Headquarters:
250 Yonge Street, Suite 3300, Toronto, ON
Year founded:
2001
Number of employees:
14 partners, 80 employees
Phone:
416 603 0700
Email:
info@sherrardkuzz.com
Website:
sherrardkuzz.com
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/sherrard-kuzz-llp
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Gita Anand
Partner
Matthew Badrov
Partner
Keith Burkhardt
Partner
Leadership
Recognized by Lexpert as a leading employment and labour lawyer, Gita Anand has more than 30 years of experience in workplace investigations, adjudication, labour relations, employment law, and human rights. Prior to joining Sherrard Kuzz, she practiced at a national law firm and spent several years as a
vice-chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board and as an arbitrator.
Anand’s sophisticated expertise includes workplace investigations, cultural assessments, human rights and accommodation, attendance and disability management, mediation and alternative dispute resolution, and management training. She is an appointed investigator for the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner and an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH)
Partner
Gita Anand
Matthew Badrov is a skilled lawyer whose practice is focused on representing management in many areas of employment and labour law. He is recognized as a Five-Star Safety Lawyer by Canadian Occupational Safety. He is bilingual in English and Croatian. A widely published author, Badrov is also a frequent speaker on a range of topics related to his practice.
He is a member of the Canadian Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Franchise Association - Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee, Retail Council of Canada, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association (Civil Litigation, CCCA Ontario Chapter/Corporate Counsel, Labour & Employment Law, Franchise Law, Privacy and Access to Information Law, Workers’ Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Liberties & Human Rights), and Law Society of Ontario.
Partner
Matthew Badrov
Keith Burkhardt is recognized by Lexpert and Best Lawyers as one of Canada’s leading labour lawyers, and as a Five-Star Safety Lawyer Award by Canadian Occupational Safety. He regularly appears before the Ontario Labour Relations Board and labour arbitrators and is frequently invited to speak at industry and legal conferences.
Burkhardt is a member of the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada, Ontario General Contractors Association, Hamilton-Halton Construction Association, Ontario Bar Association (Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, CCCA Ontario Chapter/Corporate Counsel, Labour & Employment Law, Privacy and Access to Information Law, Workers’ Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Pensions & Benefits), Canadian Bar Association, and the Law Society of Ontario.
Partner
Keith Burkhardt
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Leadership
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Leadership
Sundeep Gokhale
Partner
Recognized as a leading lawyer by Who’s Who Legal® (National Leader), Sundeep represents employers in a wide range of employment law, labour law and human resources matters. He regularly speaks at industry conferences and is frequently invited to appear on leading media, including CBC and CTV, to comment on labour relations matters impacting Canadian businesses. Sundeep is trilingual - English/Hindi/Punjabi.
Partner
Sundeep Gokhale
Allyson Lee
Partner
Allyson Lee represents clients before administrative tribunals, all levels of court, and the Supreme Court of Canada. A former judicial law clerk at the Federal Court of Canada, Lee has a strong background in administrative law and judicial review. Her expertise includes the full range of employment and labour law including human rights, workplace investigations, and workplace safety and insurance.
Lee is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Bar Association (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community), and Ontario Bar Association (Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, Labour & Employment Law, Workers’ Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Privacy and Access to Information Law, and Women Lawyers Forum).
Partner
Allyson Lee
Sherrard Kuzz LLP is one of Canada’s leading employment and labour law firms exclusively representing employers. Renowned nationally and internationally, the team is consistently named among Canada’s top employment and labour law firms by Canadian Lawyer, Chambers Global, Lexpert, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500, and The Globe and Mail. Sherrard Kuzz is also recognized as a 5-Star Safety Law Firm for excellence in occupational health and safety by Canadian Occupational Safety.
Sherrard Kuzz clients are public and private, domestic and foreign, unionized and non-unionized, and subject to provincial or federal regulation. They range in size and complexity of operations from small, single-location enterprises to large, multi-site, multinational organizations. The firm’s practice spans the full range of employment, labour, and human resources matters.
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Priya Sarin
Partner
Edward Snetsinger
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk and Capital Committee
Brian Wasyliw
Non-Executive Director
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy and Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International and
Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
Priya Sarin is an accomplished labour, employment and human rights lawyer with a background in civil litigation and workplace investigations for which she is an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH). She has extensive experience advising and representing a broad range of for-profit and non-profit management clients.
While Sarin emphasizes practical, risk-mitigating advice, she is no stranger to the courtroom and regularly advocates for clients in court and before Ontario’s administrative tribunals. She is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.
Partner
Priya Sarin
Edward Snetsinger represents, advises, and advocates for employers on a wide range of labour and employment issues, specializing in responding to union organizing, collective bargaining, and grievance arbitration (including human rights matters).
In university and law school, Snetsinger received numerous awards for academic and sport excellence, including winner of the 2013 Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada, multiple Academic All-Canadian awards, MVP of the University of Windsor varsity golf team, and MVP of the University of Toronto varsity hockey team. Prior to law school, he played two seasons of professional hockey.
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk and Capital Committee
Edward Snetsinger
Brian Wasyliw is an experienced and accomplished employment and labour lawyer with a background in commercial litigation. He has extensive courtroom experience, having appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and before many administrative tribunals. He sits on the board of directors of the Council of Professional Investigators of Ontario.
Wasyliw’s expertise includes the full range of employment and labour law with particular focus on human rights and accommodation, employment contracts, wrongful and constructive dismissal, workplace investigations, grievance arbitration, as well as employment and labour issues in corporate restructuring and transactions. He is a published author on a variety of labour and employment issues.
Non-Executive Director
Brian Wasyliw
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
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