Patrick is a partner in the pensions team as well as a director and founder of Entrust, a leading professional pension trustee company. He has overseen Entrust develop into a global business helping inward investors in more than 20 countries worldwide manage legacy defined benefit scheme liability aspects of their UK operations. Patrick has helped to develop Entrust’s comprehensive services platform for businesses seeking to reduce the time and money spent looking after their defined benefit schemes. He has worked on sole trustee appointments and co-trustee cases, including as Chair of trustees. Patrick has succeeded in challenging negotiations, assisted employers to break free from outdated scheme structures and brought a leading industry wide scheme for over 200 employers to a successful conclusion.
England - North West • Employment
Gateley Legal
Gateley Legal provides services to pension schemes at the middle and smaller end of the market with expertise in the development of pension bonds. Patrick Kennedy heads the practice and works on sole trustee appointments and co-trustee cases. Stuart Evans is well-versed in drafting pension scheme deeds and advising employers and trustees of occupational pension schemes. Sarah Sabin is experienced in professional negligence issues and rectification of pension scheme documentation.
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‘They understand the trustee perspective very well as many of the practitioners also act as professional trustees.’
‘Stuart Evans is personable and pragmatic.'
'Patrick Kennedy is very experienced and a safe pair of hands.'
‘Pragmatic and commercial, the team are a delight to work with.’
‘Patrick Kennedy - a guru of pensions law, but with the instincts of a street-fighter when you need someone to fight your corner.'
- 'Stuart Evans is calm, reassuring presence, an old head on relatively young shoulders.’
‘Knowledgeable and dedicated.’
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Patrick Kennedy