Taylor Wessing LLP advise both trustees and employers across the breadth of pensions work, covering large and smaller pension schemes. Mark Smith leads the team, advising on the full range of pension issues and schemes, with FTSE 100 companies, public sector bodies and charities on his client roster. Anna Taylor has expertise in investments, funding arrangements, mergers and de-risking issues.
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Témoignages
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‘Great service and they take the time to know and understand the issues and needs of the client.’
‘Team is highly experienced in a very specialist area.'
‘They are excellent at communication and able to explain complex issues in layman terms.'
‘Mark Smith provides advice for very complex issues in plain English and is very patient with his clients to ensure they fully understand the issues.’
‘High level of expertise; approachable; collaborative; friendly and adaptable to clients' needs.’
‘Mark Smith at Taylor Wessing has given us the full range of legal advice, ranging from the complex to being pragmatic and commercial at times. He is generally available at short notice to respond swiftly to queries, and those responses are helpful and in full.’
Clients clés
- Phoenix
- First Group Holdings Limited
- Trustee of the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund
- Trustees of the Visa UK Pension Plan
- Trustee of the Royal British Legion Staff Pension Fund
- ATL Technology
- Independent Governance Group
Points forts
- Advised Phoenix, the sole shareholder of PSG Holdco 1 Limited (now Strand Collectibles) on its rescue of the business and certain assets of the Stanley Gibbons Group including the business and assets of AH Baldwin pursuant to the terms of a pre-pack administration sale.
- Advising trustees of The Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund in relation to a range of issues relating to the provision of promised benefits under the scheme.
- Advised the trustee of a pension scheme operated by a marine consultancy on a change of employer in relation to the scheme.
Avocats
Les grands avocats du marché
Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.
Responsable de la pratique
Mark Smith
Autres avocats clés
Anna Taylor; Angela Sharma