Pensions
We offer a team with the experience to foresee problems and respond appropriately to change; the creativity and industry knowledge to provide you with practical risk management advice; the ability to communicate clearly to help you make informed commercial decisions; the skills required to establish and promote good working relationships with employers, trustee boards, regulatory bodies and other advisers and stakeholders; and day-to-day experience of advising on "cutting edge" issues with tight deadlines often in an international context.
Pension schemes have much wider ramifications for companies than some other HR matters. Sophisticated security arrangements and investment structures are needed to provide stability and efficient management of these liabilities. Our pensions team has the ability to draw on the skills of our highly-regarded investment funds and banking and finance practices.
Rapidly changing legislation and regulation, the complexity of pension schemes may at times require formal dispute resolution or guidance from the courts. Working alongside our specialist litigators we deal with all types of pensions litigation.
"this team... is considered 'formidable' by many who have worked with it."
Chambers UK 2008
"Macfarlanes LLP partners Hugh Arthur and Jane Marshall are 'proactive', 'helpful', and 'clear communicators'. Marshall's project management skills attract particular praise, and Camilla Barry...[is] 'clear on complex matters'."
The UK Legal 500 2009
"Hugh Arthur and Jane Marshall at Macfarlanes are a particularly strong choice for corporate transactions and pensions restructuring work, offering advice that combines the 'cutting edge' with the 'practical'."
The Legal 500 2008