Jacqui Reid > Sacker & Partners LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Sacker & Partners LLP
20 GRESHAM STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7JE
England

Work Department

Pensions

Position

Partner and specialist pensions lawyer with over 15 years’ experience of advising trustees and companies on all aspects of UK pensions law, regulation and industry best practice.  She is a DC specialist but also has a thriving DB practice – her clients include trustees/providers of DB and DC schemes (large and small) and international/FTSE 100 and 250 companies who participate in UK and offshore trust and contract-based arrangements.

Jacqui works with a range of occupational and personal pension providers on legal and non-legal DC matters and has a practical appreciation of the key challenges we need to overcome to secure good outcomes for members. She advises independent governance committees (IGC) and chairs provider forums for key industry players which makes her uniquely placed to provide independent ideas and thoughts on issues which span trust and contract pension provision.

Career

Qualified: 2002, England & Wales

Pensions experience since: 2001

Joined Sackers: 2016

Employers: Linklaters LLP (2000-2015)

Memberships

Association of Pension Lawyers (Full Member). In addition, Jacqui chairs a closed working group with leading providers and IGCs of work-based personal pension arrangements and members of IGCs, which seeks to move forward industry-wide initiatives on issues which are important to IGCs and their providers.

Education

University/ College:

University of Durham (1994-1998)
Nottingham Law School (1998-2000)

Degree: BA Modern European Languages, Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)

(Next Generation Partners)

Jacqui ReidSacker & Partners LLP

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 ‘superbJacqui Reid as well as Edward Hayes.