Catherine Drinnan

Ms. Drinnan advises on the full spectrum of employment and pensions issues including:

Recruitment and severance
Downsizing
Discrimination claims
Employee consultation
Works council
Trade union issues
UK Pensions Regulator clearance applications
Pension plan de-risking

She has particular expertise in advising on transfers of undertakings and cross-border acquisitions. Her clients praise her “helpful professionalism” on substantial corporate transactions.

Ms. Drinnan's experience includes advising:

The Carlyle Group on a number of transactions, including the acquisition of the paperboard business of Chesapeake Holdings, a global paper and packing business
Cerner Corporation on the employment and pensions aspects of its acquisition of the Health Information Technology Business Unit of Siemens
Data Device Corporation, a subsidiary of ILC Industries, on its acquisition of EMRISE Electronics
A global retail and investment bank head-quartered in the UK on the significant global employment and pensions aspects of its ground-breaking deal to outsource to one provider a dedicated centre services on-demand
Goss Graphics Corporation on the restructuring of its UK business and pension schemes
Jacuzzi, Inc. on the pensions aspects of the sale of part of its UK business
Punch Taverns on the pensions aspects of its restructuring
Actavis on its acquisition of Auden Mckenzie, a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development, licensing and marketing of generic medicines and proprietary brands
Onex Partners Manager LP on the acquisition of Survitec Group, a designer and manufacturer of survival and safety equipment for marine, offshore, defense, and aviation industries
A manufacturing client in connection with the closure of its defined benefit pension scheme to future accrual
Ares Management Limited on its day to day employment issues, including the severance package of one of its executive directors
A British multinational insurance company on the global outsourcing of its voice and data communications networks and technology