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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

CMS Pensions Charities Group

12 May 2023 1 min read

CMS Specialist Counsel: Pensions Regulator Investigations

28 Mar 2023 1 min read

Advising the Board on Pension Risk

13 Feb 2023 13 min read

CMS advises Compass Group plc on acquisition of Equinoxe Solutions

13 Sep 2022 2 min read
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