The ‘truly professional’ team at Simmons & Simmons handles a wide scope of pensions matters, including the pension aspects of cross-border M&A and restructurings, surplus return and de-risking DB pension arrangements. James Dean leads the team in Bristol and advises clients on a range of pensions-related matters, with notable expertise in asset-backed funding arrangements.
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Key clients
- DXC Technology
- Mercedes Benz Trucks Limited
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE)
- BASF plc
- Doosan Babcock Trustees
- Anheuser-Busch InBev Group
- Griffiths & Armour
- West Ferry Printers Pension Scheme
Work highlights
Acted for the trustees of the Doosan Power Systems Pension Scheme, advising on all aspects of the scheme, recently in relation to the exit from an asset backed funding arrangement and the sale of Doosan Babcock to Altrad.
Acting for Griffiths & Armour on the complex restructuring of its pensions arrangements in preparation for its acquisition by Aon.
Appointed to advise the Mercedes-Benz Trucks business in relation to the pensions issues arising from its global separation from Mercedes-Benz Cars.
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Practice head
James Dean