Pinsent Masons

Our UK offices are home to over 70 pensions specialists, making our pensions team one of the largest and most respected in the country. Our team is dynamic, innovative, and highly regarded, comprising not only lawyers but also experts in consultancy, project management, and pensions administration. This diverse expertise ensures we fully understand the practicalities of managing a pension scheme, having encountered almost every scenario.

We provide clear, robust, and pragmatic advice that is easy to understand, empowering our clients to make confident decisions. Our clients include pension trustee boards, sponsors, employers, insurers, and other pension providers, giving us a comprehensive perspective from all angles. Our trustee clients range from small schemes to those with assets in the billions.

Ranked in Tier 1 of the Legal 500 across the UK, our pensions team is frequently praised by clients for the quality, clarity, and commerciality of our advice. We strive to deliver this in a manner that best suits each client. Our team is supported by professional development lawyers, ensuring we stay ahead of sector changes and legal developments.

Our Pensions Services:

• Our investment team advises schemes on investment governance, investment placing, investment management agreements, and ESG and climate change issues.
• We advise on risk transfer deals, such as buy-ins, buy-outs and wind-ups. In the past six years, we’ve been involved in more than 170 bulk annuity deals.
• Our pensions litigators handle a wide range of cases, such as rectifying errors, dealing with negligence claims and resolving member disputes.
• We also advise pension businesses. This includes pension providers, insurers and administrators. This gives us a rounded view of the market, which benefits our trustee clients.
• We advise trustee boards on the day-to-day governance and operational issues which arise when running their schemes.