Katie Banks > Hogan Lovells International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
ATLANTIC HOUSE
HOLBORN VIADUCT
LONDON
EC1A 2FG
England

Work Department

Pensions

Position

Partner

Career

For over 25 years, Katie has been focused on providing pension advice to companies and trustees. She enjoys providing day-to-day advice to her clients, many of whom are very longstanding, and has had success helping clients with significant and often high-profile projects. These projects have required the coordination of large teams of lawyers and a collaborative approach with other advisers.

Katie led the team of over 300 Hogan Lovells’ lawyers, advising the Trustees of the Kodak Pension Plan on their groundbreaking debt for equity swap and this work won four awards in 2014 including the Financial Times Most Innovative Law Firm in Corporate and Commercial Law and Employment, Pensions and Employee Benefits Team of the Year from Legal Business.

She has also advised both buyers and sellers on the increasingly complex issues arising from mergers, acquisitions, and disposals. She also leads the team which focuses on advising product providers on pension products. Katie is ranked as a leading individual in both Chambers and the Legal 500. She sits on the council of the Pensions Policy Institute, is immediate past chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers, and is a member of the Pensions Management Institute.

Languages

English

Memberships

Association of Pension Lawyers (former Treasurer and former Chair)

Pensions Management Institute

Education

B.A., The University of Nottingham

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)

(Hall of Fame)

Katie BanksHogan Lovells International LLP

Katie Banks leads the ‘exceptional’ non-contentious pensions team at Hogan Lovells International LLP. The practice is well-equipped to advise its clients on de-risking matters, novel funding solutions, master trust cases, and buy-ins and buy-outs. The team’s noteworthy recent work includes the completion of the £600m buy-out of liabilities in one section of ITV’s pension scheme. Claire Southern is experienced in advising large international clients such as Axa, while Duncan Buchanan brings more than thirty years of pension experience to the team. Other key contacts include Edward Brown and associate Beth Sheehan. Faye Jarvis left the practice in November 2022 for Macfarlanes LLP.