IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Canadian pension funds – the evolving Canadian model
Thursday 6 November (1430 - 1545)
Committee(s)
Corporate and M&A Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
General counsel from some of Canada’s largest pension funds and their advisors will discuss the “Canadian Model” to investing and managing pension assets and what has made this distinct approach to pension fund management so successful.
Panellists will share their insights on the critical legal, risk management, and investment governance roles their teams play in their organisations’ direct global merger & acquisition, private equity, infrastructure, capital markets and real estate investing, as well as their perspectives on key market trends and developments.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Isabella Ramsay | Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Sweden; Treasurer, Corporate and M&A Law Committee |
| Stephen Solursh | OPTrust Pension Plan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Conference Coordinator North America, Corporate and M&A Law Committee |
Speakers
| Mary Abbott | Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Michael Kelly | OMERS, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Ilkka Perheentupa | Avance Attorneys Ltd, Helsinki, Finland |
| Patrice Walch-Watson | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| John Walsh | Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |