David Francis

David Francis is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Pensions group and has more than 20 years' experience providing client focused solutions for high profile employers, trustees and pensions and investment service and product providers on all pension-related matters. His expertise ranges from the establishment of plans (including plan design, documentation, administration, compliance (most recently, in relation to the legal aspects of governance and risk management), investment and cross-border pension issues) through to providing strategic advice on funding, merging, pension benefit changes, liability management exercises, restructuring and winding up.

His expertise includes advising on the establishment of master trusts and cross-border pension arrangements, as well as participation in and transfers to and from such arrangements.

He has considerable experience in advising on the pension aspects of corporate mergers, acquisitions, re-organisations, flotations, outsourcing and privatisations. David also has particular expertise in advising on complex aspects of trust law.

David has extensive experience advising on the pension aspects of disputes and mediation including high-profile and high-value pensions' litigation before the courts, pension related disputes before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court as well as internal dispute resolution procedures and complaints before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman.