Noah Burshtein

Senior Associate

Toronto
NBurshtein@blg.com
416.367.6364

Noah maintains a two-sided practice, that marries management-side labour and employment litigation and advisory work with business immigration and citizenship law. His practice includes labour, employment, transactional, human rights, sports, workplace safety, and immigration issues.

Noah’s hybrid practice comprises both advice-based solicitor work and advocacy-based litigation work. He regularly advises and represents both private and public sector employers on a wide range of issues, including:

  • work authorization and entry to Canada
  • intra-company and cross-border transfers
  • share purchase and asset transactional issues pertaining to employment
  • employee terminations
  • contracts and policies
  • employment standards
  • health and safety
  • union grievances
  • unfair labour practice complaints
  • collective bargaining
  • human rights applications

He frequently represents large TV and film studios, professional sports organizations, and high-profile entertainers in the transfer and acquisition of key foreign personnel into Canada. He has also worked with professional sports teams, hospitals, and large employers on arbitration issues.

Experience

  • IFS in its acquisition of Clevest Solutions Inc., a provider of mobile workforce management and advanced network deployment solutions in the utilities vertical.

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers Canada – Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Associates to watch: Employment & Labour) (Canada)

Bar Admission & Education

  • Ontario, 2019
  • JD, University of Calgary, 2018
  • BA (Hons), English Language and Literature, University of Western Ontario, 2015