Hill Dickinson grows London pensions team to meet rise in client demand
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Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has boosted its London pensions team with the hire of a new partner, John Dinnegan.
John joins the team from Simmons & Simmons and brings extensive experience in advising corporates and pension scheme trustees, with a focus on restructuring and regulatory investigations.
In particular, John has advised in relation to a number of Company Voluntary Arrangements, Regulated Apportionment Arrangements and a Scheme of Arrangement.
With over 12 years’ experience, John’s work also includes general advice to trustees and corporate clients on scheme funding and security, insurance buy-outs, scheme investments and compliance with legislation.
Recent experience includes:
• Advising pension trustees regarding a Warning Notice issued by the Pensions Regulator against the acquirers of the scheme employer’s business
• Advising well-known global asset manager on fiduciary management agreement
• Advising US parent company regarding the provision of security to the pension scheme of its UK subsidiary
• Advising large insurance company on global benefit harmonisation exercise
Welcoming John to the firm, Barry Gibb head of pensions, said: ‘John has joined the pensions team at Hill Dickinson during the current lockdown period, which is a situation none of us could have anticipated only three months ago. However, the pandemic has created huge uncertainty in the market, accelerating demand for legal advice around pension legislation and company schemes even before more normal working practices are resumed. John brings a wealth of experience to his role as partner with the firm and we look forward to introducing him to our clients as one of our growing team.’
John is a member of the Law Society and of the Association of Pension Lawyers
