New Appointments

OPDU’s unique structure includes the Advisory Council and its function is to ensure that the services and insurance provided continue to meet the changing need of insured schemes. We are delighted to announce that Dennis Buckley, Chairman of SAUL Trustee Company, has recently been elected to the Advisory Council.

We are also very pleased to announce that Dan Schaffer has joined OPDU’s Advisory Panel.

Dan joined the Herbert Smith pensions group as a partner in March 2010, having previously been a partner in another leading City firm since 1998. His practice covers all aspects of occupational pensions law, with particular focus on strategic advisory and transactional work.  He has also has a strong pensions disputes practice, having been involved in several of the most important cases in recent times. Dan designed the litigation costs aspect of the OPDU trustee insurance policy for the Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited.

Dan is recognised as one of the City's leading pensions specialists. He has chaired the Association of Pension Lawyers' International Committee and is currently a member of the Association's Legislative and Parlia-mentary Committee. 

Dan's experience includes advising:

• TPG on the pension implications of its acquisition of Ashland's global distribution business
• Railways Pension Trustee Company on the management of the 100 section, £20 billion industry-wide scheme, including complex issues arising from the administration of railways maintenance contractor Jarvis
• Foster Wheeler Energy in their landmark 2009 Court of Appeal case, and subsequently on benefit redesign issues
• E.ON on pensions aspects of electricity pria range of issues, including scheme sectionalisation
• The Law Society on various contentious and non-contentious issues
  

 

Use these links to view full details of the Advisory Council and Advisory Panel.