Murray Gold

Partner

Murray Gold is a leading practitioner in the area of pensions and employee benefits. He was appointed by the Minister of Finance for the Province of Ontario as an Expert Advisor to the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions, which reported in 2008, and he continues to be deeply involved in pension regulatory and funding reform.

Murray advises governing boards of public sector and jointly trusteed pension and benefits plans across Canada in regard to compliance and best practice issues. He represents pension boards, as well as plan sponsors, retiree groups and active members in pension litigation in pension regulatory and judicial proceedings. Murray has been lead counsel for Koskie Minsky representing stakeholder interests in insolvency proceedings involving Air Canada in 2003 and 2009, and Stelco in 2005.

In 2009 – 2010 Murray led Koskie Minsky’s team in establishing Canada’s first funded post-retirement healthcare trust in the auto sector. This involved the creation of new tax laws governing the tax treatment of post-retirement benefit trusts, and the negotiation and implementation of arrangements to govern Canada’s first funded Employee Life Health Trust.

Experience

• Advising pension plan trustees and stakeholders about regulatory and fiduciary issues
• Shareholders of Nortel, led by the OPTrust, settled a securities class action against Nortel
• Air Canada Insolvency and Restructuring - 2009

News

• Eleven KM Lawyers and Six KM Practice Areas Listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011
• KM Law Experience in Class Actions
• Koskie Minsky Acts for Canadian Auto Workers in Settlement with General Motors of Canada Limited

Memberships/Affiliations

• Fellow, Ontario Teachers’ Federation
• Member and Former Chair, Ontario Bar Association Pension and Benefits Section
• Member and Former Chair, Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute