Ian Devlin
Partner
Ian is a Partner and Head of Pensions in William Fry’s Employment & Benefits team.
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Ian advises employers and pension scheme trustees on all areas of pension law and has extensive experience in advising on issues related to pension scheme funding, investment and restructuring.
Significant recent experience includes:
- Advised the trustees of the John Player Ireland and Imperial Tobacco Mullingar pension schemes on two significant bulk annuity buy-out transactions.
- Advised Aviva’s Irish staff pension funds providing legal support on all issues relating to the operation of its defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds.
- Advised IKEA on various legal issues related to its Irish pension arrangements, including scheme amendments and IORP II related issues.
- Advised the Guinness Ireland Group Pension Scheme, one of the largest pension funds in the State, and provide advice on governance, funding and investment matters and all aspects of regulatory compliance.
Ian is a former Chairman of the Association of Pension Lawyers in Ireland. He is currently a member of the DC Sub-Committee of the Irish Association of Pension Funds and he has spoken at a variety of forums on topical pension issues.
Ranking & Recommendations
2024 Chambers Europe
“Ian Devlin is very responsive, calm and easy to work with.” “Ian provides an excellent service. He is very responsive and aware of the bigger picture when providing advice.”
2024 Legal 500 EMEA
"Ian Devlin – practical with the ability to explain complexity in simple terms. Excellent response rate and proactive." "Ian is very approachable and available. He gives considered and practical advice and can change course as appropriate if new information comes to light during a project which impacts the initial legal view."
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