Job Description
Large commercial law firm in London is seeking a Pensions lawyer of 6 or more years PQE. The team acts for many recognised organisations, including:
nn• Private or public companies
nn• Pension scheme trustees
nn• Financial institutions
nn• Insolvency practitioners
nn• Government bodies.
nnClients expect superb advice and service. The successful candidate will get involved with regulatory and trustee work as well as both contentious and non-contentious work. The team works on the Pensions elements of the most significant cross-border M&A transactions and also works on behalf of an enviable client base. They cover a wide range of pension matters, including:
nn• Day-to-day advice to trustees of pension schemes ranging in size from very small to over £1bn;
nn• Preparation of benefit specifications, discretions tables and advising on benefit related issues, in preparation for pensions risk transfer or a strategic decision to run on;
nn• Execution of risk transfer exercises, whether to consolidator or buy-in;
nn• Advice on benefit discrepancies or interpretation issues within pension scheme rules;
nn• Impact of legislative changes including changes resulting from case law (e.g. GMP equalisation);
nn• Scheme documentation;
nn• Scheme benefit change exercises and liability reduction exercises;
nn• The impact of corporate re-organisations and negotiating appropriate mitigation;
nn• Scheme mergers;
nn• Scheme wind ups;
nn• Investment issues, including investment management agreements.
nnYou will play a key role on a variety of pension matters across a range of clients. You will also be expected to build and maintain client relationships as well as contributing to the marketing and business development efforts of the department.
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Large commercial law firm in London is seeking a Pensions lawyer of 6 or more years PQE. The team acts for many recognised organisations, including:
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• Private or public companies
nn
• Pension scheme trustees
nn
• Financial institutions
nn
• Insolvency practitioners
nn
• Government bodies.
nn
Clients expect superb advice and service. The successful candidate will get involved with regulatory and trustee work as well as both contentious and non-contentious work. The team works on the Pensions elements of the most significant cross-border M&A transactions and also works on behalf of an enviable client base. They cover a wide range of pension matters, including:
nn
• Day-to-day advice to trustees of pension schemes ranging in size from very small to over £1bn;
nn
• Preparation of benefit specifications, discretions tables and advising on benefit related issues, in preparation for pensions risk transfer or a strategic decision to run on;
nn
• Execution of risk transfer exercises, whether to consolidator or buy-in;
nn
• Advice on benefit discrepancies or interpretation issues within pension scheme rules;
nn
• Impact of legislative changes including changes resulting from case law (e.g. GMP equalisation);
nn
• Scheme documentation;
nn
• Scheme benefit change exercises and liability reduction exercises;
nn
• The impact of corporate re-organisations and negotiating appropriate mitigation;
nn
• Scheme mergers;
nn
• Scheme wind ups;
nn
• Investment issues, including investment management agreements.
nn
You will play a key role on a variety of pension matters across a range of clients. You will also be expected to build and maintain client relationships as well as contributing to the marketing and business development efforts of the department.
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