Lawyer Profile
G. Grant Machum
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Overview
Grant offers experienced counsel and effective advocacy pertaining to workplace issues for private and public sector clients across Canada and internationally. He is a member of the bars in Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He helps employers navigate successful solutions in areas of performance and discipline management, employee terminations, wrongful dismissal litigation, labour relations, workplace disputes, employment agreements, executive compensation, workplace human rights, fiduciary and other post-employment duties. Grant has guided his clients (including Boards) through high stakes “bet-the-company’ litigation. He is the former firm wide Practice Group Leader for Labour & Employment. In 2018 he was appointed a Member, Advisory Committee, Queen’s University Faculty of Law, Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace. Matters handled by Grant include:
ICD Designation – Directors Education Program, Institute of Corporate Directors – Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2020 University of New Brunswick, LLB, 1990 Dalhousie University, BComm, 1986
Member, Partnership Board, Stewart McKelvey, 2020 – present Chair, Board of Governors, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2022 – Present Chair, Capital Campaign Committee, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2022 – present Member, Advisory Committee, Queen’s University Faculty of Law Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, 2018 – present Firm practice group leader, Labour & Employment, Stewart McKelvey, 2011 – 2013 Member, ALFA International – The Global Legal Network Firm Past Chair of Telefilm Canada (also served as Vice Chair; Chair of Nominating, Evaluation and Governance Committee; Chair of Audit; and Member of the Strategic Planning and Communications Committee), 2008 – present Past Chair, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (also served as Vice Chair; Chair of Governance and Human Resources; Chair of Audit; Member of Facilities and Development Committee; and Chair of the Presidential Search Committee), 2010 – 2017 Board member, Prescott Group, 2006 – present Board member and secretary – Nova Scotia Yachting Association Board member – Premier Sailing Class Firm Compensation Committee, 2009 – present Member, Canadian Bar Association Member, American Bar Association, Labour & Employment Sector Member, The Advocates Society Member, Association of Ski Defense Attorneys Member, Canadian Association of Counsel for Employers Member, Employment Law Section, Nova Scotia Branch, Canadian Bar Association Management Committee, Halifax 2004 – 2006 Firm Associate Practice Manager, Halifax 2002 – 2004 Lecturer Dalhousie Law School, 2001 – 2004 Civil Procedure Workshop Board member, Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, 1999 – 2002 Past chair, Construction Law – CBA NS Former Instructor, Schulich School of Law Civil Procedure
Chambers and Partners Canada 2024 – 2025 Employment & Labour – Atlantic Canada, Band 2 lawyer Best Lawyers: Labour & Employment, 2023 – 2026 Lexpert rating: Employment Law, 2021, 2023 – 2025 Lexpert rating: Environmental, Social & Governance, 2025 – 2026 Lexpert rating: Labour Relations, 2023 Listed in Financial Post Directory of Directors, 2020 Listed in Lawday’s Leading Lawyers for Employment Law, 2009 Listed in Inaugural Edition – National Post Who’s Who Legal: Global 2024 (Labour, Employment & Benefits) Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2023 – 2024 (Labour, Employment & Benefits) Martindale-Hubbell rating: BV Distinguished®
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1991 (NS); 1993 (ON); 1997 (NB)