Working on its own as well as often forming part of a multi-office offering, the 'very approachable and knowledgeable' team at Blake Morgan LLP provides 'first-rate pensions advice' to Wales and England-based clients across the gamut of advisory, contentious and transactional work. 'Very knowledgeable' team head Ron Burgess, who splits his time between Cardiff and London, provides 'fantastic advice' on standalone matters (including advice to trustees on their ongoing fiduciary duties associated with running private sector pension schemes), as well as on the pensions implications associated with corporate and finance transactions. Drawing upon 'extensive technical knowledge', Gillian McCue also provides pensions advice pursuant to corporate transactions, although her principal area of expertise relates to public sector pensions.

Highly attuned to developments in the market, in part by its involvement on government working groups and industry bodies, the 'very professional' and 'extremely knowledgeable' team at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP provides a 'proactive service' to major stakeholders across a broad spectrum of pensions matters. Team head Stuart Earle's own practice mirrors the firm's broad-based offering, being as comfortable as he is handling work for sponsoring employers, trustees or providers. Earle also continues to act for National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), where he provides 'pragmatic, usable legal advice', which is tailored to the workplace pension scheme's unique requirements. At an associate level, Collette Davies  excels at handling public sector pensions work as well as providing advice on the pensions aspects of corporate transactions, and Jen Green is appreciated for her ability 'to communicate highly complex legal matters in a friendly and easy-to-understand manner'. 

 

Active within both the public and private sectors, the 'very approachable and knowledgeable' team at Hugh James, which is headed by 'brilliant' employment lawyer Louise Price, has extensive expertise on standalone advisory matters, as well as transactional mandates, including in the context of due diligence reports and outsourcing. Leveraging its market-leading commercial disputes offering, the team is also very adept at handling contentious pensions matters, with the 'very bright' Abigail Flanagan involved in several professional negligence cases alleging that ex-service personnel had their personal injury claims under-settled (including as it relates to a failure to take into account the military pension obligations).