Squire Patton Boggs fields a ‘proactive and engaged’ non-contentious pensions practice, with key expertise spanning de-risking and risk transfer solutions, corporate support work, compliance mandates, interventions, investments and ESG issues. The firm also has knowledge of acting for clients in the regulated utilities sectors, especially water, nuclear and electricity sponsored schemes, and not-for-profit organisations. Wendy Hunter heads up the pension practice, advising employers and trustees on scheme documentation and the pension aspects of corporate transactions, especially public to private sector transfers. Hunter is supported by Kirsty McLean on mergers, benefit changes and buy-ins; she also advises on the impact of new legislation, day-to-day compliance issues and member complaints.
Testimonials
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‘Strong legal support for complex issues, with good clear explanations to a lay board.’
‘Wendy Hunter has been a great support in bringing new team members up to speed on complex issues quickly and with a good balance between technical explanations and general history of a transaction. She will challenge where needed and provides explanations of issues in a pragmatic way.’
Key clients
- ACCESS Pool
- Combined Nuclear Pension Plan Trustees Limited
Work highlights
- Advised the trustee of the Aviva Master Trust on the full range of administrative and governance matters including multiple bulk transfers in.
- Acted for the trustee of the first of a new type of occupational pension scheme.