Michael practises exclusively in the area of Pensions and Benefits law. He provides private and public sector clients, including boards of trustees, with strategic advice and practical counsel about legal, legislative and regulatory issues surrounding retirement plans, employment benefits and related human resource matters. In business transactions, Michael advises clients on the pension and benefit implications. He assists clients with drafting, amending and interpreting a wide variety of plan and trust documentation and provides support on pension and benefit litigation. Michael is also highly experienced in the legal aspects of governing, administering and documenting group benefit plans, including non-pension post-retirement benefit plans.
For many years, Michael has been active in the area of legislative reform for pensions through a variety of forums. He is a member of the Legal Consultative Committee for Alberta Treasury Board and Finance. Michael served on the Advisory Committee for the Joint Alberta-British Columbia Drafting of Pension Legislation, which was formed by those two governments to provide input and advice into the development of a new joint pension standards act and regulation for the two provinces.
Prior to joining Fasken, Michael was a partner at a regional law firm and a founding member of a Calgary-based boutique firm focused on providing integrated HR legal solutions and a partner with a national law firm.
- E-mail: mwolpert@fasken.com
- Lawyer Page: https://www.fasken.com/en/michael-wolpert
- First Canadian Centre, Suite 3400
350 Seventh Avenue, SW
Calgary, AB T2P 3N9
Canada
- English
- British Columbia, 1990
- Alberta, 1994
- Alberta Treasury Board and Finance - Joint Legal Consultative Committee Member
- Association of Canadian Pension Management - Member of Alberta Regional Council
- Calgary Bar Association - Member
- Canadian Bar Association - Co-Chair, Southern Alberta Pensions and Benefits Law Section
- Canadian Bar Association - Vice-Chair National Pensions and Benefits Law Section
- Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute - Member
- Federated Press Pension Planning, Editorial Board - Member
- Financial Institutions Commission (BC) - Joint Legal Consultative Committee Member
- Joint Alberta – British Columbia Drafting of Pension Legislation - Advisory Committee Member
- Law Society of Alberta - Member
- Law Society of British Columbia - Member
385 The Best Lawyers in Canada™ awards
90 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ awards
- Employee Benefits Law, Calgary, Canada (2024)
- Employee Benefits Law, Calgary, Canada (2022)
- Employee Benefits Law
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2016: consistently recommended as a Leading Practitioner for Pensions and Employee Benefits (Employer)
- The International Law Office and Lexology: winner of the 2015 Employment & Benefits Client Choice award (Alberta)
- Best Lawyers in Canada: recognized for Employee Benefits law
- Chambers Canada: recognized in the Pensions & Benefits (Canada) category
- Chambers Global 2017: recognized in the Pension & Benefits (Canada) category
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