Ron Burgess
Blake Morgan LLPWorking on its own as well as often forming part of a multi-office offering, the 'very approachable and knowledgeable' team at Blake Morgan LLP provides 'first-rate pensions advice' to Wales and England-based clients across the gamut of advisory, contentious and transactional work. 'Very knowledgeable' team head Ron Burgess, who splits his time between Cardiff and London, provides 'fantastic advice' on standalone matters (including advice to trustees on their ongoing fiduciary duties associated with running private sector pension schemes), as well as on the pensions implications associated with corporate and finance transactions. Drawing upon 'extensive technical knowledge', Gillian McCue also provides pensions advice pursuant to corporate transactions, although her principal area of expertise relates to public sector pensions.
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- ‘The team is very approachable and knowledgeable and has a keen eye for technical areas of pensions, particularly government pensions and the transfer of such between entities.’
- ‘They provide first-rate pensions advice with an ability to summarise complex pensions issues into actionable points.'
- 'We undertook a pensions change project recently and received excellent support and guidance from the pensions team at Blake Morgan.'
- ‘The very knowledgeable Ron Burgess provides fantastic advice.'
‘Gillian McCue is responsive and has a keen eye for detail with extensive knowledge in her area of pensions.'
'Gillian McCue has great technical knowledge and always goes the extra mile.'
Key clients
- NHS England
- Welsh Government
- Royal Borough of Kingston-on-Thames
- Reading Borough Council
- Shaw Healthcare
- PHS
- Ashfield District Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Dover City Council
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Work highlights
- Advised a metropolitan authority in England on a leisure procurement exercise.
- Advised a voluntary organisation in Wales on changing its pension arrangements from the LGPS to a money purchase arrangement.
- Advised the trustees of a defined benefit plan of a household name company on the steps to wind-up including dealing with complex issues such as GMP conversion and equalisation.
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Gillian McCue
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Ron Burgess