Philippa Connaughton > Sacker & Partners LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Philippa Connaughton
Work Department
Pensions.
Position
Philippa acts for both corporate clients and trustee boards on the whole ambit of pensions-related matters. She has particular expertise in relation to topical de-risking projects, such as pension increase exchange offers and enhanced transfer value exercises where she has recently advised both the corporate sponsor and trustee boards.
Philippa’s practice is broad, spanning negotiations with sponsors on trustee project work, drafting scheme documentation, advising on scheme mergers and demergers, negotiating public to private sector outsourcing contracts and providing advice on regulatory matters and investigations involving the Pensions Regulator.
As well as providing corporate strategy advice to corporate clients, Philippa frequently advises on the UK pensions aspects of large international corporate acquisitions, disposals and group reorganisations and plays a pivotal role in the Sackers team that provides transactional support services to other law firms.
Career
Qualified: 1995, England & Wales
Pensions experience since: 1995
Joined Sackers: 2016
Joined partnership/LLP: 2016
Employers: Rowe & Maw (1993-1997); Linklaters (1997-2010); RPC (2010-2015)
Memberships
Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute
Association of Pension Lawyers (Full Member)
Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
Education
University of Sheffield LLB (1989-1991); College of Law, Chester (1992)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
Pensions boutique Sacker & Partners LLP is noted by clients as being the ‘go-to legal practice for pensions‘, with a ‘world-class’ depth of practice. Team lead David Saunders has extensive experience in advising clients on defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes, bringing more than 20 years’ experience to the practice. Janet Brown, who is experienced in de-risking matters, is commended for her ‘unique skills‘ and provision of ‘invaluable’ support. Other key names include Fuat Sami who focuses on transactional cases; Stuart O’Brien who works mainly on matters relating to ESG and climate risk; Philippa Connaughton, who has expertise advising on the pensions aspects of corporate acquisitions; defined contribution schemes specialist Helen Ball; and the ‘superb‘ Jacqui Reid as well as Edward Hayes.