Andrew Schafer
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Andrew Schafer advises clients on a variety of labour and employment matters, including labour relations, human rights, workers' compensation, wrongful dismissals, unjust dismissals, employment standards, and compensation issues.
He prepares various labour and employment agreements such as employment contracts, confidentiality agreements, restrictive covenants, return to work agreements, and workplace policies. Andrew assists clients with corporate transaction by providing labour and employment advice relating to due diligence, transactional drafting and labour and employment matters related to those transactions. In addition, and as part of his broader labour and employment practice, he advises on pension and benefits matters, including pension matters relating to plan design, plan amendments, plan mergers, regulatory compliance, and pension issues concerning corporate transactions.
Professional experience
Collapse allLL.B., Queen's University, 2007
B.A., University of British Columbia, 2004
- British Columbia 2008
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2024: recommended in Workers’ Compensation
- Canadian Bar Association
- Vancouver Bar Association
News
Insights
2024 Employment and labour trends in British Columbia
Webinar | June 07, 2024
2023 Employment and labour trends in British Columbia
Webinar | June 02, 2023
2022 Employment and labour trends in British Columbia
Webinar | November 4, 2022
Client work
Crescent Point Energy Corp. acquires Hammerhead Energy Inc.
November 20, 2023
Newport Private Wealth Inc. is acquired by NFP
August 02, 2022
Genius Brands completes acquisition of Wow Unlimited Media
April 27, 2022