Pensions solicitors

About pensions – turning complex schemes into strategic tools

Our pensions service supports both scheme employers and administering authorities, as well as other organisations navigating public and private pension arrangements. That includes Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) employer obligations, admissions and cessations, funding and contribution strategy, bulk transfers, buy-outs, governance reviews, and advice on broader pension risk within complex transactions and restructures.

We support when a funding valuation raises difficult strategic questions, when organisations join or leave a scheme, or when governance and documentation have not kept pace with regulatory change. We focus on ensuring predictable pension costs where possible, robust governance and clear advice your finance, HR and leadership teams can act on with certainty.

Strategic pension advice

As well as the LGPS funds, we work with housing providers, charities, social enterprises, education bodies and other public and private organisations on strategic pension advice. That advice includes reviewing scheme risks, assessing participation in multi‑employer or legacy schemes, advising on closures and benefit changes, and integrating pensions thinking into mergers, restructures and disposals.

Our team supports boards by translating technical pensions issues into clear risk registers, business plans and stakeholder communications. We help you to align pension strategy with your wider financial, workforce and social goals supporting long‑term resilience rather than limiting it.

Overcoming key concerns about pensions

Finance, HR and governance leads in employers are often concerned about unpredictable pension costs, understanding complicated legal obligations and the risk of making decisions today that create unaffordable future liabilities.

Scheme administrators and trustees face increasing demands from regulators and governments, as well as members and other beneficiaries.

LGPS employers worry about the risk of rising contribution rates, exit payments and how restructures or ill-health dismissals will impact budgets. Outsourcing creates its own pressures as decisions often needed to be made about whether and how pension risk should be shared with contractors.

We address those concerns by giving you clarity and options, not just technical analysis. We explain the legal and regulatory framework in simple terms, help you model your risk scenarios, and highlight where re-negotiation or restructuring is realistic.

LGPS funds themselves face pressure to improve governance, support employers and respond to government reform while keeping members’ interests central and to manage a rising tide of complaints.

We help funds to navigate complaints and complex legal issues efficiently and effectively, taking the burden from officers so that they can concentrate on the day-to-day running of the fund, whilst also identifying and addressing systemic issues to prevent complaints arising. Whether you are an employer, LGPS fund or trustee or administrator of a scheme, our goal is to turn pensions from a source of concern into an area where you have a clear plan and confident decisions.