Wedlake Bell
Wedlake Bell LLP‘s pensions and employee benefits team is headed by the ’extremely polished' and ‘excellent’ Justin McGilloway, who has nearly 20 years’ experience advising clients on the full gamut of pensions issues. The practice is adept at advising its trustee and employer clients in matters including final salary schemes, the implementation of international pension arrangements, and the arrangement of pensions for private clients. Other key in the team are associates Paul Ashcroft and James Newcome.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Approachable, vastly knowledgeable and experienced in terms of their overall capabilities in the pensions space. The practice is outward-looking, diverse and places considerable emphasis on cross-collaboration with other external businesses. The team at Wedlake Bell LLP are without doubt my go-to set of advisors.'
- 'The people in the pensions team at Wedlake Bell are second-to-none and are a delight to work with.’
‘Justin McGilloway is unquestionably a leading figure in the non-contentious pensions space. He is an extremely polished and personable practitioner with extensive knowledge and experience in pensions. From a leadership and teaming perspective, Justin also clearly understands how to get the very best from his people, having fostered a strong team culture at Wedlake Bell.’
‘A big city firm experience and, in terms of collaboration, they are very open to this on pensions and incentive work.’
‘Justin McGilloway is very focused, approachable and excels in pensions and incentive work. His team always deliver at a high level and with great consistency. Justin is our go-to for complicated pension work and where we have difficult incentive project work.’
‘Strong advisory practice led by Justin McGilloway. User-friendly, with genuine expertise.’
‘Justin McGilloway is excellent. Great attention-to-detail but also highly commercial. They provide strong and robust advice when required.’
Key clients
- Trane UK Limited Retirement Benefit Plan
- Scandinavian Airlines System Pension and Assurance Scheme
- The Staff Pension and Life Assurance Scheme of the Grand Lodge
- Jotun Paints (Europe) Limited Pension Scheme
- Capital Radio Pension and Assurance Scheme
- Steamship Insurance Management Services Limited Pension and Assurance Scheme
- The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited
- South-African Co-operative Citrus Exchange Limited Pension and Assurance Scheme
- Louvre Fiduciary Group Limited
- Trustees of the Carpenters' Company Pension and Assurance Scheme
- Natixis Pension Scheme
- Sumi Agro Pension Scheme
- The Museum Association Pension Plan
- Global Association of Risk Professionals
- The Carlton Tower Pension Scheme
- Capital Radio Pension Plan
- Buhler Limited
- M&G Investments
- Trad Scaffolding Limited
- Mission Aviation Fellowship Europe Pension Scheme
- Vimeo, Inc.
- Baccata Trustees Limited
- Turning Point Scotland Limited
Work highlights
- Advised the trustees of the Scandinavian Airlines System Pension and Assurance Scheme on the implications of Chapter 11 bankruptcy on SAS Airlines and select associated group companies, two of whom provide guarantees to the Scheme.
- Advised the trustees of the Capital Radio Pension and Assurance Scheme on the cessation of accrual under the Scheme.
- Advised the trustees of the Jotun Paints (Europe) Limited Pension Scheme on liability management exercises with a view to ultimately buying-out members' benefits and winding-up the Scheme.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Justin McGilloway