Tom advises both employers and trustees, with a particular focus on transactions and other projects affecting pension schemes.  He has extensive experience of advising on the pensions-related aspects of corporate transactions and has a special interest in the management of section 75 liabilities.  This extends to insolvency and restructuring work, where recent high-profile projects include advising the trustees of various schemes within a major facility management company, and advising in relation to a solvent restructuring of an engineering company’s pension liabilities.

He also advises on a wide range of finance and investment matters, including buy-ins, buy-outs, longevity transactions, escrow accounts, asset-backed contribution structures, guarantees and other security arrangements.