Jonathan Sharp

Jonathan advises companies and trustees in a variety of sectors on the legal aspects of operating pension plans. This includes establishing and amending pension schemes, investments, and resolving scheme members' complaints and Pensions Ombudsman disputes. He has a particular interest in the tax issues relating to pensions.

Jonathan has undertaken a variety of projects for clients, including complex pension plan mergers, the set-up of asset backed funding arrangements, and entering into fiduciary management agreements.

Another area of expertise is coordinating and advising on pensions in the context of multijurisdictional transactions.

• Advised a leading global services provider on the merger of five pension schemes in order to create a single pension scheme with assets in excess of GBP 3 billion.
• Advised trustees on negotiating and entering into a fiduciary management agreement relating the entirety of the assets of the plan (c. GBP 1 billion).
• Advised trustees of two pension schemes on the implementation of two asset backed contribution vehicles using loan notes.
• Advised Hitachi on the pension aspects of the acquisition of ABB's power grids business in over 100 jurisdictions.
• Advising Agilent on the spin-off of the Keysight business and the establishment of new UK defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans.

• Association of Pension Lawyers
• Law Society of England & Wales