Helen Baker

Partner

About

Helen has substantial experience in advising trustees and employers on an extensive range of issues, including  scheme funding, drafting and updating scheme documents, scheme mergers, section 75 debts, winding-up pension schemes and insolvency related work.  As a member of the firm's Employment Unit, a team of lawyers dedicated to employment law issues as they relate to pensions, Helen also focuses on points relating to discrimination and implementing scheme benefit changes.

Memberships and Qualifications

Membership of professional bodies Association of Pension Lawyers (Full Member); National Association of Pension Funds (South London Group Member)

Career history

Qualified: 2001, England & Wales

Pensions experience since: 2001

Joined Sackers:  2003

Joined partnership/LLP: 2009

Employers: Herbert Smith (1999 - 2003)

Academic history

University / College

Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (1994-1997)

Degree: Law

Further Information

Testimonials

Recommended - Legal 500 2011

Recent publications - journals and trade press:

PMI News - Age discrimination two years on - how has the law developed and what next for pension schemes? - 1 March 2009

Employers Law -  Law… in practice. Closing defined benefit schemes - 1 April 2009

Recent conferences:

APL Beginners Course - regular speaker 
Employment Lawyers Association courses - regular speaker

Extracurricular interests and activities:

I am married with one child and like swimming, cycling, walking, reading and spending time with friends and family.

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