Joseph Goddard advises private equity funds, companies, investors, lenders, and insurance providers on employment and pensions law in the context of corporate transactions, financings, outsourcings, restructurings, and pension insurance transactions. Mr Goddard has also completed a secondment at a leading bulk annuity insurance provider.
Mr. Goddard advises on the full spectrum of employment and pensions law issues related to transactional structuring and implementation, risk, and potential regulatory sanctions, including:
- The employment and pensions aspects of corporate transactions
- Transactional due diligence
- Recruitment and severance
- Employee relations and consultation
- Labor relations and trade union issues
- Employee transfers
- Workforce classification issues and restructuring
- Issues related to the UK Pensions Regulator’s statutory “moral hazard” powers and the powers of UK pension trustees
- Amendment and restructuring of UK pension arrangements
