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Rhonda Grintuch Avocate/Associate Montréal

Rhonda Grintuch

Partner Fasken
Employment standards are continually evolving to stay relevant in the modern workplace. Employers need to be aware of how these changes will affect them.
Jurisdiction Québec, 2012 | Ontario, 2010
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Rhonda Grintuch is a lawyer with the firm’s Labor, Employment & Human Rights group. With a practice covering all aspects of employment law, she provides strategic advice to employers on hiring, lay-offs and dismissals, human rights, and federal and provincial employment standards. Rhonda has extensive experience in negotiating employment agreements for executives and key employees and advising on equity based compensation arrangements, pension plans, non-competition and non-solicitation covenants, and conducting workplace harassment investigations.

Rhonda’s broad knowledge of employment law permits her to offer full-service advice to clients learning to navigate the Québec employment landscape, in particular Canadian and non-Canadian based clients canvassing acquisitions of Québec-based businesses or setting up a Québec-based operation. She has acted in transactions for purchasers in tech, biotech, AI, real estate, life sciences, insurance, telecom, e-commerce, agribusiness, and other industries.

Rhonda is also a member of the firm’s Emerging Technology group, and has acquired deep experience in the negotiation of founder employment agreements, implementing equity based compensation arrangements, and wrongful termination and constructive dismissal claims in the context of minority shareholder buyouts.

Rhonda represents employers in employment disputes at all levels of courts and administrative tribunals in Quebec.

Client Work

  • Trimac Transportation Services Inc. acquires Transport Sylvain Lasalle Inc.,
  • Alfar Capital and Walter Capital Partners acquired MSP Corp and combined it with Groupe Access,
  • MY01 raises US$ 12.5 million Series A funding round to accelerate its growth,
  • Pierre Karl Péladeau acquires the Montreal Alouettes from the CFL,
  • Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. closes a C$34 million Series A financing round,
  • Clearspring Capital Partners and OneLink Capital invest in Groupe Tecnic and École de conduite Tecnic Rive-Nord alongside one of the founding families,
  • LMPG Inc. acquires Lumca Inc,
  • West Penetone Canada acquires Unica Canada,
  • Schivo Medical Limited completes indirect acquisition of APN Inc.,

Career & Education

Education

  • Certificate in law, Pension Law Osgoode Hall Law School at York University
  • BCL / LLB McGill University
  • BA (Honours) University of Toronto

Community involvement

  • Member of the Board of Directors, Passages (2015-2019)

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)
  • Member, Lord Reading Law Society
  • Member, Young Bar of Montreal
  • Member, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers

Knowledge

Fasken Institute

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