Courtney Yoo

Associate
Edmonton
About

Courtney maintains a general practice in the areas of corporate commercial law and restructuring.

Courtney has experience in a wide range of matters in corporate commercial law such as share purchase ‎transactions, mergers and acquisitions, employment matters, ‎pension and benefits matters and insolvency and CCAA proceedings. Courtney articled with the firm before joining as an Associate in 2022.

During law school, Courtney was Vice President Academic for the Law Student’s Association, Executive Director of Law Show, and a member of the Pandas Bearristers Rugby Team and the 2021 Graduation Committee. During her undergrad, Courtney was an athlete on the Pandas Volleyball Varsity team at the University of Alberta from 2013-2017.

Areas of FocusCorporateTechnology and Commercial TransactionsMergers and AcquisitionsEmployment
Bar admissionsAlberta, 2022

EXPERIENCE

  • Advised and assisted the Plan Sponsor in the winding-up, and associated annuity buy-in and buy-out purchase transactions, of the defined benefit portion of their employee pension plan, including:
    - Negotiated along with the Plan’s actuary the pension-risk transfer (buy-in annuities) with insurance companies, including the review, revision and drafting of annuity purchase contracts;
    - Assisted and advised the Plan Sponsor in the navigation of the regulatory scheme, including pension and tax legislation, with respect to the wind-up of the defined benefit portion of the Pension Plan, and the annuity buy-in and buy-out contracts with multiple insurance companies;
    - Assisted Plan Sponsor with all legal steps associated with the wind-up and the annuity contracts (the buy-out) for the members, deferred members and pensioners of the defined benefit portion of the Pension Plan;  
    - Drafted amendments to the Pension Plan text with respect to the wind up and pension-risk transfer; 
    - Assisted Plan Sponsor with the post-transaction regulatory components, such as the withdrawal of plan surplus.
  • Provided governance advice to Pension Plans on matters including governance policies, statements of investment policies and procedures, appeal policies and similar administrative practices and policies.
  • Advised Plan Sponsors on restructuring their Private Health Services Plans in order to comply with changes in the Income Tax Act.
  • Advised Pension plans and other Benefit Plans on investments being considered by those Plans such as private equity funds and other structured investments, in addition to investment management agreements between the Plans and their Investment Managers. 
  • Advised multi-employer pension plans with respect to several significant investments of approximately $10,000,000 USD in Delaware Limited Partnership Funds, including a Tax-Exempt Fund which was among a four-structure group of funds used to accommodate U.S ‎taxable Limited Partners, Canadian Limited Partners and certain Foreign Limited Partners‎.
  • Act for a number of Canadian Chartered Banks and large, Alberta-based, commercial lenders.‎
  • Act for borrowers and lenders in structuring and negotiating significant secured credit facilities across a range of industries. 
     
Languages
  • English

Awards

  • Odishaw Family Prize in Mediation Advocacy for superior academic achievement in Mediation ‎Advocacy, ‎‎2021‎
  • Edmonton Bar Association Award for significant contribution to student life, 2020‎
  • Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship for superior academic achievement , 2019-2020‎
  • Honourable GA Cameron Steer Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement, 2019‎
  • Dr. Alexander Smith QC Prize in the Subject of Contracts for outstanding academic ‎achievement in the ‎subject of Contract Law, 2018-2019‎
Education
  • J.D. with Distinction, University of ‎Alberta, 2021‎
  • B.Sc. with Distinction, University of ‎Alberta, 2018‎

Community Involvement

  • University of Alberta Athletics Board - VP Community Outreach, 2015-2017‎
  • Stollery Children’s Hospital Volunteer, 2015-2017‎
  • Edmonton Centennial Interact Club, 2010-2013‎

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Law Society of Alberta, 2022‎
  • Canadian Bar Association, 2022‎

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+1 780 ‎429 6829‎
(Work, Edmonton)