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At Dickinson Dees LLP, practice head Martin Poore recently led a team that advised a major multinational company on the merger of two multimillion-pound pension schemes. Notable clients include IBM, Procter & Gamble, Taylor Wimpey plc, and the Trustees of the Hiscox Pension Scheme. The practice now includes a dedicated litigation arm.

DWF LLP’s team head Martin Jenkins, Leeds-based Kate Byers and associate Lucy Herbert are rated for their ‘depth of industry knowledge’ and drive to ‘acquire insight into clients’ pension schemes’. Risk management proposals and company and scheme reconstructions kept the team active in 2010.

The ‘technically strong’ Terry Saeedi heads the team at Eversheds LLP, which operates between the firm’s Leeds and Newcastle offices.

The ‘very competent and knowledgeable’ Tristan Mander at Ward Hadaway is acting for Bonas and Van de Wiele in a test case concerning the Pension Regulator’s ‘moral hazard’ powers. Tushar Bhate and Kathryn Cowen left to set up their own specialist pensions boutique in 2011.

London-based Robert O’Donovan heads up the team at Watson Burton LLP, which advised the trustees of the Stephen Easten Pension Scheme on a novel application to the Pension Protection Fund.

Mincoff Solicitors LLP’s Nick Smith has extensive pensions law experience and is currently advising employers on day-to-day issues regarding occupational pension trustees, and individuals on the management of personal pension schemes.

Tushar Bhate and Paul Elliott established specialist pensions firm Neon Legal in January 2011. With an already impressive client list, it looks set to be a key player in the market.

Hay & Kilner handles pensions work as part of its commercial practice, and continues to advise trustees on their powers and beneficiaries on their rights.

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