Caspar McConville

Caspar is particularly interested in issues relating to pension scheme investments, including reviewing contracts for standalone investments of many types, reviewing insurance contract-based "platform" arrangements and considering terms of discretionary investment management agreements.

He also has significant experience of asset-backed funding arrangements, flexible apportionment arrangements and parent company guarantees (including Pension Protection Fund standard form guarantees).

Caspar leads an initiative focused on investment management agreements and advises on other types of investment work.

• Advising trustees of a major pension scheme in the banking industry regarding moving GBP 2 billion of investments to an insurance contract-based investment platform.
• Advising a global outsourcing firm on putting in place asset-backed funding arrangements for two of its pension schemes in the UK.
• Providing support to a major manufacturer on a multijurisdictional transaction involving a carve-out of part of its business in a number of countries.
• Providing transaction support to a major bank on the pensions aspects of a significant joint venture investment.
• Advising a large global manufacturer on the closure of its UK defined benefits pension plan to future accrual of benefits.
• Providing advice on a significant de-risking project to an industry-wide pension scheme in which liabilities were taken on by an insurer.
• Supporting a major client on issues relating to the pensions aspects of a joint venture acquiring a business.

• Association of Pensions Lawyers - Member