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Michaela Berry has many years’ experience of a wide range of pensions issues. This has included scheme set-up and wind-up, mergers, and advice to clients on the pension aspects of corporate acquisitions and disposals. She provides guidance to trustees and employers on compliance with legislation. Michaela heads the firm’s Public Sector team, advising both local authorities and private employers in relation to public sector outsourcing, including establishing passport schemes and providing advice on admission to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). She also has experience in advising in relation to the new Fair Deal.
Michaela is a member of the international pensions team and has experience advising a multinational employer considering setting up a new trust-based international pension scheme. She represents the firm at Ius Laboris events and conferences. Her recent work has involved advising clients facing significant change in their pension fund arrangements, including merging schemes, introducing CARE arrangements, raising member contributions, and altering future service accrual and analyzing the employer’s contribution covenant.
Michaela Berry qualified as a solicitor in 1991, England and Wales. She joined Sackers in 1991 and became an associate in 1996. She was admitted to the partnership in 1998. Prior to joining Sackers, she worked at Rowe & Maw from 1989 to 1991. Her career highlights include advising schemes in relation to Pension Protection Fund (PPF) entry, advising the trustees of the EMI Pension fund in its £1.4 billion buy-out in July 2013, acting for the Trustee of Thorn Pension Fund on its £1.1 billion buy-out in December 2008, and advising L&G, the employer, in connection with a review of its own pension arrangements during 2008, including advising the trustees on a GMP conversion as part of the process.
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Michaela Berry specializes in pensions law, public sector pensions, international pensions, and pension fund arrangements.
Michaela has experience with scheme set-up and wind-up, mergers, and providing advice on the pension aspects of corporate acquisitions and disposals. She also advises on compliance with legislation.
Michaela heads the firm’s Public Sector team, advising local authorities and private employers on public sector outsourcing and related matters like establishing passport schemes and admission to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Her career highlights include advising schemes on Pension Protection Fund (PPF) entry, the £1.4 billion buy-out of the EMI Pension fund in 2013, and the £1.1 billion buy-out of the Thorn Pension Fund in 2008.
Michaela graduated with an LLB (Hons.) from Bristol University in 1988 and qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1991.
Michaela is a full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers and a committee member of the North London Group of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
She has advised clients on merging schemes, introducing CARE arrangements, raising member contributions, altering future service accrual, and analyzing the employer’s contribution covenant.
Michaela joined Sackers in 1991 and became an associate in 1996, and a partner in 1998.
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