Ellie Taylor

Managing Associate

Ellie is a Manging Associate in our Pensions team.

She advises trustees and employers of defined benefit, defined contribution and contract-based pension schemes on a wide variety of pensions law issues, including day to day running of the pension scheme, de-risking exercises, liability reduction exercises and member complaints. Her particular focus is on risk transfer in defined benefit arrangements, including transfers to master trusts and buy-outs.

Ellie is a member of the Future Leaders in Pensions sub-committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

Jurisdiction: England & Wales

Experience

Advising employers and trustees on the closure of pension schemes to future accrual, transfers to master trusts, buy-outs and various liability reduction exercises. This includes advice on preparation for buy-out, including breaking a final salary link, benefit specification reviews and GMP equalisation.
Putting in place flexible apportionment arrangements and group company guarantees to assist with corporate re-organisations, where there is a defined benefit pension scheme in the group.
Advising on the Pensions Regulator’s anti-avoidance powers and criminal sanctions in the context of corporate activities that might affect the group’s pension scheme.
Advising on the set up and structuring of pension scheme provision for high earners.
Advising XPS Pensions Group on the pensions legal and regulatory aspects of its disposal of its master-trust business to SEI, including securing the approval of the Pensions Regulator.

Bristol

+44 (0)7980751647

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Chris Crighton and Ellie Taylor have been fantastic since their appointment. They have been positive and proactive, identifying a complex issue and recommending specialists who could help.

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