Expertise
Canadian Benefits Law is a boutique Canadian law firm founded in 2012 by J. David Vincent, an experienced corporate lawyer with many years of practice specializing in Canadian pension, retirement and employee benefit plan legal issues. The law firm’s purpose is to provide corporations, general counsel, Canadian and U.S. law firms, and other persons involved in pension and benefit plan administration in Canada with a new boutique alternative of specialized expertise in pension and benefits law. CBL provides its clients with efficient, seasoned legal advice without the high cost, bureaucracy, conflicts and other issues often encountered with large firms. Many established law firms with corporate, finance and other similar practices do not have specialized pension law expertise, yet they may encounter complex pension law issues, especially while handling corporate transactions, commercial loans, insolvencies, etc. U.S. law firms with ERISA and other U.S. benefits law expertise may encounter unique Canadian benefits law issues with their U.S. clients operating in Canada. For U.S. attorneys, CBL speaks your language and can step in seamlessly to work on cross-border transactions, providing efficient, timely, cost-effective and expert advice to transaction and banking or insolvency counsel without the burden of conflicts and unnecessary or duplicative overhead.
J. David Vincent
founder
J. David Vincent
David Vincent is an experienced corporate lawyer with a specialized expertise in pension and benefits law. With more than 30 years of large firm experience in merger and acquisition transactions, commercial loan agreements, insolvency proceedings and acting for corporate clients ranging from small privately held businesses to several Fortune 500 public companies, David brings a perspective to pension and benefits law that few competitors can match. Canadian Benefits Law helps its clients navigate the complexities of laws and regulations governing Canadian pension and retirement savings plans. We act as special counsel to U.S. and Canadian law firms on pension and benefits law issues in merger and acquisitions, lending transactions, insolvency and restructurings and other corporate changes. We also assist in-house counsel to a select group of Canadian blue chip pension funds and the corporations and other parties involved in their administration.
Education
Osgoode Hall Law School
LLB
University of Toronto (Victoria College)
Undergraduate
Activities & Affiliations
• Canadian Bar Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
Bar Admissions
•Province of Ontario, Canada