Comprehensive legal advice from an expert Pensions Law Firm
Our dedicated team provides expert advice to all industry sectors in respect of private and public sector pension schemes, regulatory compliance, pension disputes and life assurance.
Our expert pensions lawyers advise on the restructuring of businesses, financing and refinancing, all forms of corporate activity and conduct, covenant assessments, mergers, pension scheme investments, benefit changes, scheme amendments, advice in relation to the Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund, pension litigation, outsourcing in the public and private sectors as well as SSASs and SIPPs.
Main Areas Of Practice
Pension schemes
Our expert pensions solicitors can advise on all aspects of scheme design benefits changes and amendments, scheme closure and governance.
Salary sacrifice and auto-enrolment
We help you to review your operations to make sure you meet the new auto-enrolment duties. We can also help advise on salary sacrifice arrangements.
Risk transfer
We advise at all levels including buy-in and buy-out projects.
Change management
Following mergers, corporate restructuring or acquisitions, we advise on due diligence, negotiation of pensions warranties, indemnities and section 75 debt management.
Interaction with the Pensions Regulator
Our work includes clearance applications with the Pension Protection Fund.
Insolvency and restructuring
Our expert pensions lawyers can advise on unaffordable pension debt insolvency-related restructurings and apportionments.
Pension disputes
We advise on contentious and non-contentious proceedings, pension scheme claims, professional negligence claims and mediations, pensions and Financial Ombudsman complaints and Regulator investigations.
Understanding legislation
Pensions law is fast paced but we keep up to date with the latest legislation changes and provide commercial advice to help you understand how this impacts your business in real terms.
GDPR
We provide advice to employers and trustees on data protection compliance.
Training
Our client-focused Pensions team provides regular legal updates in the form of joint training initiatives, workshops, seminars, newsletters bulletins and Trustee Forums
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Our Clients
We advise corporate clients, insolvency practitioners, government bodies, trustees, charities and not-for-profit organisations.
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