Ms Liz Graham > Walker Morris LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Walker Morris LLP Offices
33 Wellington Street
LEEDS
LS1 4DL
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Ms Liz Graham
Work Department
Pensions
Position
Partner
Career
Liz provides legal advice to employers and trustees on both strategic and day-to-day pensions issues, such as scheme amendments, closures and winding-up, risk management, pension scheme design, scheme governance and the pensions aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions. She has expertise in relation to schemes in the private, public and charity sectors, including final salary schemes, money purchase arrangements and master trusts. With many years of pensions experience, Liz has a track record of providing high quality, commercial advice to her clients in a clear and approachable style. She is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI), she has passed the PMI’s Award in Pension Trusteeship and she is current Chair of the Yorkshire regional group of the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association.
Liz is “highly regarded” according to Legal 500, and a client is quoted in Chambers 2016 as saying that she has “a brain the size of a planet”.
“Hard as it may be to believe, there really never is a dull moment in pensions! The last 20 years have transformed pensions law into a highly regulated and complex specialism, and the pace of change shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. This creates challenges and opportunities for trustees and employers alike, and I enjoy helping my clients navigate through the legal and technical complexities as smoothly and successfully as possible. I want my clients to feel that I am genuinely part of their team, whether for key strategic projects or routine day-to-day queries, and that I understand their needs.”
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Employment > Pensions
Walker Morris LLP advises on a range of pension matters, acting for a significant number of high-profile schemes with particular sector experience in the privatised utilities, charity and not-for-profit spaces, and the public sector. The experienced team advises a number of US law firms on pension matters, and has growing expertise in funding interventions, complex funding and covenant negotiations, implementing GMP equalisation projects and working on buy-in and buy-out projects. Liz Graham spearheads the team alongside Ruth Bamforth, while Gwendoline Davis leads the pensions litigation team.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
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- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Public sector > Education
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Energy and projects
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Health
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Employment > Pensions