Fiona Brown

Fiona is known for her commitment to outstanding client service. Whether responding to labour and employment issues or coordinating a team of lawyers to assist in other areas, Fiona takes great care to understand her clients’ businesses and deliver advice that is tailored to meeting their specific needs. She is a hands-on client relationship partner and frequently acts as project manager to help her clients leverage the firm’s strengths across all practice areas. Her responsiveness, dedication to clear communication, and hands-on approach show that she is personally invested in the success of her clients, as does her willingness to facilitate relationships with other firm lawyers.

Fiona’s practice focuses on advising clients with respect to compliance with employment standards, human rights, pay equity and occupational health and safety requirements and minimizing liabilities with respect to terminations. Fiona also regularly drafts, negotiates and advises on the enforcement of contractual and commercial arrangements with employees, including employment and consulting agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, equity and non-equity based compensation arrangements and bonus plans, the assignment of intellectual property rights and separation packages. In addition, Fiona represents clients in litigation arising out of the employment relationship, including wrongful and constructive dismissal litigation and matters before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

Fiona’s commercial employment law practice involves assisting the firm’s corporate clients with all labour and employment aspects of corporate transactions, restructurings and mergers and acquisitions, including employment-related diligence, successor employer issues and preparing related employment and consulting agreements. Fiona represents employers in the public, private, non-profit and charitable sectors across a range of industries and contexts, including technology, manufacturing, automotive, health and wellness, insurance, transportation, retail and marketing, among others.

In addition, Fiona frequently advises international clients expanding into Canada. She works closely with lawyers and patent agents in other practice areas, including technology, litigation, intellectual property, corporate/commercial and cannabis, to provide her clients with a full range of legal services to take their business to the next level. Fiona is a practical lawyer who enjoys working with clients to develop workable business solutions.

Fiona is a regular speaker and writer on market expansion, employment and labour law matters.