Highly attuned to developments in the market, in part by its involvement on government working groups and industry bodies, the 'very professional' and 'extremely knowledgeable' team at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP provides a 'proactive service' to major stakeholders across a broad spectrum of pensions matters. Team head Stuart Earle's own practice mirrors the firm's broad-based offering, being as comfortable as he is handling work for sponsoring employers, trustees or providers. Earle also continues to act for National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), where he provides 'pragmatic, usable legal advice', which is tailored to the workplace pension scheme's unique requirements. At an associate level, Collette Davies  excels at handling public sector pensions work as well as providing advice on the pensions aspects of corporate transactions, and Jen Green is appreciated for her ability 'to communicate highly complex legal matters in a friendly and easy-to-understand manner'.   

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The very professional team is extremely knowledgeable and provides a pro-active service.'

  • ‘The team displays an excellent ability to communicate complex issues in an understandable manner.'

  • 'Stuart Earle provides really pragmatic, usable legal advice, tailored to our unique organisation.’

  • ‘Stuart Earle understands our business really well and therefore makes sure we receive a seamless service by remaining involved when we need to access other areas of expertise and ensuring others in the firm also understand us well.'

  • ‘Jen Green is both responsive and excellent at answering questions and explaining issues to consider ’

  • 'Jen Green is extremely personable, able to communicate highly complex legal matters in a friendly and easy-to-understand manner, whilst being pragmatic and offering solutions rather than "sitting on the fence".’

Key clients

  • Nest Corporation
  • National Grid plc
  • Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
  • Volkswagen
  • Microsoft/Trustee of the Nokia Group Pension Scheme
  • Santander
  • Robert Bosch Limited
  • Mitie Group plc
  • Trustees of the Morgan Advanced Materials Pension Schemes

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stuart Earle

Other key lawyers

Ian Davies, Collette Davies, Jen Green