Lawyer Profile
Sonia T. Mak
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Historical BLG Toronto partner and leader of the firm's Pension and Benefits Group. BLG describes Sonia Mak as focusing on pensions and benefits law and advising plan administrators, pension fund trustees, investment managers, employers and their non-Canadian parents, service providers and individual beneficiaries on retirement income and benefits plans. Lexpert's 2017 profile adds plan establishment, mergers, conversions, transfers, wind-ups, jurisdiction changes and pension arrangements in corporate transactions, and identifies her as chair of BLG's Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1992 (ON)
Professional Details
Associations
Canadian Bar Association Pensions & Benefits Law Section - Chair from September 1, 2018; executive member since 2010
BLG Diversity and Inclusion Committee - Chair (historical)
Awards & Recognition
Recognized in the 2016 edition of Chambers Canada - Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Pensions and Benefits)
Articles & Speeches
Sonia Mak Named New Chair of Canadian Bar Association's Pensions & Benefits Law Section (BLG, 2018)
New Funding Rules For Defined Benefit Pension Plans in Ontario (BLG, 2017)
COVID-19 Plan Administration Issues: Actions from Federal and Ontario Pension Regulators (BLG, 2020)
Pension Alert - ORPP Update: New Key Developments on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (BLG, historical)
Impact of the New Mandatory Breach Notification Requirements under PIPEDA on Pension Plan Administration (BLG, 2018)