Biographical notes for Anne Corbett

Contributing Editor, Pension Planning (PP) 1994–

Speaker, "A Fresh Look at the Statutory and Common Law Duties Faced by Pension Plan Administrators" Regulatory Developments in Pension Plan Governance Session, Pension Regulation Summit, Toronto, April 28-29, 1999

Chair, Pension Liability Session, Corporate Summit, Toronto, December 3-5, 1996

"Written Communications With Employees Can Create Unexpected Consequences" (1994) 1 PP 30

"An Introduction to Fiduciary Duties" (1994) 1 PP 34

"The Air Products Case: Surplus Ownership and Contribution Holiday Issues" (1994) 2 PP 64

"Supplementary Pension Plan Benefit Payments May Not Be Entitled to Creditor Protection" (1995) 2 PP 111

"The Need to Implement and Maintain Proper Systems of Pension Governance" (1996) 3 PP 137

"Federal Pension Proposals: Possible Governance Guidance" (1997) 4 PP 212 (co-authored with Donald Webster)

"Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Governance Guidelines" (1999) 6 PP 346

"A Comparison of the Federal and Ontario Statutory Duties of Pension Plan Administrators" (1999) 6 PP 381

Born 20 June 1955

Educated University of Windsor B.A. 1976; University of Toronto LL.B. 1979

Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 1987–

Associate with present firm 1981-87

Called to the Bar of Ontario 1981

Articled, Weir & Foulds 1979-80

Lecturer, Employee Benefits Course, Humber College 1994–

Executive Member, Canadian Bar Association Pension and Benefits Subsection

Member, Canadian Bar Association Pension Law Subsection Task Force on gender equality issues arising in the pension benefits area and the Task Force examining the Canadian pension regulators multi-lateral agreement

Member, Canadian Pension Benefits Institute, International Pension and Benefits Lawyers Association, Association of Canadian Pension Managers

Frequent Chair and Speaker on pension and benefit issues

Ms. Corbett practises in the areas of pension law, corporate/commercial law, and hospital law. She advises corporations in connection with a variety of pension, benefits and related investment arrangements and corporate and commercial law issues, including governance issues, contracts, confidentiality agreements and fiduciary liability. She advises pension plan administrators on pension matters such as surplus entitlement, contribution holiday issues, plan interpretation and interpretation and application of the Pension Benefits Act and the Pension Benefit Standards Act. Ms.Corbett also advises corporate clients on pension plan governance matters, including fiduciary liability of plan administrators and trustees, and the design and implementation of pension governance programs.