Natasha A. vandenHoven

First Year of Call
Ontario, 1992

Areas of Practice
Pensions & Benefits Law

Description
Natasha vandenHoven is a partner and Head of the Pensions & Benefits Group. Her practice focuses on statutory and governmental plans, governance, fiduciary obligations, investment and administration issues, trusts, and compliance matters. In particular, she advises clients on pensions and benefits issues relating to corporate transactions, creditor/debtor agreements, and bankruptcy and insolvency matters.

Natasha is experienced in executive compensation and advises clients on matters including equity and non-equity based compensation, supplemental retirement arrangements and bonus plans. She has also developed an expertise in de-risking strategies involving complex annuity buy-in and buy-out transactions including with respect to regulatory discharges. In addition, Natasha regularly advises on regulatory and investment structuring matters.

Natasha’s expertise has been recognized by Chambers Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and The Best Lawyers in Canada.

Professional Activities
Natasha has written extensively on pensions, benefits and executive compensation related issues. She has also spoken at numerous Canadian and international client and industry conferences. In addition, she is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Law Society of Ontario, Association of Canadian Pension Management, and International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association, and is a past member of the Ontario Bar Association’s Pensions and Benefits Section executive.

Background
Natasha was Senior Policy Consultant of the Pension Initiatives, Income Security and Pension Policy Division at the Ministry of Finance, following a leadership position within the Ontario Government where she worked on the development of the newly proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. Natasha practised pensions and benefits law in private practice for a number of years and was a pension analyst with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (formerly the Pension Commission of Ontario).

Natasha has also served as the Senior Vice President, Research, Human Resources and Corporate Counsel at one of the leading global human capital and management consulting firms.