Anne K. Gallop
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Anne Gallop practises in all areas of employment and labour law, including wrongful dismissal, human rights and disability management.
She routinely advises on all aspects of employment policies, ensuring compliance with the various legislative regimes. Ms. Gallop also has significant experience in corporate reorganizations and corporate mergers and acquisitions, where she advises on the labour, employment and employee privacy issues arising from such transactions. She routinely advises on employment and executive employment contracts, including executive compensation such as change of control agreements and stock option plans. Ms. Gallop also has extensive experience with privacy legislation as it relates to labour and employment matters.
Ms. Gallop is the Toronto local chair and the Ottawa local co-chair of our employment and labour group.
Professional experience
Collapse allLL.B., University of New Brunswick, 1996
B.A., Acadia University, 1992
- Nova Scotia 1997
- Ontario 2000
Ms. Gallop has recently acted for the following clients:
- McKesson Canada in the acquisition of Patient Direct Group and Specialized Health Care Corporation, an Oakville, Ontario-based specialty and biological drug distribution, patient support and direct-to-patient drug dispensing business
- Domtar Corporation in the sale of its forest products business to EACOM Timber Corporation for approximately $127 million
- Nortel in its multijurisdictional insolvency proceedings including its agreement to sell its global Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions business to GENBAND
- Kingsway Financial Services Inc. in connection with a definitive purchase agreement to sell all of the issued and outstanding shares of Jevco Insurance Company to The Westaim Corporation
- Groupe Aeroplan in its US$175-million acquisition of Carlson Marketing Worldwide
- HearUSA Inc. in the sale of its Canadian subsidiaries' assets to Helix Inc. for over $28 million
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Labour and Employment Law, 2024
- Chambers Canada, Ontario: Employment and Labour, Chambers and Partners, 2023-2024
- Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2024
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2020, 2022-2024: recommended in Employment Law (Employer); 2022-2023: Workplace Human Rights (Employer)
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
- Canadian IT Law Association
Insights
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