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Jae advises trustee, corporate and public sector clients on all aspects of pensions law and has been a pensions lawyer for over 15 years and has experience in helping clients through a number of high-profile matters and regulatory investigations.

Jae works on complex funding and  technical projects and manages multi-discipline teams to deliver the best outcomes for clients.  A specialist in investment and regular speaker on ESG and non-financial factors, Jae helps clients navigate the developing investment regime.  He also works on complex M&A transactions and assists clients with pre-transaction pensions structuring and dealing with post-Completion harmonisation issues and debt apportionments.

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    "He is invaluable; he is very pragmatic, commercially minded and manages our work very well."
    Chambers, 2021

Relevant experience

  • A Trustee of a£1bn+scheme on funding agreement with distressed employer amidst Regulatory investigation
  • Defence of FS sector client on EHRC investigation relating to past pension practices and scheme design.
  • A FS sector client on pension aspects of large-scale redundancy programme.
  • LGPS fund on transport sub-fund merger and related security
  • LGPS funds on managing employer covenant risk and producing platform to enable managed exit of distressed employers.
  • Administrators on pensions issues flowing from the Tullis Russell papermakers administration.
  • Administrators of Lehman Brothers companies (in Chapter 11) on Pensions Regulatory investigation 

Publications

  • Contributor to the Pensions Law Handbook (16th Edition), Bloomsbury Professional.

Memberships & Roles

  • Association of Pensions Lawyers

Education

  • 2004 – LPC (distinction), College of Law London, London.
  • 2003 – PGDL (distinction), College of Law London, London.
  • 2002 – BA (hons) History, University of Warwick, Warwick.

Insights by Jae

“Come Together” – From Abbey Road to Mansion House – a clearer, firmer trajectory to scale and consolidation for the LGPS

04 Jun 2025 5 min read

CMS launches 16th edition of the Pensions Law Handbook

09 Oct 2023 2 min read

The Pensions Regulator: Supporting Defined Contribution Savers in the current economic climate

17 Jan 2023 4 min read

The Pensions Regulator: Supporting Defined Contribution Savers in the current economic climate

17 Jan 2023 3 min read
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