Pensions
Our philosophy is to provide clear, pragmatic and commercial advice that will deliver solutions to our clients' problems. We do not hide behind pensions industry jargon and we do not use the complexities of pension law as an excuse to sit on the fence.
Our Pensions team is large enough to support the most complex of matters, whilst being sufficiently small and close knit to ensure strict standards of quality control and a high level of partner attention for each of our clients.
We work on all types of pension schemes (defined benefit and defined contribution, trust and contract-based) for all parties (employer, trustees, insurers and members).
Our expertise covers all pensions matters, including:
- funding issues and negotiations
- investment issues, including investment management and custodian agreements
- scheme re-organisations, closures and mergers
- reducing liabilities and risk in defined benefit schemes, including buy-ins and buy-outs
- transactions and Regulator clearance
- the Pensions Regulator and use of its powers
- insolvency and the PPF
- winding up
- documentation and scheme amendments
- member communication
- litigation and Pensions Ombudsman disputes
- professional negligence by scheme advisers
- public sector and statutory schemes
- pension issues on the termination of employment.