Blake Morgan LLP is active for both public and private sector clients on a range of pension work, with strength in contentious and non-contentious mandates. The department acts for trustees and employers, and has particular strength in the education sector. Ron Burgess leads the team, and works between Cardiff and London; Burgess advises on a broad range of pension-related matters, including litigation. Gillian McCue advises trustees and employers on all aspects of pensions work, and has supplementary expertise on incentive arrangements.
Pensions in Wales
Blake Morgan LLP
Praxisleiter:
Ron Burgess
Weitere Kernanwälte:
Gillian McCue
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‚Blake Morgan are excellent communicators.‘
‚I have worked very closely with Gillian McCue and have always found Gillian and her team to be very effective.‘
Kernmandanten
Crick Care Home Limited
Shaw Healthcare (Group) Limited
Gateshead Council
Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Wandsworth
Social Care Wales
Clwyd Alyn Housing
Oaklands MD Limited
Wokingham Borough Council
Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
Michael Weinig (UK) Limited 1990 Pension Scheme
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Personnel Hygiene Services Limited
University of Wales Superannuation Scheme
Consort Equipment Products Pension Scheme
Highlight-Mandate
- Advised a charity providing housing and other support on the design and implementation of pensions contributions salary sacrifice.
- Advised various local authorities in England on the outsourcing of leisure and other services from local authorities to private contractors, or to joint venture companies owned by the outsourcing local authorities.
- Advised a further education collection on the pensions obligations of a new subsidiary established at the request of government.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP is ‘approachable and responsive’, with a prestige client base of domestic and international groups. Public authorities, fund managers, and insurers are all represented by the department, which advises on a broad range of transactions. Stuart Earle leads the group, and has key expertise in regulated sectors such as the water, electricity, and nuclear spaces. Jen Green advises on FCA regulated pension products, and Collette Davies has particular aptitude in the education sector.
Praxisleiter:
Stuart Earle
Weitere Kernanwälte:
Collette Davies; Jen Green
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‘Approachable and responsive, with a broad spectrum of key technical sub-specialisms within pensions and the benefit of a heavy-duty, full-service firm behind it. Great combination of big firm breadth and depth in a highly technical area with client-friendly, pragmatic approach.’
‘Have really valued an accessible, pragmatic, market-informed approach that has enabled us to move through agreement of key matters and documents to a successful conclusion at this stage. Jen Green has looked after us very well in this regard.’
‘One unique quality of the Eversheds team is their common sense and practical approach.‘
Kernmandanten
National Grid plc
Nest Corporation
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Volkswagen
Dwr Cymru / Welsh Water
Microsoft / Nokia Group Pension Scheme
Santander
Atradius
Smiths Group plc
Robert Bosch Limited
Highlight-Mandate
- Advised National Grid on the pensions aspects of its £630m disposal of the Electricity Systems Operator business to Government.
- Advised Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on the implementation of CARE benefits across its group, including drafting legislation to modify longstanding statutory pensions protections.
- Advised Santander on the set-up and launch of a brand new SIPP product, which is key to its retail investment platform.
Hugh James
Hugh James fields both a contentious and non-contentious pensions team, and has experience acting across the public and private sector. Department head Louise Price spearheads the non-contentious offering, and has more than twenty years’ experience in the practice area. Abigail Flanagan is the key name for contentious matters, with aptitude as a litigator.
Praxisleiter:
Louise Price
Weitere Kernanwälte:
Abigail Flanagan
Kernmandanten
Transport for Wales
The Wallich
Beacon Cymru Group
Ceredigion Recycling and Furniture Team (CRAFT)
Swansea County Council
Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
Highlight-Mandate
- Advised and represented Ceredigion Recycling and Furniture Team (CRAFT) in proceedings to recover assets moved from the company into the SIPP funds of former directors.