Mitch Frazer, BA (Hons) (York) 1993, MA (Brock) 1994, LLB (Western) 1999, MBA (Wilfrid Laurier) 2003 is a Partner and the Head of the Pensions and Employment Group at Torys LLP. His practice focuses on all aspects of pensions, benefits, employment and executive compensation matters. Mitch is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a former Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. He is Vice-Chair of the North York General Hospital Foundation Board of Governors, a member of The Belinda Stronach Foundation Advisory Board, a member of Ryerson University's Campaign Cabinet and a member of the Toronto French School Finance Committee. Mitch is also a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Ontario Science Centre, a former Chair of The Learning Partnership’s Annual Tribute Dinner, a former President of the University of Western Ontario Law Alumni Association and was a member of the Ontario Government's post-secondary education advisory committee on first generation students. Mitch is Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Pension and Benefits Section, a member of the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association’s Executive Steering Committee, a former chair of the Ontario Bar Association Pension and Benefits Section, and the immediate past-chair of the Association of Canadian Pension Management’s National Policy Committee. He publishes and speaks regularly on pension, benefits, employment and executive compensation issues and has been interviewed on television, radio and in print. For the past several years, Mitch has been named in Chambers & Partners' Chambers Global: World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client's Guide as a leading practitioner in pension and benefits law, in Woodward White's Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading lawyer in employee benefits law and in Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer as a leading lawyer in employee benefits and pensions. In 2008 he was named by Lexpert Magazine as one of Canada's leading lawyers under 40, in 2010 he was the recipient of Precedent Magazine’s Precedent Setter Award and Wilfrid Laurier University’s MBA Outstanding Executive Leadership Award and in 2011 he was the recipient of the North York General Hospital Foundation Chair’s Award and the University of Western Ontario Law School’s Ivan Rand Alumni Award. Contact: mfrazer@torys.com
