Headquarters:
250 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5B 2L7
Year founded:
2001
Number of employees:
80
Phone:
416 603 0700
Email:
info@sherrardkuzz.com
Website:
sherrardkuzz.com
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/sherrard-kuzz-llp
Keith Burkhardt
Partner
Sundeep Gokhale
Partner
Allyson Lee
Partner
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Keith Burkhardt is widely recognized as one of Canada’s leading labour lawyers, with particular expertise in construction labour relations. He has been ranked by Lexpert and Best Lawyers and has received the prestigious Five-Star Safety Lawyer Award from Canadian Occupational Safety. Burkhardt regularly appears before the Ontario Labour Relations Board and labour arbitrators, and he is frequently invited to speak at both industry and legal conferences.
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Keith Burkhardt
Sundeep Gokhale is recognized by Lexology and Best Lawyers as a leading advocate for employers, representing them in a broad range of employment, labour, and human resources matters. A trusted voice on workplace issues, he is a regular speaker at industry conferences and is frequently featured on national media, including CBC and CTV, to comment on labour relations trends affecting Canadian businesses. Gokhale also gives back through his service on the Boards of Unity and the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE). Trilingual in English, Hindi, and Punjabi, he brings a global perspective to Canadian workplaces.
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Sundeep Gokhale
Named One to Watch by Best Lawyers, Allyson Lee practices across the full spectrum of employment and labour law, including advocacy, human rights, workplace investigations, and workplace safety and insurance. She represents clients before numerous administrative tribunals and at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. A former judicial law clerk at the Federal Court of Canada, Lee brings a strong foundation in administrative law and judicial review to every file she handles.
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Allyson Lee
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Angela Powell
Partner
Angela Powell leads the firm’s workplace safety and insurance practice. She joined Sherrard Kuzz LLP after more than 20 years of experience in private practice and at the highest levels of government and policy-making. At the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), she served as chief legal officer, vice president – policy and consultation services, vice president – strategy and enterprise project management office, and director of the operational policy branch and business transformation office. Powell has also been a senior policy advisor to the Ontario Minister of Labour and previously practiced as a labour and employment lawyer.
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Angela Powell
Priya Sarin
Partner
Recognized by Best Lawyers, Priya Sarin is an accomplished labour, employment, and human rights lawyer with a background in privacy, civil litigation, and workplace investigations (Association of Workplace Investigators certificate holder, AWI-CH). She has extensive experience advising and representing a broad range of for-profit and nonprofit management clients and regularly advocates for employers in court and before Ontario’s administrative tribunals. Fluent in English, French and Spanish, Sarin is widely published and frequently invited to speak on topics relevant to her practice. She also serves on the Board of Directors of West Park Healthcare Centre.
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Priya Sarin
Edward Snetsinger
Partner
Jeffrey Stewart
Partner
Brian Wasyliw
Partner
Pam Chhabra
Manager – Residential Strata
Named One to Watch by Best Lawyers, Edward Snetsinger represents, advises, and advocates for employers on a wide range of labour and employment issues, with a particular focus on collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, human rights, management training, and responding to union organizing campaigns. He works closely with employers to develop practical, strategic solutions tailored to their workplaces. Before attending law school, Snetsinger played professional hockey, bringing the discipline, teamwork, and resilience he developed on the ice to his legal practice.
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Edward Snetsinger
Jeffrey Stewart advises, represents, and advocates for employers on a wide range of employment and labour law matters, with a particular focus on the public and broader public sectors. He brings valuable in-house experience from his prior role as an employee relations advisor with the Ontario Public Service, where he provided labour relations advice to management within the Ministry of the Attorney General. This background gives Stewart a practical, informed perspective on the challenges facing public sector employers.
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Jeffrey Stewart
Recognized by Best Lawyers and Lexology, Brian Wasyliw is an experienced and accomplished employment and labour lawyer with a strong background in commercial litigation. He has extensive courtroom experience, having appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and before numerous administrative tribunals. Wasyliw’s expertise spans the full range of employment and labour law, including matters arising from corporate restructuring and transactions.
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Brian Wasyliw
Stephen McMillan first entered the financial services Industry when he joined GE Capital as a finance analyst in 2008, from which he progressed through roles working both onshore and offshore. From there, he moved into Pacific Premium Funding as a financial planning and analysis leader in 2012 and was a key resource in the evolution of the business, first with the successful sale to Macquarie Pacific Funding and then the following progression into IQumulate Premium Funding, where he is now the commercial manager.
