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“I have significant experience advising all sides of pension funds on their most important pensions matters. I bring expertise and skill at helping clients finding solutions to their most pressing problems.”
John advises trustees and corporates on all main areas of pensions law, including corporate transactions, plan mergers and trustee and employer advisory work, including day-to-day aspects of operating occupational pension funds. He is also experienced in advising insurers on personal pension products. In addition, he is regularly called upon to advise on investments by trustees, including investment management issues and direct investments, such as hedge funds and derivatives.
John has in-depth knowledge of Section 75 issues, benefit changes and the powers of the Pensions Regulator, drafting scheme rules, merger agreements and apportionment arrangements.
John also has significant experience in international issues, particularly large multijurisdictional corporate transactions and on cross-border issues, including advising clients on pension arrangements ahead of Brexit.
John has advised on a wide range of major pension fund matters. These include advising:
John regularly speaks at conferences organised by the International Pension and Employee Benefit Lawyers’ Association (IPEBLA) and the Pensions and Lifetimes Savings Association (PLSA). He spoke on defined benefit pensions consolidation at the 2018 PLSA conference.
John is a member of the international committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers and of the International Employee Benefits Association.
John studied European legal studies at the University of Bristol, which included a year at Caen-Normandy University, and holds a diploma in international employee benefits from the Pensions Management Institute.
He speaks English and French.