Katie is a senior associate in our Pensions and Employee Benefits Group, advising on pensions law and charity law.

Katie completed her training contract in Arthur Cox and joined the Pensions and Employee Benefits team upon qualification in January 2020.

She specialises in all aspects of pensions law, including advising employers and pension scheme trustees on the establishment and day-to-day running of occupational pension schemes, scheme restructuring, scheme amendments, scheme wind-ups and scheme administration queries.

Katie also advises on charity law matters including the application of the Charities Act 2009, applications to the Charities Regulatory Authority and governance matters.

Katie is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers in Ireland.

Relevant Experience

• Advising on buyer and seller side of M&A transactions
• Advising trustees on various regulatory and administrative matters
• Advising on cross-border queries including Irish members of UK cross-border schemes
• Advising trustees in respect of internal dispute resolution procedures
• Advising on pension scheme compliance with the requirements of the IORP II directive
• Advising companies in respect of pension scheme member complaints
• Advising trustees on all aspects of scheme and trustee compliance with the GDPR
• Advising charities in relation to establishment, governance and compliance
• Advising charities in relation to the Governance Code
• Advising charities in relation to the Charities Act 2009