Associate

Jessica White

Languages

English

Jessica advises trustee and corporate clients on all aspects of pensions law. Jessica has experience advising on a broad range of pensions matters, including advising trustee clients on the day-to-day administration of schemes, data protection queries, GMP equalisation, corporate transactions and pensions litigation. Jessica has been involved on a variety of de-risking projects with experience acting for both trustees and insurers for schemes progressing to buy-in and buy-out, including residual risks considerations.

Relevant experience

Advising the Trustee of the NSK Pension Scheme on a £309m buy-in with M&G
Advising Just on the buy-in policy to insure the remaining £300m liabilities of the ITB Pension Funds (Open Fund).
Advising an insurance company on their first buy-in transaction of two pension schemes, including drafting their standard terms and conditions and negotiating these with the trustees.
Review of scheme documentation and benefit specifications for multiple insurers, including negotiations of buy-in policies. Experience working on buy-in transactions for schemes at both ends of the scale, including those under £13 million and over £1.2 billion.
Advising trustees of multiple defined benefit schemes on buy-in transactions, including preparation of the benefit specification.
Advising an insurance company on individual annuities to be issued on the buy-out of various pension schemes.
Experience advising insurers and trustees on approach to residual risks insurance and negotiating commercially appropriate terms.
Working on arrangements between various private equity firms for the £7 billion private equity takeover of a FTSE 250 company and the trustees of defined benefit pension schemes.
Advising the subsidiary of a multinational energy corporation on the consequences for the defined benefit scheme of the potential sale of a major corporate asset and negotiating an updated memorandum of understanding between the employer and the trustee.

Education

Law degree at Durham University.
Masters of Law from BPP.

Practice Areas

Pensions

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