Bio

Fiona Brown is known for her commitment to outstanding client service. Whether assisting companies with their expansion into Canada, working with a team to manage complex transactions or acting as point person for advice on everyday matters, she is a hands-on client relationship partner. Fiona takes great care to understand her clients’ business objectives and to help her clients leverage the firm’s strengths across all practice areas. She leads multi-disciplinary teams of lawyers to provide clients with comprehensive service across all areas of business law. Clients appreciate her hands-on approach to managing the relationship and her guidance on complex matters. Fiona never loses sight of the human element in the legal issues facing her clients, and her responsiveness, focus on clear communication and project management skills show that she is personally invested in their success. Fiona’s background in labour and employment law allows her to personally advise clients with respect to compliance with employment standards, human rights, pay equity, occupational health and safety requirements and minimizing liabilities with respect to terminations. Her 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. 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 clients trust her to manage their most important transactional, regulatory and operational legal issues. Fiona represents clients in the public, private, non-profit and charitable sectors across a range of industries and contexts, including technology, manufacturing, automotive, cannabis, health and wellness, insurance, transportation, retail and marketing, among others. She is a practical lawyer who enjoys developing workable business solutions, and takes a proactive and comprehensive approach to helping clients succeed in a new market. Fiona works closely with lawyers and patent agents in other practice areas, including technology, litigation, intellectual property, regulatory law, banking, real estate and tax, to provide her clients with a full range of legal services to advance their business interests. Fiona is a regular speaker and writer on market expansion matters. She is proud to be recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Mergers & Acquisitions, The Best Lawyers in Canada in Cannabis and Benchmark Litigation Canada as a Future Star.