SPP Event: Virgin Media Decision – Practical Implications for the Industry
Online
Wednesday 26 March 2025
09:00-10:15am
In this session, we will examine the practical implications of the Virgin Media Ltd vs NTL Pension Trustees Ltd decision.
This will explore the remaining uncertainties and analyse the actions that schemes may need to consider, depending on their individual circumstances.
Speakers
Faye Jarvis
Partner, Macfarlanes
Faye advises companies and trustees on all aspects of UK pensions law, offering clear, pragmatic advice to navigate complex issues. She has extensive experience with funding arrangements, endgame strategies, liability management, scheme mergers, and pension liabilities in corporate reorganisations, acquisitions, and disposals. Faye also handles major pension projects, including GMP equalisation, benefit changes, and transfers to Master Trusts. She has advised insurers on pension products and investment managers and trustees on LDI investments.
John Sheppard
Partner, Linklaters
John is a Partner in the Pensions team at Linklaters and advises trustees and corporates on all areas of pensions law, including corporate transactions, plan mergers and trustee and employer advisory work, including day-to-day aspects of operating occupational pension funds.
Steve Hitchiner
Partner, Barnett Waddingham LLP
Steve is a partner and actuary at Barnett Waddingham with wide ranging pensions advisory expertise. He is prominent in the industry across a variety of topics and is the immediate-past President of the Society of Pension Professionals.
Peter White (Chair)
Trustee Director, Law Debenture
Peter brings a unique combination of skills and knowledge to Law Deb, due to previous roles in the pensions industry over 30 years.
He currently represents Law Debenture on 4 schemes ranging in size between £90m and £300m. He is chair of 1 of these schemes, co-trustee on 2 and sole trustee on the other. He is also peer trustee director on a further 5 LawDeb schemes ranging in size between £300m to £4Bn.
Peter spent the last 15 years of his professional career as a pensions lawyer with Pinsent Masons based in Manchester. He has advised trustees and employers at all stages of their pension scheme’s journey and has particular expertise with schemes in their ‘final straight’ including buy ins and buy outs.
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