Management-side labour and employment law is advocacy-focused

Management-side labour and employment law is a litigation-focused legal practice that is fast-moving, challenging and extremely rewarding.

Labour and employment lawyers litigate more regularly than lawyers in virtually any other practice area, including traditional civil litigation. Our lawyers regularly appear before courts, arbitrators, and administrative tribunals, often with multiple hearings each week.

We are also regularly involved in negotiations and alternative dispute resolution. In fact, management-side labour lawyers have greater involvement in negotiations than their union-side counterparts. Employers regularly retain us to represent them in the collective bargaining and other negotiations. By contrast, unions typically have internal staff conduct negotiations.