The team at William Fry LLP is adept at advising clients across a wide range of pensions and incentives matters. Ian Devlin, who spearheads the pensions practice, has a wealth of experience in advising companies, regulatory bodies and pension scheme trustees on liability management and scheme restructurings, mergers and wind ups. Ciara McLoughlin is well-placed to advise on the establishment and management of occupational pension schemes. The incentives offering is led by Carol Eager, who regularly advises on the design and implementation of incentives arrangements, in both general advisory work and as part of corporate transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The strength of the pensions team at William Fry comes from being well resourced with individual team members specialising in various areas whilst collaborating effectively.'
- ‘Ian Devlin is technically excellent, very calm under pressure, very responsive, and a pleasure to deal with.’
- 'Our experience of William Fry is that the team, led by Ian, are very supportive to our requirements. In the area of individual cases, Ciara McLoughlin has been particularly effective.’
- ‘We have used Ian Devlin and his team in the Pensions Practice for a number of Pension Scheme wind ups and have found his advice to be pragmatic, technically excellent and timely.’
- ‘The pensions team at William Fry is led by Ian Devlin who is very accessible and responsive. Ian is supported by a well resourced and effective team who have a depth and variety of knowledge in the pensions field in Ireland.’
Key clients
- Affiliates Management Company
- AIB
- Alcon
- Amgen
- Aon Ireland Master Trust
- Aviva Ireland Staff Pension Schemes
- B&Q
- Beam Suntory Distribution SL
- Becton Dickinson Pension Schemes
- Brennan General Insurance Services Limited
- Certa Ireland Limited
- DCC plc
Work highlights
Advising the Aon Ireland Master Trust trustee on various contractual and operational issues related to its trusteeship of the Aon Ireland Master Trust.
Acted as lead Irish counsel to Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and New Mountain Capital on an agreement to combine the US firm Grant Thornton Advisors with Grant Thornton Ireland’s advisory and tax businesses. The team advised the buyer on all pension related aspects of the transaction and the team's incentives work included the design of post-combination equity incentive arrangements and co-ordinating tax and legal inputs across various relevant jurisdictions.
Advised DCC plc on the £1.05bn sale of its Healthcare division, a transaction that spanned pensions and incentives diligence and advisory work, as well as inputs into deal framework documents.
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Ciara McLoughlin
Practice head
Ian Devlin; Carol Eager
Other key lawyers
Ciara McLoughlin; Louise Harrison; Jane Barrett; Ciara Kelliher; Jane McKeever