Utilising the expertise of the firm's pensions and insurance departments, Macfarlanes LLP provides expert advice to clients on a broad range of pensions matters and insurance-based pension risk transfer transactions, as well as advising on scheme management issues; the team also assists with pension aspects of corporate transactions and restructurings. The team is led by Faye Jarvis, who handles complex funding arrangements, liability management issues, mergers and demergers; and Andrew Barton, who excels in de-risking work. Madison Kaur has significant experience in advising insurers and reinsurers on pension de-risking issues.
Testimonials
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‘Macfarlanes stand out in their depth of knowledge which extends beyond the legal matters and are able to draw on different areas to add value on the commercial points of a transaction. They excel at being able to find new solutions to problems which both sides can accept without making compromises.'
‘Andrew Barton (Partner) has excellent knowledge and has mastered the art of knowing when to listen and when to speak. He can have excellent impact at the right time by doing so.'
- 'Madison Kaur (Senior Counsel) is excellent at drafting and managing work load and critical to the delivery of product.'
‘Strong commercial acumen. Deep understanding of the Pension Risk Transfer market. Second to none ability to find easy to understand solutions for complex matters. Absolute pleasure to work with.’
‘The Scheme's Partner, Faye Jarvis, is very knowledgeable, pragmatic, engaging and acknowledges in good time with a proposed deadline (which is always acceptable). A delight to work with.’
Key clients
- The Trustees of the United Airlines Pension Scheme
- The Trustees of the Wates Pension Fund
- GBT Travel Services UK Limited
- Darty Limited
- Pernod Ricard S.A.
- Barloworld UK Limited
- Spirit Aerosystems Inc.
- Trustees of the Gemplus Limited Staff Pension Scheme
- BMS Group
- Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Faye Jarvis, Andrew Barton