William Fry LLP continues to act for a wide range of clients in pensions and employee benefits-related matters, including pension scheme restructurings and regulatory issues related to IORP II. The practice is co-chaired by Ian Devlin and Maura Roe, both of whom advise regulatory bodies and pension scheme trustees on liability management exercises, share schemes and incentive programs. Louise Harrison and Ciara McLoughlin are key names within the group.
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- ‘Very Knowledgeable, approachable and trusted.’
- ‘Ian Devlin - practical with the ability to explain complexity in simple terms. Excellent response rate and proactive.’
- ‘Our pensions contact is always able to get support, at the appropriate level, from their colleagues on other teams as needed.’
- ‘Ian Devlin is our main contact. Very approachable and available. He gives considered and practical advice and can change course as appropriate if new information comes to light during a project which impacts the initial legal view.’
Key clients
- Integrity360
- Corporate Fitness Works Inc
- P.S.K Tech America, Inc
- Technopath Manufacturing Limited
- Laminate Solutions Limited
- Becton Dickinson Pension Schemes
- Aviva Ireland Staff Pension Schemes
- Guinness Ireland Group Pension Scheme
- Safefood 360°
- PIPO Europe Limited (TikTok)
- Wetherspoons
- Krispy Kreme
- Tesco
- B&Q
- Nordic Aviation Capital DAC
- Diageo
- Affiliates Management Company
- Flipdish
- IDOM
- NAOS
- The Irish Times
- SOLAS, The Further Education and Training Authority
- Boots Retail (Ireland) Limited
- Kilsaran Concrete
- Trustee Principles Limited
- Glanbia Co-Operative Society Limited
- Valeo Foods (Ireland)
- Sanofi – Aventis
- Mayfair Equity Partners
- Edwards Lifesciences
- Smurfit Kappa plc
- Northgate Public Services
- J&E Davy
- Uniphar
- Sodexo Limited
- Fineos
- DCC plc
- Mincon plc
- Lionbridge
- Univar Ireland Pension Schemes
- Ogletree Deakins
- Unum
- Revolut
- UKG
- Amgen
- Certa Ireland Limited
- Brennan General Insurance Services Limited
- Imperial Tobacco Mullingar Pension Fund
- John Player Ireland Pension Fund
Work highlights
- Advised Amgen on the employee share incentive aspects of its proposed takeover of Horizon Therapeutics for $27.8bn, for several hundred employees across a number of jurisdictions.
- Advised the trustees of the John Player Ireland pension schemes on a bulk annuity buy-out transaction.
- Advised the trustees of the Imperial Tobacco Mullingar Pension & Death Benefit Plan on a bulk annuity buy-out transaction in Q4 of 2022.
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Ian Devlin, Maura Roe