Shoosmiths LLP

Pensions

Hannah is a principal associate pensions lawyer, who advises both trustees and employers on a wide range of pensions issues.

Experience includes:

drafting consolidation rules and scheme documentation; advising on buy-ins/buy-outs, including drafting/reviewing benefits specifications and reviewing associated member communications; advising on the closure of pension schemes to future accrual, including where there is a final salary link; advising on the winding-up of a scheme; advising on the employer debt and apportioning the debt under a flexible apportionment arrangement; providing support and training to trustee boards on compliance with their obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation; advising trustees on GMP equalisation and equalisation methods; advising on pensions issues on corporate transactions; advising on incentive exercises; reviewing investment management agreements and administration agreements; and providing training to trustee boards on current legal issues.

Before becoming a pensions lawyer, Hannah practised as an employment lawyer at Stewarts Law in London, advising employees and employers on employment law issues.

Hannah is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers and committee member of the Thames Valley branch of the PLSA.