Stuart O"Brien > Sacker & Partners LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Sacker & Partners LLP Offices
20 GRESHAM STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7JE
England
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Stuart O"Brien
Work Department
Pensions
Position
Partner with experience of a broad range of pension related matters, advising employers and trustees alike and with an emphasis on investment issues. This includes buy-ins and buy-outs, de-risking and advising on the legal aspects of scheme funding issues, including the use of contingent assets.
Stuart’s advice includes making changes to pension benefits (including the closure of schemes to future accrual), liability management exercises including pension increase exchange and pre-retirement transfer exercises, as well as scheme mergers, demergers, and solvent and insolvent wind-ups. He has significant expertise advising on the pensions aspects of corporate mergers, acquisitions and restructuring, dealing with Pensions Regulator clearance, section 75 debts, and apportionment and withdrawal arrangements.
Stuart is a leading industry figure for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment issues and an authority and regular speaker and commentator on the integration of climate change into trustee investment decision making as well as TCFD reporting, stewardship and engagement issues.
Stuart chairs the Pensions Climate Risk Industry Group and sits on a number of high profile committees including recent PLSA working groups providing trustee guidance on ESG and implementation statements. He is a member of the Investment and Defined Contribution Sub-Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers and a member of the legal panel to the Impact Investment Institute.
Career
Hammonds LLP (2001 to 2003); Sackers & Partners LLP (2003 to present), partner 2011.
Memberships
Association of Pension Lawyers (Full Member and Investment Committee Member); Pensions Management Institute (Ordinary Member)).
Education
University of Texas Law School, Austin, USA (1999 LLB with merit in American Law); Nottingham Law School (2001 Legal Practice Course).
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.