Who We Are

Who We Are

When working with Dentons, you do not have to go from firm to firm when your employment law needs cross borders, or become complicated with securities, tax, intellectual property or pensions issues. With offices and expertise in 79 locations and 52 countries, Dentons can respond to the full range of complex employment law issues that arise in the operation of your business and with our proactive advice, prevent issues from arising.

Strategic thinking and good judgment as well as specialized legal knowledge are required to manage your modern-day employment law issues. Organizational risk management (how would a decision in this case affect other employees?) as well as reputation management (how will your organization look if this decision is posted on the Internet?) can be as important as the management of potential liability, in the specific case at hand. You need Dentons lawyers who see the whole picture and who will go the distance for you in court or a tribunal.

Increasingly, employment issues cross into other areas of the law — for example, tax matters or stock options — and require the full services that Dentons, an integrated, global law firm, can provide. Companies merging unionized and non-unionized workforces with complex pension and privacy issues will benefit greatly from the depth and breadth of expertise at Dentons in employment, labour, pensions and privacy law.

Responsiveness, broad strategic thinking and judgment, specialized expertise, strong advocacy and an integrated, global presence. From prevention to litigation, Dentons is your full service firm. Dentons is a global firm driven to provide you with the competitive edge in an increasingly complex and interconnected marketplace. We were formed by the March 2013 combination of international law firm Salans LLP, Canadian law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) and international law firm SNR Denton.

Our Editors

Adrian Miedema

Phone: 416 863 4678 | E-mail: adrian.miedema@dentons.com

Adrian is a partner in the Toronto Employment Group of Dentons Canada LLP. He advises and represents employers in employment, health and safety and human rights matters. He appears before employment tribunals and all levels of the Ontario courts on behalf of employers. He also advises employers on strategic and risk management considerations in employment policy and contracts.

Barbara Johnston

Phone: 403 268 3030 | E-mail: barbara.johnston@dentons.com

Barbara is the Canadian Co-Chair of Dentons' Labour and Employment Group. Her practice focuses on labour, employment, human rights, constitutional and privacy law. She is actively involved in counselling employers in both union and non-union environments on labour relations and human resource issues.

Dana Hooker

Phone: 604 648 6539 | E-mail: dana.hooker@dentons.com

As an associate with Dentons Canada LLP's Labour & Employment and Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution teams, Dana assists clients in navigating the many challenges present in today’s workplace and business environments.

Michel Towner

Phone: 514 878 8820 | E-mail: michel.towner@dentons.com

Michel Towner has over 20 years of experience in federal and provincial labour law. Author of numerous articles, he has been invited by many organizations as a speaker on topics of interest for employers.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

We are a recognized leader in the promotion and delivery of ADR: our ADR Group is experienced in the full range of arbitration, negotiation, mediation and settlement techniques, from local matters to national and international issues.

Corporate | Commercial

We are recognized for our consistent ability to structure, negotiate and close complex or routine transactions efficiently and effectively.

Financial Services

In the world of financial services, lenders, borrowers and underwriters look for sophisticated legal knowledge, depth and breadth of experience and superb client service.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Our litigation and dispute resolution lawyers is to enable our clients to achieve that resolution in the most timely and cost effective means possible and to preserve the client’s reputation.

Pensions | Benefits

We help employers, administrators, trustees and pension committees understand their options and responsibilities and structure their programs to deal with today’s challenges as well as tomorrow’s.

Privacy

We counsel clients collecting personal information as part of a merger, companies outsourcing data storage, health care organizations, large employers developing privacy policies, and technology companies storing data.

Transportation

Commercial agreements, licensing and regulatory matters, competition policy, environmental issues, free-trade and open-sky arrangements—these are all familiar territory for us.

Recent Deals

Grant Forest Products Inc.

Counsel to Grant Forest Products Inc. on the CCAA and US Bankruptcy Court approved acquisition of its OSB facilities by Georgia-Pacific LLC for US$400 million

Sasol Petroleum International

Counsel to Sasol Petroleum International on its $1.05 billion agreement to acquire from Talisman Energy a 50% stake in their Farrell Creek shale gas assets located in B.C.’s Montney basin

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

Counsel to Teledyne Technologies Incorporated on its $337 million acquisition of DALSA Corporation

Pareto Corporation

Counsel to the management shareholders of Pareto Corporation with respect to its acquisition by private equity firm The Riverside Company for $125 million by way of plan of arrangement

HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A.

Counsel to HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. on its $700 million acquisition of UNX Energy Corp. by way of plan of arrangement and issuance by HRT of listed global depositary shares in consideration therefor

Capital Power Income L.P

Counsel to Capital Power Income L.P. on its $1.1 billion acquisition by Atlantic Power Corporation