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Deborah Shumate

Deborah Shumate

Work Department

Employment and Pensions

Position

Deborah is a Senior Associate in Trowers & Hamlins' Employment and Pensions department, which she joined in January 2018.

Deborah advises employers and trustees in relation to contentious and non-contentious pensions matters.

Her recent experience includes advising employing bodies (including ALMOs and Schedule Bodies) on interpreting and applying the provisions of the regulations governing the LGPS, negotiating statutory conversions for employer bodies and guiding both the authorities, funds and employing bodies through this obscure legislative process.