David Gallagher, practice head for Fieldfisher‘s pension team, has over two decades of pensions law experience, regularly working with a range of employers, trustees, product providers, and financial institutions. Having substantially grown in the last five years, the team boasts a multijurisdictional ability and sector expertise in advising schemes for energy companies. The team is also well versed in liability management projects, buy-ins and buy-outs, and master trust transfers. Other notable team members include Oliver Reece, a regulatory disputes, M&A, restructuring, and insurance specialist, who joined the practice in 2024.
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‘The team is able to advise across the full range of pensions issues.’
‘Oliver Reece is incredibly dedicated and committed to his work and his clients, and brings a wealth of experience to his advisory work.’
'The members of the non-contentious pensions team also conduct substantial litigation, which valuably informs their approach to pensions work generally.'
'David Gallagher brings great authority to their work.'
'Oliver Reece has a wealth of experience and adds considerable weight to the firm's pensions offering.'
Key clients
- Trustees of the Sibelco UK Occupational Pension Scheme
- Trustees of the Cooper Consolidated Pension Plan
- Trustees of the MTL Instruments Group Pension Scheme
- Electricity Pensions Trustee Limited
- Trustees of the Beazley Furlonge Limited Pension Scheme
- Trustee of the EDF Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme
- Brother International Europe LimitedRoss Trustees Services Limited
- Glen Dimplex Europe Holdings Limited
- ST Microelectronics Ltd
- Tensar International Limited
- People's Partnership
Work highlights
Advise Ross Trustees Services Limited with drafting and negotiating the commercial agreements essential for launching the IGGnite initiative, an alternative governance model for small pension schemes.
Adviser to the Scheme trustee of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme, providing advice, drafting and commercial support on ongoing day-to-day matters including management of the members' Annual General Meeting, amendments to scheme rules and dealing with the effects of new legislation.
Advise EDFG Trustee Limited, the trustee of the EDF Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme on a wide range of strategic covenant and funding matters and day-to-day work including documenting member-facing policies, sub-committee terms of reference, liability of administrators and compensation claims.
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Practice head
David Gallagher
Other key lawyers
Oliver Reece