About Sean
Sean Maxwell is a highly experienced lawyer with, having worked on a wide range of legal issues relating to pension and employee benefit plans. In his practice, Sean advises on pension fund investments, plan terminations, ongoing plan administration and compliance issues, disputes over the use of plan assets, development and documentation of pension and employee benefit plans, issues arising from corporate transactions and commercial insolvencies, and adhering to fiduciary duties. Sean also has experience advising on the establishment and implementation of incentive compensation arrangements, including, phantom stock, stock option, deferred share unit plans, share appreciation rights, employees profit-sharing plans and supplementary retirement plans.
Sean Maxwell is a highly experienced lawyer with, having worked on a wide range of legal issues relating to pension and employee benefit plans. In his practice, Sean advises on pension fund investments, plan terminations, ongoing plan administration and compliance issues, disputes over the use of plan assets, development and documentation of pension and employee benefit plans, issues arising from corporate transactions and commercial insolvencies, and adhering to fiduciary duties. Sean also has experience advising on the establishment and implementation of incentive compensation arrangements, including, phantom stock, stock option, deferred share unit plans, share appreciation rights, employees profit-sharing plans and supplementary retirement plans.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Employee Benefits Law, Calgary, Canada (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Employee Benefits Law, Calgary, Canada (2023)
- Recognized: Employee Benefits Law
- Chambers Canada (2021-2025)
- The Best Lawyers in Canada - "Lawyer of the Year" (2021, 2023, 2025)
- The Best Lawyers in Canada (2022-2025)
- The Legal 500 Canada (2021-2025)
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2020-2024)
- Lexology Index: Labour, Employment and Benefits (2023-2024)
- Lexology Index: Canada (2023)
- Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2021)