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Hadassah Whitaker
Senior Associate

Hadassah Whitaker

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Hadassah is a senior associate in the Pensions Team advising trustees, employers and insurers on a wide range of pensions matters including risk transfer exercises, end-game solutions, benefit issues, scheme governance, mergers, litigation matters, pensions regulatory investigations, automatic enrolment, master trust compliance and the pensions aspects of corporate transactions. 

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    "an excellent performancer."
    Legal 500, 2021

Relevant experience

  • Trustees and insurers on buy-ins and buy-outs of all sizes including significant experience advising on residual risks.
  • On superfund transactions.
  • Trustees of DB schemes on historic benefit issues and potential claims.
  • Bringing and defending complex multi-party negligence proceedings.
  • Defending the Targets of multi million pound regulatory action to issue a contribution notice.
  • The Trustee of a multi-billion pound scheme on a regulatory governance investigation. 
  • A FS Sector employer on a major automatic enrolment rectification exercise.
  • Employers on risk management strategies.
  • A large commercial master trust with its compliance and governance.
  • Trustees and employers on different uses of surplus.

Memberships & Roles

  • Association of Pension Lawyers

Lectures list

  • Corporate Adviser Conference, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Panel

Education

  • 2012 - LPC, College of Law (now University of Law), London 
  • 2011 - LLB, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Qualification, Institution, City 

Insights by Hadassah

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CMS Specialist Counsel: Pensions Regulator Investigations

CMS Specialist Counsel: Pensions Regulator Investigations

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Advising the Board on Pension Risk

Advising the Board on Pension Risk

13 Feb 2023 13 min read
CMS advises Compass Group plc on acquisition of Equinoxe Solutions

CMS advises Compass Group plc on acquisition of Equinoxe Solutions

13 Sep 2022 2 min read
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