Simon is a Partner at Eversheds Sutherland and a leading member of the firm’s pensions insurance group. He has advised trustees, insurers and employers on transactions ranging from £2.5m PPF+ buy-outs to £3bn residual risk deals and, in the last two years, he has helped clients complete £5.4bn worth of bulk annuity transactions. Simon is recognised in the legal directories as a Next Generation Partner who “combines excellent technical knowledge with strong commercial awareness”.

 

Stephen is a Partner in Aon’s Risk Settlement Group. He has 20 years' experience advising both trustee and corporate clients on buy-ins, buy-outs and pension scheme wind-ups. He also brings recent insurer-side experience from his time at Aviva, where he was head of new business and deal structuring for bulk annuities. Stephen has led and advised on more than £15bn of bulk annuity transactions including several large, high-profile and complex transactions for a number of FTSE 100 clients and has also been involved in developing several innovations and transaction features which are now prominent in the wider market today.”