With expertise across DB and DC schemes, Ashurst is notably active in handling the pensions aspects of corporate mandates, leveraging the firm's wider transactional expertise. The group is also active in the rail industry and assists with pension restructurings and refinancing matters. John Gordon leads the practice and acts for a range of UK and multinational employers and trustees.
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Key clients
- Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited
- Docklands Light Railway Limited (DLRL)
- Vontobel Holding AG
- Port of Tyne
- Selfridges & Co
- Great British Nuclear
- The Trustees of the NIAB (1996) Pension Scheme
- Clement Clarke Pensions Trustees Limited
- Babcock International Group plc
- Pure Health Holding LLC
- Navigator Terminals Limited
- Insight Investment Management Limited
- The Trustee of the Dartford River Crossing Pension Scheme
Work highlights
- Advising Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited on the pensions aspects of the disposal of its 337 petrol forecourts to Motor Fuel Group (MFG) as part of a new tie-up.
- Advising the Special Managers on complex pensions matters in respect of the compulsory liquidation of Thomas Cook Group PLC and its subsidiaries.
- Advising Docklands Light Railway Limited (DLRL) (Subsidiary of Transport for London) on the pensions aspects of the refranchising of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Gordon