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Matheson LLP

Matheson LLP

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Pensions and employee benefits

Matheson LLP advises an international and domestic client base on the full range of pensions matters. The practice handles both contentious and non-contentious issues, including pensions litigation before the Irish courts, auto-enrolment and trustee obligations under DORA. Lorcan Keenan leads the team and advises on the establishment and operation of Irish pension arrangements, including defined benefit schemes and master trusts, as well as restructuring, winding-up and the pensions aspects of corporate transactions.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge

Testimonials

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  • ‘My contact at Matheson, Lorcan Keenan, has a thorough knowledge of the pensions industry, is a true professional and always completes my legal tasks within the required time frame. ’
  • ‘A depth of industry knowledge, with a proactive and pragmatic approach, coupled with professional and personable delivery.’
  • ‘Lorcan is very personable, he builds strong, open, transparent relationships. Lorcan is knowledgeable, creative and collaborative in his guidance.’
  • ‘Lorcan is very practical in his advice and always tries to provide solutions to the matter at hand.’
  • ‘We find the team easy to work with, they provide clear advice and clarification where something is not straight forward. We've received advice on pensions, both DB and DC and the team is very knowledgeable in this area.’
  • ‘Lorcan Keenan is really easy to work with and approachable. He's our main contact and does a great job.’
  • ‘We used Lorcan Keenan on one of our cases and found him to be responsive, technically excellent and a pleasure to deal with.’

Key clients

  • Trustees of the Cornmarket Civil and Public Sector Master Trust
  • Trustees of the Analog Devices International Investment Partnership Plan
  • Trustees of the Royal London Pension Schemes
  • Irving Oil
  • Trustees of the Tirlán Pension Scheme
  • AbbVie Pension Plans
  • Trustees of the Danske Bank Pension Schemes
  • Trustees of the Musgraves Pension Schemes

Work highlights

Advised the trustees of a defined benefit scheme operated by a financial institution on a buy-in of pensioner liabilities under a bulk annuity policy.
Advised the trustees of a large defined contribution scheme on preparations for a Pensions Authority supervisory review process.
Advised the trustees of a master trust on amendments to the scheme’s governing documentation.
Practice head

Lorcan Keenan

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