Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English

Lawyer Overview

Rosalind Connor specializes in pensions and employee benefits, with particular experience acting for employers in pension restructuring and valuation and in corporate activities where the views of the trustees should be sought. Her practice involves liaising with and negotiation with the Pensions Regulator in relation to clearance, notification, and general Regulator interest and also liaising with the Pensions Protection Fund.

Rosalind has published articles in many leading specialist journals and is a regular speaker at conferences. She is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers and serves on its international subcommittee. She is also a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Organisation and is an associate of the Pensions Management Institute.

Her recent experience includes:

• advising on and obtaining clearances from the Pensions Regulator for a share buyback in the face of intense opposition from trustees

• negotiating with the trustees of a pension scheme to allow the sale of a group of companies with a worldwide consideration in excess of US$1 bn

• conducting a worldwide review (with overseas colleagues) of the pension provision of a large multinational and

• advising a U.S.-based corporation on providing ongoing support for its U.K. pension plans following significant depletion of the U.K. business activities.

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
• ERISA & Other Employee Benefits Litigation

Representative Cases

• In re Client S
• Acquisition by Angus Newco Limited
• Acquisition by Galliford Try
• Acquisition by Honeywell
• Acquisition by TMN Group
• Acquisition by Wendel Investissement , (2007)
• Acquisition of Akeler Holdings
• Acquisition of British Salt
• Acquisition of Ceramics Division of Johnson Matthey
• Acquisition of Collins & Aikman's European Operations
• Acquisition of DAVRA Limited
• Acquisition of Inertial Products business of BAE Systems
• Acquisition of Judd Farris
• Acquisition of Mentmore Serviced Business Space Division
• Acquisition of Steel Mill Services Business
• Acquisition of Technical Absorbents
• Acquisition of the electronics business of Rockwood Holdings
• Acquisition of the Pegasus, Alderwasley, and Blaydon House Schools Business of the Honormead Group
• Acquisition of TIGI product business , (2009)
• Advice and Referrals , (2007)
• Advising UK subsidiaries of Dana Corporation
• Boardroom Changes
• Buyer's Advisor
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout of Medscreen Holding
• Company Advisor
• Company Advisor
• Company Advisor
• Company Advisor
• Company Advisor
• Company Advisor
• Counseling on Corporate Law and Trademark Registrations and Disputes , (2007)
• Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
• Institutional Placing and Acquisition
• Joint Venture with Rolls-Royce , (2009)
• Management Buyout
• Management Buyout
• Management Buyout
• Management Buyout
• Management Buyout of Advanced Communications and Information Systems Ltd.
• Management Buyout of Eurotel Holdings Limited
• Management Buyout of TRACS Limited
• Pension Plan Advisor
• Pension Plan Advisor
• Placing and Open Offer of Equity Shares
• Sale of Delta Biotechnology
• Sale of European tissue and towel business
• Sale of SENAD
• Sale of the Company
• Scheme of Arrangement and Capital Reduction
• Seller Advisor
• Tender Offer
• Trade Union Negotiations

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

Published Works

• 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
• Riforma Italiana dei Fondi Pensione, IPEBLA Review, 2008
• Italian Pension Funds Reform, IPEBLA Review, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, reprinted in Cross-border Quarterly, 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: The New Regulator, 2004
• Employee Pension Rights Upon the Transfer of a Business, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: Issues for Pension Schemes, 2004
• Changing the Terms of a Pension Scheme, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: Pension Protection Fund, 2004
• The Pensions Act 2004: Moral Hazard Clauses, 2004

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