster University. Prior to joining Osler, Sven clerked at the Quebec Court of Appeal with Justice Joseph Nuss.
Sven has been recognized by Chambers Global as an up-and-coming individual who capably manages complex nationwide mandates.
Career
McGill University, B.C.L./LL.B.
McMaster University, B.A. & B.Sc.
Institut des Etudes Politiques (Lyon), C.E.P.
Bar Admission: Ontario, 2006
Professional Memberships
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
Law Society of Ontario
Chambers Review
Canada
Sven Poysa is recognised for his work on the labour and employment aspects of company restructurings, having advised on several high-profile insolvency matters in Ontario. He has further capabilities in grievance arbitrations and executive terminations and also demonstrates strength in health and safety and employee benefits disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sven is my go-to advisor for all things employment."
"Exceptional."
"Sven is a trusted partner and advisor on all matters related to strategic HR issues, employment and labour law. In addition to executive compensation and disclosure and governance requirements."
"An extremely practical, business savvy employment lawyer. Sven is great."
"Sven is my go-to advisor for all things employment."
"Exceptional."
"Sven is a trusted partner and advisor on all matters related to strategic HR issues, employment and labour law. In addition to executive compensation and disclosure and governance requirements."
"An extremely practical, business savvy employment lawyer. Sven is great."