Lawyer Profile
Level Y. Y. Chan
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Overview
Level advises employers and pension and benefit plan sponsors and administrators, including for many of the largest plans in Atlantic Canada. He helps them manage risk and liability in the governance, administration, investment management and amendment of pension and employee benefits plans, as well as defend against claims under those plans. By analyzing legal obligations and strategically planning how to meet them, he provides perspective, as well as timely and effective solutions to these challenges. Level is knowledgeable and experienced with regional, national and international approaches to labour and employment, pension and benefits and executive compensation issues. Examples of his work include:
Member, Dalhousie University Board of Governors, Chair, Academic and Student Affairs Committee and Member, Investment Committee
Past Co-chair, Outreach Committee and Advocacy and Government Relations and Communications Committees of the CBA’s National Pensions & Benefits Law Section
Past Chair of the Atlantic Regional Council of the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute
King’s Counsel, 2026 Chambers and Partners Canada 2025 Pensions & Benefits – Nationwide – Canada, Band 3 lawyer Chambers and Partners Canada 2022-2024 Pensions & Benefits – Nationwide – Canada, Band 4 lawyer Lexology (Who’s Who Legal): Canada 2023 – 2025 (Labour, Employment & Benefits) Lexology (Who’s Who Legal): Global 2025 – Pensions & Benefits Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute Atlantic Region Volunteer of the Year Award, 2015 CBA Nova Scotia Zöe Odei Young Lawyers Award, 2010 Best Lawyers: Labour and Employment Law, 2021 – 2026 Lexpert rating: Pensions and Employee Benefits, 2016 – 2026 Lexpert® Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40, 2016
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2003 (NS)