Connor, Rosalind J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Rosalind Connor works in the field of pensions and benefits with both a UK and international focus. She advises companies and trustees on the issues relating to the establishment, funding, regulation, and termination and winding up of U.K. pension schemes. She has extensive experience advising on pension issues in the fields of UK and international transactions and business rescue.

Rosalind has recently advised on the closure to accrual of the defined benefit section of the pension scheme of a large London financial institution. She also has advised on and drafted documentation for a new defined benefit scheme in a complex joint venture arrangement. She advised on the pensions issues in the restructuring of the UK subsidiaries of a U.S.-owned group following a chapter 11 filing, negotiating with four pension schemes, their advisers, and the Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund, among others.

Rosalind regularly writes articles and speaks at conferences on pensions topics. She sits on the London Committee of the Pensions Management Institute, in which she has been admitted as an associate, and on the International Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers. She also is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Organization and the International Pensions and Employee Benefits Law Association. She recently coauthored a book, Global Issues in Employee Benefits, published by Thomson Reuters.

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• U.K./European Benefits
• Compensation & Benefits Counseling for Employers
• Corporate Bankruptcies
• ESOPs & Other Stock-Based Plans
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Private Equity/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Representative Cases

• Ashtenne acquires Mentmore Serviced Business Space Division , (2009)
• Aspen Pumps acquires Orchard Electronic
• Assistlight completes sale to Wellness Foods
• China National Bluestar acquires Technical Absorbents
• Client wins car fraud case
• Collins Stewart completes £45 million of Ordinary Shares in an institutional placing and open offer
• Concateno acquires Medscreen Holdings
• Concateno completes institutional placing to partially fund acquisition of Euromed Limited
• Concateno completes tender offer for Cozart plc
• Connaught acquires UK Fire (International)
• Dana Corporation U.K. subsidiaries successfully restructure during U.S. parent's chapter 11 case , (2009)
• Firm counsels walk-in clients at Waterloo Law Center , (2009)
• Football Aid, a U.K.-based charitable fund, receives advice regarding corporate law issues , (2007)
• Goodman establishes joint venture to develop Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
• Goodrich and Rolls-Royce sign agreements to complete engine controls joint venture , (2009)
• Hand Held Products acquired by Honeywell
• Hanson PLC involved in scheme of arrangement and capital reduction
• Harsco Corp acquires steel mill services business for $229 million
• HeidelbergCement completes €1.4 billion Eurobond issue
• HeidelbergCement completes €2.5 billion Eurobond issue , (2009)
• HeidelbergCement completes €8.7 billion refinancing , (2009)
• 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
• Inflexion acquires Advanced Communications and Information Systems in MBO
• Inflexion Private Equity acquires Aspen Pumps and BBJ Engineering , (2009)
• Inflexion Private Equity acquires Eurotel Holdings in MBO , (2009)
• Inflexion Private Equity acquires Red Commerce in MBO , (2009)
• Inflexion Private Equity completes management buyout of Pims Group , (2009)
• Inspicio Plc acquired by Angus Newco Limited for $391 million
• Internet Business Group is acquired by TMN Group
• J.F. Lehman acquires business unit of BAE Systems , (2009)
• J.F. Lehman acquires Drew Marine Business unit from Ashland , (2009)
• J.F. Lehman sells AIS Global Holdings for $375 million , (2010)
• J.F. Lehman sells Racal Acoustics in MBO
• Kaye Enterprises acquires Triage Services , (2009)
• Linden Holdings completes sale to Galliford Try for $478 million
• Linden Holdings negotiates boardroom restructuring
• M.L. Labs completes £26 million of Equity Shares in an institutional placing and open offer
• Macquarie Goodman acquires Akeler Holdings for $1.2 billion
• Marlin Equity Partners acquires business units from Requisite Technology , (2009)
• MPS Group acquires Judd Farris , (2009)
• NBGI Private Equity invests in Quanta Fluid Solutions
• OM Group acquires electronics business of Rockwood Holdings for $315 million , (2009)
• Pamplona Capital acquires business unit from Johnson Matthey , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners recapitalizes Dura Automotive , (2010)
• Praesepe acquires Shipley Amusement companies , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble acquires Ambi Pur, the air care business of Sara Lee, for $470 million , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble sells European tissue and towel business , (2009)
• Product Support Limited completes sale of company in MBO
• Resilience Capital sells business unit of ASC Signal Corporation , (2009)
• Riverside acquires DAVRA
• sanofi-aventis sells Delta Biotechnology Ltd. to Novozymes Biotechnology A/S
• Sovereign Capital acquires business unit of Honormead Group
• Sovereign Capital acquires Claims Management Group in MBO
• Sovereign Capital acquires fostering agencies , (2009)
• Sovereign Capital and Adaptground acquire TRACS
• Sovereign Capital sells SENAD Group
• The Chocolate Partnership acquires four companies
• The Deutsch Group completes sale to WENDEL Investissement , (2009)
• Toni & Guy's Mascolo brothers sell TIGI hair product business and advanced education academies for $411.5 million to Unilever , (2009)
• U.K. institution changes benefits structure of defined benefit pension
• U.K. institution drafts amended trust deed
• U.K. institution establishes defined contribution occupational pension plans
• U.K. institution seeks advice on claims by member in front of Pensions Ombudsman
• 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 share option arrangements on a recommended offer for a listed company
• Wachovia Capital sells British Salt to Cheshire Salt Limited
• WL Ross & Co. forms joint venture with Lear Corporation and Franklin Mutual Advisers , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Bankruptcy Law, Business Organizations, 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, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer, 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 - London
• Oxford University - England

Published Works

• Pension Issues on Asset Transfers: A European Perspective, 2010
• Borrowers with Pension Schemes: Risks and Issues for Lenders in the United Kingdom, 2009
• 2009 UK Budget - Pensions and High Earners: Ignoring the Changes Could Damage Your Wealth, The Bulletin, 2009
• The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2006, 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
• The Extension of the Pensions Trap: New Concerns for Private Equity Investors, 2009
• Loss of Good Faith: The Extended Powers of the Pensions Regulator, 2009
• Something for nothing, In House Lawyer, 2009
• Spreading the Pain: The Extended Powers of the Pensions Regulator, 2008
• Pensions Act 2008, The Bulletin, 2008
• Pro bono law can improve education, Legal Week Legal Week article, 2008
• Italian Pension Funds Reform, IPEBLA Review, 2008
• Riforma Italiana dei Fondi Pensione, IPEBLA Review, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, Cross-border Quarterly, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, 2007
• 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: Issues for Pension Schemes, 2004
• Employee Pension Rights Upon the Transfer of a Business, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: The New Regulator, 2004
• Changing the Terms of a Pension Scheme, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: Moral Hazard Clauses, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: Pension Protection Fund, 2004

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