Our pensions team is one of the largest in the UK with a national client base and reputation.
We provide a full pensions law advice service to both employers and pension scheme trustees, working with some of the UK’s largest companies and schemes, across a range of sectors, as well as public service and voluntary organisations.
Our work encompasses the full range of legal advice in relation to UK pension schemes from day-to-day benefit queries and member complaints to large scale restructuring and liability management projects.
The team works closely with our pensions litigation practice when our clients need their input and can draw on other areas of the firm, such as wider employment, investment and tax specialisms, to provide a seamless quality of service. Whatever your needs, we work hard to listen to you, ask the right questions and tailor our advice to get you the right result.
A number of our team members have in-house, industry or other specialist experience which helps us to identify practical and commercial solutions for our clients. We also have close links to the key pensions regulatory bodies, in particular through secondment of staff to the Pension Protection Fund. This level of industry insight and expertise is what helps us stand out from the crowd.
One of the largest specialist pension law practices in the UK, our experts offer holistic advice to trustees, sponsoring employers, insurers and other providers in relation to UK pension schemes.
Whether you have day-to-day benefit issues or require support with large-scale restructuring and liability management projects, our dedicated team have the knowledge and experience to identify practical and commercial solutions to ensure you achieve the outcomes you’re looking for.
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A number of our lawyers have in-house, industry and client secondment experience and we’ve built close links with the key regulatory bodies.
Industry insight is an important part of the service we offer and our specialists will draw on expertise from around the firm, including our wider employment, investment, financial regulatory and tax teams (together with our transatlantic and other international connections), to ensure you have access to the most appropriate advice.
In recent years our pensions disputes team has acted on a number of high profile cases, such as IBM v Dalgleish, and we’ve also established a strong reputation in the public and voluntary sector pensions field.
Our client base includes some of the UK’s largest companies and their pension schemes across a range of sectors, plus a host of local authorities and third sector organisations.
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At Womble Bond Dickinson we have an exceptional team of talented lawyers and business professionals who can offer guidance and find the solutions right for your business. We have both broad and niche expertise across all our UK and US offices.
Advised multiple trustee and corporate clients across a range of sectors in relation to buy-in and buy-out of pension liabilities
Supported a global chemical company in relation to a process under which members opted out of a final salary link which applied to their benefits, in connection with a buy-in and subsequent buy-out of the pension scheme benefits
Advised the trustee of a scheme operating in the global consumer goods market in relation to the transfer of outsourced scheme administration to a new provider including preparation of a complex benefit specification, negotiation of contractual terms and an investment management agreement
We worked with a global technology company on the transfer of its defined contribution pension provision to a master trust, together with a bulk transfer of members' pension pots
Advised a global soft drinks manufacturer on a scheme closure, an asset backed funding arrangement and the design and implementation of a GMP conversion exercise
Provided advice to a large multinational outsourcing group on the settlement of Beckmann liabilities following a compulsory redundancy exercise post-TUPE transfer and subsequently defending a group complaint to the Pensions Ombudsman
Advised a utility company on the application of pension increases under an industry wide scheme in a high inflationary environment and assisted the company in agreeing an appropriate cap on such increases with the independent trustee of the scheme.
Testimonials
"The team has handled some of the most complex issues in pensions and approaches all matters with the same pragmatism and problem-solving attitude."
Chambers and Partners 2023
‘The team is dynamic, collaborative and solutions-focused, and provides a high quality and value service.’
Legal 500 2022
"I have dealt with the Pensions Practice at WBD for over 15 years and find them excellent to deal with. They give clear and concise advice and will not unless absolutely necessary surround it with a lot of caveats. They have adapted extremely well to the new working environment and have used the technology available."
Legal 500 2022
"Pro-active and definite in the advice they give."
Legal 500 2021
“The team provide a first-class service and are professional and friendly.”
Chambers and Partners 2021
“They're very user-friendly and have the ability to make a complicated area of law understandable.”
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