Pensions

The complexities of pensions law can be a minefield. We will unravel the intricacies for you and clarify all the industry jargon. Our aim is to provide you with clear, pragmatic and commercial advice that will solve the pensions issues you are facing.

Our Pensions team is large enough to help you with the most complex matters, whilst being sufficiently small and close knit to ensure strict standards of quality control and a high level of partner attention.

We work on all types of pension arrangements (defined benefit and defined contribution, trust based and insured, third party and employer managed) for a wide range of clients who include employers, trustees, providers, administrators and members.

Experience

GBP40m transfer of pension assets

Advised the trustees of two final salary pension schemes on a GBP40m transfer of assets and liabilities into a new master trust. This was an important matter, for both the employer, as part of the rationalisation of its legacy pension arrangements, and the trustees of the two schemes, in ensuring a good outcome for the members of those schemes.

Mark Smith

GBP200m buy in of final salary pension scheme liabilities

A company on a GBP200m buy in (insurance) of the liabilities of its final salary pension scheme, with a view to converting that to a buy out over the coming year. This has effectively rid the company of its final salary pension liabilities, in a manner that ensures the security of the scheme members' benefits.

Mark Smith