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Brown, Elizabeth M., Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso LLP
Toronto - (416) 922-0678 - elizabeth.brown@bmkplaw.com
Elizabeth Brown is an experienced pension and benefits lawyer at Toronto based Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso
LLP (established 2017). She advises public and private sector employers on a wide range of regulatory governance,
compliance and administration matters relating to pension and employee benefits plans. Elizabeth acts as counsel
on pension litigation disputes and has extensive experience advising on large corporate cross-border transactions,
including insolvencies, mergers and acquisitions, and reorganizations. She provides ongoing advice to provincially
and federally regulated plan sponsors and administrators on jointly sponsored pension plans, defined benefit and
defined contribution plans, and savings and profit sharing plans. Elizabeth is the Chair of the National Pension
and Benefits Section of the Canadian Bar Association and was the recipient of the OBA Award of Excellence in
Pensions and Benefits Law in 2017. Elizabeth is recognized for her expertise by Best Lawyers; Lexpert®; Chambers
Global and Chambers Canada; Legal 500 Canada; and Who's Who Legal: Canada.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Steinberg, David, Dentons Canada LLP Toronto - (416) 863-4653 - david.steinberg@dentons.com
David is a business lawyer specializing in the areas of entertainment, media and intellectual property. David
primarily practices in the film, television, music, and book publishing industries. He acts for film and televi-
sion producers and distributors, broadcasters, Internet service providers, publishers, creators and manufac-
turers of home entertainment products and merchandise. David advises his clients in both Canada and the
United States on matters related to film and television financing, production and distribution, the licens-
ing of intellectual property for integrated media products and the sale and acquisition of rights. David is a
frequent speaker and lecturer on various media and entertainment law related topics in both Canada and the
United States. Prior to becoming a lawyer, David was a professional musician and recording artist,
who toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada as a drummer in various rock bands.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Burns, Kenneth E., Lawson Lundell LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-9286 - kburns@lawsonlundell.com
Ken is a partner in the firm's Pension and Employee Benefits Law Practice Group. He advises pension and
benefit plan sponsors on a range of legal and regulatory issues affecting their plans, including on pension plan
governance and compliance monitoring projects, regulatory applications and the handling of pension dis-
putes. He works with managers in the draing and maintenance of pension documents, including plan texts,
trust declarations, governance policies, statements of investment policies, as well as investment manager
and other service provider contracts. Ken is oen involved in assisting parties in M&A on the pension and
benefits issues arising in the course of planning and executing their transactions. Ken was named Employee
Benefits Law Lawyer of the Year in 2017 for Vancouver in e Best Lawyers in Canada. He has been recog-
nized by Chambers Canada and Chambers Global in the pensions & benefits (Canada) category, Legal 500
Canada and is rated AV by the Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory in the pensions, employee
benefits and pension fund investments categories.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Campbell, Murray T.A., Lawson Lundell LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-9187 - mcampbell@lawsonlundell.com
Murray practices exclusively in the pension & employee benefits area and is head of the firm's Pension &
Employee Benefits Group. He is legal counsel for the boards of trustees of more than 30 multi-employer pen-
sion or benefit plans in the public and private sectors in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well
as numerous sponsors of single employer arrangements. He has advised on many disputes relating to pension
and benefit plans. Murray has acted in the introduction of joint trusteeship to several public sector pen-
sion plans in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He is recognized by Best Lawyers in
Canada for employee benefits law, Legal 500 Canada for pensions, Chambers Canada and Chambers Global
for pensions and benefits law (Canada) and was listed in the Lexpert®/ALM 500 Directory for Pensions &
Employee Benefits law. He was named Employee Benefits Law Lawyer of the Year in Vancouver for 2018
by Best Lawyers. Murray chairs and presents at many pension & employee benefits law conferences.
Murray was called to the Bar of BC in 1990.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
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