gunnercooke LLP
gunnercooke LLP's practice is praised by clients for its ‘wealth of experience’, ‘excellent client service’, and ‘technical pensions expertise'. The practice is able to act as trustee to numerous pension schemes with the firm’s professional trustee company, gcTrustees. Notable names within the team include Adam Bushby for his risk transfer specialism, Helen Miles for her expertise in issues of compliance and risk settlement matters, and Parminder Latimer for her over three decades of experience in the industry. Michael M Jones joined the team in May 2022 from Charles Russell Speechlys LLP.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Adam Bushby is responsive, commercial, and good to work with. He clearly knows his stuff but he also understands the clients' needs and the importance of giving commercial and practical advice. I would highly recommend him to clients.’
‘Gunnercooke's business model (predominantly partner-led) is well-placed to deliver excellent client service because fee earners tend to have a wealth of experience.’
‘Adam Bushby's expertise is wide ranging and impressive. He is extremely personable and able to guide smaller schemes through the legislation with ease, rendering the complex comprehensible. Parminder Latimer has an excellent manner with clients; she is calm and reassuring.’
‘Helen Miles is an excellent and pragmatic thinker. Exceptional at getting across complex issues to lay trustees.’
‘The quality and advice provided by each of the partners has been exceptional. Gunnercooke is one of the best law practice firms I have worked with in the last 20 years.'
'Parminder Latimer has been exceptional in relation to all pensions guidance and has supported the business with a full pension set-up and transition from a Corporate Pension Plan to our own scheme. Fellow Partner colleagues at Gunnercooke have also supported our business with exceptional legal advice which has supported our business transition in the last 12-18 months.’
‘We have worked in partnership with Gunnercooke for over a year and the level of technical pensions expertise and insight has been and is exceptional.'
- 'Parminder Latimer has consistently demonstrated excellent insight, tenacity for detail and delivery of assurance and content that we required for a what was, on reflection, a relatively seamless transition and change to our company pension scheme. Parminder's guidance has been exceptional.'
Key clients
- Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Limited
- Computer Systems in Education Limited
- Lendswift Limited
- Bridon Pension Trustees
- Cosworth Racing Limited Pension Fund
- Shoe Zone Pension Scheme
- TWIL Group Pension Fund
- Varian Medical Systems UK Pension and Life Assurance Scheme
- Brockhampton Pension Scheme
- Trustees of the G. H. Frith Director’s Pension Scheme
Work highlights
- Acted for the trustees of a large pension scheme in respect of protecting members' benefits and securing significant concessions.
- Advised Northern Housing Consortium on their cessation participation in the local government pension scheme.
- Advised Citizens Advice Manchester on their cessation participation in the local government pension scheme.