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James Parker
Partner

James Parker

Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
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James Parker is a partner in the Pensions team and a member of the Pensions De-Risking team, a specialist, multi-disciplinary team devoted to transactions in the longevity risk transfer market.

James' practice spans domestic and international corporate, insurance, reinsurance and structured finance transactions. He has a long-established reputation as a leader in the longevity and pension de-risking market, having acted on many of the largest and highest-profile transactions announced to date.  

Awards & Recognitions
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    James is valued by his clients for his “commerciality”, “dedication” and “proactivity”.
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    James was first ranked in Chambers in 2013. In 2016, James receives praise for his work on pension de-risking and longevity transactions. Sources say he "knows his onions" and has an ability to "explain things in simple ways."
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    James’ experience is described by his clients as “unique in the market. There is a lot of value add.” He is described by the CEO of one of his principal clients as simply “great; I would recommend him to anyone.”
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    "James is recommended as a leader and profiled for his work on Derivatives & Structured Products."
    Legal 500

Relevant experience

  • Pension Insurance Corporation in relation to the GBP 1.6bn bulk annuity pension buy-in policy with the Total UK Pension Scheme and the associated reinsurance arrangements.
  • SCOR Global Life in relation to the GBP 5 billion reinsurance of the Aviva Staff Pension Scheme, a pension fund of Aviva Life & Pensions UK Ltd.
  • Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited in relation to a GBP 2bn longevity insurance transaction with the Trustee of the ScottishPower Pension Scheme and the associated reinsurance arrangements.
  • SCOR Global Life in relation to the reinsurance of a CAD 5bn longevity insurance transaction between Sun Life Assurance Company and the Bell Canada pension plan, the first such transaction in Canada.
  • Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited in relation to a GBP 500m longevity insurance transaction with the trustees of the Rolls-Royce & Bentley Pension Fund and the associated reinsurance arrangements with Hannover Re.
  • SCOR Global Life in relation to the 50% quota share reinsurance of EUR 1.4 billion of longevity/mortality risk hedged by Blue Square Re, Aegon's group reinsurer.
  • The Trustees of the PGL Pensions Scheme in relation to the GBP 900 million longevity insurance transaction with Phoenix Life Limited (Phoenix), part of Phoenix Group Holdings, a FTSE 250 company.
  • SCOR Global Life in relation to the reinsurance of a proportion of the GBP 3bn longevity risk written by Deutsche Bank AG in derivative form with the trustees of the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Scheme
  • Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited in relation to a GBP 3bn longevity insurance transaction with the trustees of the BMW UK Pension Scheme and the associated reinsurance arrangements.
  • The Trustees of the Pall UK Pension Scheme on the first index-based longevity derivative covering deferred members. 

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Education

  • 1995 - BA French and German, Bristol University, Bristol
  • 1997- College of Law, Guildford