Shane O'Reilly
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Shane O'Reilly is a pensions lawyer based in London.
Shane has extensive experience of advising on all aspects of pensions law and advises both employers and trustees on the full range of pensions legal issues, including: drafting trust documentation; the pensions aspects of corporate transactions; pension scheme investments; and compliance with pensions regulatory and legislative regimes. Recent experience includes advising trustees and sponsoring employers on implementation of GMP equalisation, bulk transfers to DC master trusts, closing defined benefit schemes to future accrual, compliance with the evolving occupational pension scheme requirements in respect of ESG and climate change and advising trustee clients on scheme transfers out and overpayment recovery. Shane also has experience resolving disputes between trustees and scheme members both under IDRP and before the Pensions Ombudsman.
Shane is a regular speaker at client and industry seminars and is also a regular contributor to client and press publications and blog posts. Shane is also a regular speaker at the annual TISA Retirement Conference having recently spoken on the ESG and TCFD framework as well as trustee transfer-out obligations. Shane is a member of the APL E&S Committee and is responsible for organising the APL's Annual Conference 2022.
"Shane provides excellent insight and guidance in some difficult and unique situations." Chambers and Partners, 2024
Professional experience
Collapse all- Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales
- German
Insights
UK Pensions Briefing: Budget October 2024
Publication | November 12, 2024
Pensions Ombudsman and PPF Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 published
Publication | October 29, 2024
Pension Protection Fund updates guidance on its power to modify onerous contract terms and publishes annual report and accounts
Publication | October 29, 2024