As commercial manager, McMillan leads a team that is responsible for commercial analysis and business support, identifying and reporting improvement initiatives, and the securitization and treasury functions of the business.
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Stephen McMillan
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Stephen McMillan first entered the financial services Industry when he joined GE Capital as a finance analyst in 2008, from which he progressed through roles working both onshore and offshore. From there, he moved into Pacific Premium Funding as a financial planning and analysis leader in 2012 and was a key resource in the evolution of the business, first with the successful sale to Macquarie Pacific Funding and then the following progression into IQumulate Premium Funding, where he is now the commercial manager.
As commercial manager, McMillan leads a team that is responsible for commercial analysis and business support, identifying and reporting improvement initiatives, and the securitization and treasury functions of the business.
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Claire Watson
Stephen McMillan first entered the financial services Industry when he joined GE Capital as a finance analyst in 2008, from which he progressed through roles working both onshore and offshore. From there, he moved into Pacific Premium Funding as a financial planning and analysis leader in 2012 and was a key resource in the evolution of the business, first with the successful sale to Macquarie Pacific Funding and then the following progression into IQumulate Premium Funding, where he is now the commercial manager.
As commercial manager, McMillan leads a team that is responsible for commercial analysis and business support, identifying and reporting improvement initiatives, and the securitization and treasury functions of the business.
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Stephen McMillan
Claire Watson
Product Manager
Stephen McMillan first entered the financial services Industry when he joined GE Capital as a finance analyst in 2008, from which he progressed through roles working both onshore and offshore. From there, he moved into Pacific Premium Funding as a financial planning and analysis leader in 2012 and was a key resource in the evolution of the business, first with the successful sale to Macquarie Pacific Funding and then the following progression into IQumulate Premium Funding, where he is now the commercial manager.
As commercial manager, McMillan leads a team that is responsible for commercial analysis and business support, identifying and reporting improvement initiatives, and the securitization and treasury functions of the business.
Product Manager
Claire Watson
Claire Watson
Product Manager
Stephen McMillan first entered the financial services Industry when he joined GE Capital as a finance analyst in 2008, from which he progressed through roles working both onshore and offshore. From there, he moved into Pacific Premium Funding as a financial planning and analysis leader in 2012 and was a key resource in the evolution of the business, first with the successful sale to Macquarie Pacific Funding and then the following progression into IQumulate Premium Funding, where he is now the commercial manager.
As commercial manager, McMillan leads a team that is responsible for commercial analysis and business support, identifying and reporting improvement initiatives, and the securitization and treasury functions of the business.
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Ivan Verescuk
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Shaun O’Brien
Head of Underwriting
Emily Walker
Head of Strata and Development
Rex Oakman
Head of Operations and Risk
Sandy Newton
Head of Underwriting
Andrew Mitchell
Manager – NSW
Michael Prokopis
Manager – Southern Region
Pam Chhabra
Manager – Residential Strata
Jeffrey Valdivia
Manager – Commercial Strata
Adam Basaldella
Manager – Claims
Sherrard Kuzz LLP is one of Canada’s leading employment and labour law firms, exclusively representing employers. Recognized both nationally and internationally, the firm is consistently ranked among Canada’s top employment and labour law firms by Canadian Lawyer, Chambers Global, Lexpert, Best Lawyers, Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal), Legal 500, and The Globe and Mail. It has also been honoured as a 5-Star Safety Law Firm for excellence in occupational health and safety by Canadian Occupational Safety.
In earning a place among this year’s top boutiques, Sherrard Kuzz LLP was cited for its professionalism, deep subject matter expertise, proactive engagement with clients, creativity, and business-aware, judgment-driven counsel that aligns legal strategy with clients’ broader business goals.
Guided by core values that emphasize excellence, responsiveness, and collaboration, the firm works closely and creatively with clients, remains accessible around the clock, and measures its success solely by the success of those it serves. This client-first mindset underpins the firm’s national and international rankings by a wide range of leading legal directories and publications.
Sherrard Kuzz LLP advises and represents a broad spectrum of public and private sector employers, from small, single-location businesses to large, complex, multisite, and multinational organizations operating under provincial and federal regulation.
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