Papadakis, John J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

John Papadakis has a broad-based employee benefits practice covering all forms of share incentive and pension arrangements. He has extensive experience setting up and advising on approved and unapproved share incentive arrangements for public and private companies in the U.K. and advising on global stock plan issues. He advises on corporate and securities law requirements governing such arrangements and also on U.K. corporate governance and institutional investor requirements. John's recent pensions work has included advice to employers on ongoing funding issues, the closure of plans to future accrual, the wind up of plans, and insolvency issues.

John has recently advised a diverse range of companies on their share incentive arrangements. These include Cardinal Health, The Evolution Group, Manpower Inc., NTL Globalgroup, Primetel, The Riverside Company, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, Stepan Company, and Ted Baker. He also has given advice on many U.K. defined benefit plans, including recently to Bonhams, Dole Food Company, the Trustees of Energizer Holdings, Ennstone, and The Timken Company.

John is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Organisation, the Association of Pension Lawyers, and the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals.

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• U.K./European Benefits

Representative Cases

• Ashtenne forms Ashtenne Industrial Fund Limited Partnership
• Ashtenne proposes £132.7 million portfolio sale and shareholder return of £142 million by way of share consolidation
• BancBoston and Indigo Capital sell Menzies Hotels Group
• BlackSpider Technologies places shares with Cazenove New Europe Access Fund , (2009)
• Cabot Financial acquired in management buyout
• CBaySystems issues £12.7 million (US $25.2 million) of Ordinary Shares in an institutional placing and Rule 144A offering
• Centre for High Performance Development completes sale of company
• Dana Corporation U.K. subsidiaries successfully restructure during U.S. parent's chapter 11 case , (2009)
• ENRC completes $3 billion IPO with offering on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange , (2009)
• Evolution Group completes private placement of shares in IP2IPO raising £40.5 million
• Finnish company seeks advice on designer share incentives
• Glen Crawford completes management buyout of Cabot Financial
• Goldshield Group completes sale to Midas for £178 million , (2010)
• Granville Baird Capital Partners receives advice in the $42.5 million buyout of Armor Group
• Hanson PLC involved in scheme of arrangement and capital reduction
• Imerys receives labor advice in trade union negotiations
• Indian company seeks advice on pension liabilities on listing of Global Depositary Receipts on London Stock Exchange
• Inspicio Plc acquired by Angus Newco Limited for $391 million
• Kaye Office Supplies repurchases interest from ISA International
• Linden Holdings completes sale to Galliford Try for $478 million
• M.L. Labs completes £26 million of Equity Shares in an institutional placing and open offer
• Management group receives advice on MBO of Sagitta Private Equity
• Media Square offers $43.4 million for Coutts Holdings
• MPS Group acquires Judd Farris , (2009)
• NBGI Private Equity invests in Quanta Fluid Solutions
• Plexus completes IPO of £11 million of Ordinary Shares
• Product Support Limited completes sale of company in MBO
• Riverside acquires Summit Medical
• Riverside acquires Tensator Group , (2009)
• Scarborough Minerals acquired by Mineral Securities Limited and completes admission of entire issued share capital to trading on AIM
• Special Metals acquired by Precision Castparts for $540 million
• SunPower acquires SunRay Renewable Energy for $277 million , (2010)
• Thomson Intermedia finances BCMG Limited acquisition
• U.K. institution adopts new CSOP, SAYE Scheme and Performance Share Plan
• U.K. institution changes benefits structure of defined benefit pension
• U.K. institution drafts amended trust deed
• U.K. institution seeks advice on claims by member in front of Pensions Ombudsman
• U.K. institution seeks advice on design and implementation of phantom share plan
• U.K. institution seeks advice on noncompliance of SSAS pension plan
• U.K. institution seeks advice on pension and benefit issues in acquisition
• U.K. institution seeks advice on pension liabilities of sale
• U.K. institution seeks advice on pension liabilities on wind up of occupational defined benefit pension plan and construction of trust deed
• U.K. institution seeks advice on schemes
• U.K. institution seeks advice on share option arrangements on a recommended offer for a listed company
• Virage Logic acquires ARC
• Virage Logic completes $6.4 million exchange offer , (2009)
• Westcity completes institutional placing and underwritten open offer for £7.7 million of Ordinary Shares

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• College Law - Guildford
• U of Sussex - Brighton

Published Works

• 2009 UK Budget - Pensions and High Earners: Ignoring the Changes Could Damage Your Wealth, The Bulletin, 2009
• 2009 UK Budget Targets Pensions and High Earners: Ignoring the Changes Could Damage Your Wealth, 2009
• 2009 UK Budget Targets Pensions and High Earners: Ignoring the Changes Could Damage Your Wealth, 2009
• Spreading the Pain: The Extended Powers of the Pensions Regulator, 2008
• Brave New World? New Funding Pitfalls for UK Pensions, 2007
• Age Discrimination and Pensions, 2007
• Occupational Pension Schemes - Member-Nominated Trustees and Directors, 2007
• Look Before You Leap! A Primer on Employee Stock Incentive Plans in the UK, 2006
• Pensions: An International Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 4, 2006
• U.K. Pensions Issues On Sales and Acquisitions - Shares or Assets?, 2006
• Pension Rights on an Asset Transfer, 2005
• The U.K. Pensions Act 2004: Risks and Liabilities for International Investors, 2005
• Liabilities, Deficits and Buy-Outs: The Impact of Pensions on Corporate Finance, 2005
• Pension Schemes and Disability Discrimination, 2005
• The Pensions Trap: Issues for Private Equity Investors, 2005
• Changes in Pensions Law — Pitfalls for Business Restructuring, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: Moral Hazard Clauses, 2004
• Changing the Terms of a Pension Scheme, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: The New Regulator, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: Pension Protection Fund, 2004
• Employee Pension Rights Upon the Transfer of a Business, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: Issues for Pension Schemes, 2004
• Some Common Approaches to Pension Plan Deficits, 2004
• Occupational Pension Schemes and Transfers of Undertakings: Do Early Retirement Benefits Transfer?, 2004
• Sexual Orientation and Pensions, 2004

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