Raj Sharma
Partner
Raj advises corporates and trustees of defined benefit pension funds.
Raj's experience
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Advising the trustees of the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan on the third and final instalment of the £2.5bn buy-out with Legal & General.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Joint counsel to the trustee of the £2bn Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan on its strategy following its PPF assessment exit and subsequent phased buy-out with Legal & General, including the management of a sophisticated member option exercise to maximise benefits for members in the context of global insolvency recoveries.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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Acted for the Trustees of the Balfour Beatty Pension Fund on the implementation and negotiation of terms of a major fiduciary investment management contract.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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Acted for financial services company, advising on buyout of their two pension funds. Securing buyout was an important milestone in global strategy and UK reorganisation and needed to be delivered within strict timeframes to meet that milestone.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Acted for the Trustees of the RWE npower Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (ESPS), advising in relation to the Group's £5bn pension restructuring following the IPO of Innogy SE and split of Renewables & generation businesses, creating two new Groups of the ESPS.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
Credentials
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2005Joined Pinsent Masons
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1996Qualified - England and Wales
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1996Slaughter and May, Senior Associate
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1993London College of Law – Law Solicitors Finals
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1992London College of Law – Common Professional Examination
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1990University of London – BA (Hons) English
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