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Eric Bergamin

Partner
Head of Pensions NL

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Languages: Dutch, German

Eric is a Partner in our Rotterdam office and leading the pensions practice. He is an experienced pension lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. 

In his professional practice Eric Bergamin (1965) advises national and international corporate organisations and pension institutions (such as sectoral  pension funds,  company pension funds and insurance companies) on a wide variety of topics, always with a direct link to pensions law. He focuses on pension-related matters that arise during the course of national and international mergers and acquisitions as well as issues on mandatory participation in sectoral pension funds.

Erics professional specialisms further include advising on the organisational structure and the governance of pension funds,  financing issues and  legal aspects of the European pension institutions (IORP's).

His favourite area is the interface between the legal, on the one hand, and the 'figures' – always an important factor in pensions issues -  on the other hand. His forte is to present the often very complex cases in a manner that is easily accessible, not hesitating to use legal tech and innovative (graphic) tools when appropriate.

Eric is very experienced in cross-border activities, based on European legislation and de-risking of pension funds. Eric has a broad knowledge of the planned Dutch pension reforms (“Wet toekomst pensioenen”) and has very closely followed the legislative procedure in parliament.

Eric likes to share his knowledge by lecturing and publishing. For example, he regularly publishes for Pensioenbrief, a publication of Wolters Kluwer. He is closely involved in proposing and formulating new legislation in the Netherlands, including and the reorganization and streamlining the law on spouses' pensions. The Dutch pension fund legislation is leading the way in regulating responsible investments, currently better known as ESG, and it will not come as a surprise that Eric is challenging the Dutch practice of Eversheds Sutherland regarding the E, S and G, heading an internal working group to merge ESG knowledge in the daily practices of the whole firm. Eric is a member of the Eversheds Sutherland Global ESG Solutions Team and ESG/SFDR contact for the Dutch pension funds.

Eric's recent experience:

  • an employer accompanied by the transfer of pension capital from Dutch to Belgian OFP, including drafting the legal docs for the NL "ring" of the Belgian fund
  • an IORP based outside the Netherlands helping with the structure of a tailor made 'ring'
  • a company assisted in the legal aspects of pension and indexation obligations in the context of accounting rules
  • employers accompanied by adjusting pension schemes in the context of a reform in the legal framework of pensions
  • a company assisted in the legal claim regarding the separate investment deposit at the insurance company
  • an insurer advised on technical and legal aspects of an implementation agreement
  • a pension fund accompanied by the tightening and renovation of the implementation agreement
  • a mandatory pension fund on the issues that arise on amending the applicable mandatory rules
  • a pension fund in litigation in a governance case
  • a company in litigation after a claim of a deferred employee on amendments in the pension scheme
  • a company in solving an indexation issue with active and deferred employees
  • several corporates with ongoing issues with mandatory sectoral pension 

Eric is a member of the Dutch Pension Law Association (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Pensioenrecht) and the Dutch Association of Pension Specialists (Kring van Pensioenspecialisten).

He also participates in severalworking groups of PensionsEurope, an organisation that represents national associations of sectoral pension funds and similar pensions institutions.

Eric Bergamin

Partner

Head of Pensions NL

Eric Bergamin

Partner

Head of Pensions NL

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