Pensions

Managing pension schemes is increasingly complex. Let us do the hard work for you.

We provide expert advice on pensions law and regulation (including change and restructuring projects), the implications of corporate transactions, and managing pension liabilities.

With extensive experience advising both private sector employers and trustees on schemes of all types and sizes, alongside expertise in all the major public service pension schemes, we’ll help you navigate the pensions landscape through our clear, practical advice.

We also have a strong industry presence, helping us stay on top of developments and make our clients’ voices heard in the development of policy and legislation. We contribute to the drafting of industry guidance and respond to consultations that affect our clients.

We are represented in key pensions organisations, being members of and sitting on committees and panels for the Association of Pension Lawyers (APL), the Pensions Management Institute (PMI), the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP), Pensions UK (formerly, PLSA), and the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS).

Experience

Advised XPS Pensions Group on an option agreement to sell XPS Pensions (Nexus) Limited, principal employer and scheme funder to the National Pension Trust, to SEI.

Advised the UK branch of a major international bank on options for managing pension liabilities regarding its defined benefit pension scheme in the UK. We provided strategic pension advice at the outset on options, including winding up the scheme.

Prepared updates to standard SSAS trust deeds and rules for a leading UK professional services consultancy, used across its book of over 2,000 schemes, to facilitate the administration of SSASs and mitigate key business risks.

Advised a major travel retailer on the pensions aspect of a group restructure, including managing a surplus in a legacy defined benefit pension scheme.

Advised the professional trustee arm of a pension provider on certain investments made by SSASs and SIPPs over claims raised by its clients concerning potential losses to the pension scheme assets.