Partner and member of the firm's Executive Committee and former practice coordinator of the Pensions and Benefits Group. Andrew Hatnay advises employees, retirees, pension plan administrators and unions on pensions, benefits and employee compensation, with expertise in corporate restructurings and bankruptcy. He has acted as counsel to private clients and as Court-appointed Representative Counsel for employees and retirees in major insolvencies including: Metroland, Laurentian University CCAA proceedings, Sears Canada, Stelco, Wabush Mines/Bloom Lake, Quality Meat Packers, Hollinger, Domgroup, Eaton’s, Dylex, Saan Stores, Foodora, Indalex, Smurfit-Stone, Hard Rock Paving, General Chemical, Vicwest, and the restructurings of Catalyst Paper, Stelco, Ivaco, Slater Steel and Algoma Steel. He was lead counsel in the landmark Indalex case before the Supreme Court, which upheld the pension statutory deemed trust for unpaid employer contributions in an underfunded pension plan in a CCAA. He was also successful counsel in TCT Logistics, where the Supreme Court ruled that union collective agreements remain in force in insolvency proceedings. Hatnay regularly presents at legal and university seminars on the intersections of pension, labour and insolvency law.
