Barbara Anna Walancik

Barbara Walancik-Hatch (She/Her/Hers) is counsel in the Employment and Labour group in Dentons’ Toronto office, practicing Pension, Benefits and Executive Compensation in Canada .

Barbara has been advising plan sponsors and administrators on all aspects of pension plans and employee benefits for more than 10 years. She has assisted private and public sector plan sponsors and administrators with a wide range of matters, including plan design, amendments, administration, governance, regulatory compliance, surplus distribution, de-risking, restructuring, wind-ups and information security.

Barbara has also advised on pensions, retirement and savings plans, and employee benefit matters in corporate transactions, including asset and share transactions, restructurings and reorganizations.

Barbara has presented to clients and peers on a broad spectrum of topics, from fiduciary duties, privacy and information security, to estate planning, legislative and regulatory updates. In addition, she has experience in litigation involving the intersection of constitutional rights with labour and pension law. She has appeared before the Superior Court of Justice, various appellate levels and the Financial Services Tribunal.