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Year called to bar: 1988 (ON)
Elizabeth Brown, a founding partner of Toronto-based Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso LLP, is an experienced pension, benefits, and executive compensation lawyer. She advises public and private sector employers on regulatory, governance, compliance, and administration matters relating to pension and employee benefits plans. She is counsel to the Employer Sponsor of the University Pension Plan Ontario. Elizabeth advises on large defined benefit pension plan mergers, insolvencies, and reorganizations and appears as counsel on pension litigation matters. She provides advice to sponsors and administrators of jointly sponsored plans, defined benefit and defined contribution plans, and savings and profit-sharing plans. Elizabeth is recognized for her expertise by Best Lawyers; Chambers; The Legal 500; and Lexology Index. Effective January 1, 2025, Elizabeth was appointed to the OMERS Sponsors Corporation Board of Directors, for which she serves as a member of the Corporate Governance & Risk Committee and Plan Design Committee. Elizabeth was also appointed to the National Ballet School Board of Directors effective January 1, 2025.
On June 30, 2017, Stelco Inc. (Stelco), formerly U.S. Steel Canada Inc., emerged from Companies’ Creditors Arrangements Act (CCAA) proceedings through the implementation of a CCAA plan. This involved the compromise of more than $2 billion of debt and the restructuring of approximately $2 billion of pension and benefit obligations.
