Shane O'Reilly > Norton Rose Fulbright > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Norton Rose Fulbright’s team is described by clients as ‘an all-round first rate pensions’ group, standing out for its growing workload of benefits correction and investigation mandates, together with its handling of complex transfers and scams prevention matters. Lesley Browning  and Patrick Bourke jointly lead the team, with the former advising on funding negotiations between the pensions regulator, managing trade unions and members relating to benefit errors, and the latter bringing wide-reaching commercial litigation expertise. Shane O’Reilly is a key name for compliance issues and cases relating to IDRP and the pensions ombudsman.

The ‘vastly experienced’ Lesley Browning leads the non-contentious pensions team at Norton Rose Fulbright; she counts trustees, sponsoring employers, master trusts, insurance companies and benefit consultants as clients. The team has a depth of expertise in both corporate and trustee advisory work, and is experienced in high-value global transactions and investments; it also has notable sector expertise, particularly in the transport industry. Shane O’Reilly is also an active member of the team, and is singled out by clients for his ability to ‘distill advice to any level of understanding and give a holistic response‘.