• Pensions Law
• Trust Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Pension Scheme Restructuring
• Employee Share Incentive Schemes

• Aviva
• Meta
• Bank or America
• Willis Towers Watson
• AON
• Tata Consultancy Services
• Unio

Authorships

Stephen is a regular contributor to the IAPF online pensions magazine and was responsible for drafting the pensions content for the Law Society of Ireland’s professional practice guide for employment law.

Stephen has also contributed articles to the European Pensions magazine and has several pensions related articles available on Practical Law.

Engagements

• Presented on Auto-Enrolment and pensions related GDPR requirements at the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF).
• Presented on the impact of the DORA regulation on pensions at the Irish Institute of Pensions Management (IIPM).
• Presented on how AI and its applications will impact on pensions in Ireland and across Europe at the International Pensions and Employment Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA) annual conference.
• Committee member of the Pensions Law Committee of the Law Society of Ireland.
• Lecturer – Law Society of Ireland - Certificate on Pensions Law and Applied Trusteeship.
• Examiner – Law Society of Ireland – Certificate on Pensions Law and Applied Trusteeship.

Education

• University College Dublin, Bachelor of Science
• Dublin Institute of Technology, Diploma in Legal Studies
• The Law Society of Ireland, Diploma in Finance Law

Professional Memberships

• The Law Society of Ireland
• Member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers of Ireland (APLI)
• Member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers (UK)
• Benefits Committee Member, Irish Association of Pensions Funds (IAPF)
• Member, International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA)
• Member, Pensions Sub-Committee of the Law Society of Ireland

• Providing training to the Trustees of large financial institution’s Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension schemes on data privacy related issues.

• Advising a major life office on the establishment of a master trust product in Ireland and the steps required to implement the provisions of the IORP II Directive to its products and services.

• Advising a large US multi-national on the closure of its Irish defined benefit scheme and the implementation of a guarantee in favour of the scheme trustees from the US parent.

• Advising a large multinational employer on the actions required to close its defined benefit pension schemes to the future accrual of benefits and assisting in the establishment of replacement pension schemes.

• Advising a European pensions “think tank” on the possibility of using Ireland as a hub for the operation of cross border pension schemes.

• Advising numerous employers on how best they can comply with their auto-enrolment obligations.

• Advising Trustee groups on the impact of the DORA regulation on their schemes and the systems and processes they must put in place to ensure compliance.

• Advising a multinational employer on how best to manage extensive death benefit payments from its pension scheme.

• Advising a large pensions administration firm on how best they could rectify a major issue concerning the payment of a benefit in a non-member of the pension scheme and how to trace and recover the benefit.