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Practice Expertise
- Employee Benefits
- Pension & Benefit Plans
Areas of Practice
- Employee Benefits
- Pension & Benefit Plans
Profile
Megan advises boards of trustees and plan sponsors on a variety of legal matters involving pension plans, employee life and health trusts and other benefit plans. Her clients include both single employer plans and trusteed multi-employer plans across a wide range of industries.
Megan prepares and amends plan texts and trust agreements, advises on the application of provincial and federal pension legislation and regulator policy, and drafts supporting plan documentation such as participation agreements, third party reimbursement agreements and governance policies. She advises on issues that arise in day-to-day plan administration, assists her clients with specialized projects such as plan conversions, plan terminations and matters related to ownership of plan surplus, and assists the resolution of benefit disputes outside of court. She regularly works with the BC Financial Services Authority and other regulatory agencies through her practice.
Megan also negotiates a variety of plan contracts for her clients, including investment management and subscription agreements, custodial or solvency reserve account trust agreements, letter of credit trust agreements, securities lending agreements, annuity contracts, disability insurance policies and other pension and benefit plan service provider agreements. Megan has significant experience reviewing and advising on pension and benefit plan investment agreements.
Megan prepares and amends plan texts and trust agreements, advises on the application of provincial and federal pension legislation and regulator policy, and drafts supporting plan documentation such as participation agreements, third party reimbursement agreements and governance policies. She advises on issues that arise in day-to-day plan administration, assists her clients with specialized projects such as plan conversions, plan terminations and matters related to ownership of plan surplus, and assists the resolution of benefit disputes outside of court. She regularly works with the BC Financial Services Authority and other regulatory agencies through her practice.
Megan also negotiates a variety of plan contracts for her clients, including investment management and subscription agreements, custodial or solvency reserve account trust agreements, letter of credit trust agreements, securities lending agreements, annuity contracts, disability insurance policies and other pension and benefit plan service provider agreements. Megan has significant experience reviewing and advising on pension and benefit plan investment agreements.
Languages
English, French
Joined the Law Firm in
2008
Bar Admissions
British Columbia (2008)
Education
University of Victoria (B.Sc. with distinction, 1999)
University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2007)
Areas of Practice
- Employee Benefits
- Pension & Benefit Plans
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Megan has experience:
Negotiating investment management agreements
Negotiating custodial and letter of credit trust agreements
Amending pension plan texts and trust agreements
Completing regulatory filings
Drafting legal opinions on trust law and pension regulatory matters
Preparing governance reports and pension committee materials
Drafting arguments for pension plan arbitration
Assisting in class action pension litigation
Assisted in establishing new pension plan
Additional Information
*Canadian Bar Association, Member
*Law Society of British Columbia, Member
*Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Member
*Association of Canadian Pension Management, Member
*International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Member
Megan has experience:
Negotiating investment management agreements
Negotiating custodial and letter of credit trust agreements
Amending pension plan texts and trust agreements
Completing regulatory filings
Drafting legal opinions on trust law and pension regulatory matters
Preparing governance reports and pension committee materials
Drafting arguments for pension plan arbitration
Assisting in class action pension litigation
Assisted in establishing new pension plan
Additional Information
*Canadian Bar Association, Member
*Law Society of British Columbia, Member
*Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Member
*Association of Canadian Pension Management, Member
*International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Member
Articles
No Leniency for Self-Represented Litigants - Self-Reps Must Know the Legal Practices and Procedures Pertaining to Their Case
By Megan Kaneen, Grace Kang, Isabelle Lam |May 2021
Pension and Benefits Law Bulletin: CAPSA Guideline no. 8 - Defined Contribution Pension Plans Guideline (May 2014)
"British Columbia's New Pension Benefits Standards Act - Key Changes", Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Federated Press, Volume 23, No. 7 (October 12, 2012), Co-author
Amendments to the Federal Pension Legislation (October 20, 2010)
Pension and Employee Benefits Law Briefing Note: Changes to Investment Rules (July 30, 2010)
Do You Need Investment Choice In DC Plans?, Benefits and Pension Monitor, Volume 20 Number 3 (May 2010), Co-Author with Murray T.A. Campbell
Pension and Employee Benefits Law Briefing Note: R. v. Christophe (2009 ONCJ 586) (December 18, 2009)
Rogers Communications Inc. v. Buschau- the Final Episode?, Pension Planning, Volume XV No.2, Federated Press (2009), Co-Author with Ken Burns
"National Instrument 43-101: Amendments to Canadian Rules Concerning Mineral Project Disclosure and Technical Reportsâ€, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, XXIII No. 2 (November 2, 2006), Co-Author with Chris G. Baldwin and Behn Conroy
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