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Addleshaw Goddard LLP provides a ‘superb level of service to trustees’, and regularly advises blue-chip clients on scheme closures and amendments. Rachel Rawnsley is at ‘the top of her game’, and is an ‘impressive debater’. Her ‘quick’ and ‘impressive’ team is adept in pensions litigation and SIPP matters, with Britvic and trustees of the Asda Pension Plan among its key clients.

DLA Piper UK LLP provides ‘pragmatic and commercial advice’ on matters such as defined benefit pension schemes, and planned mergers and restructures. Vikki Massarano and Kate Payne provide a ‘first-class service’, consistently delivering to ‘extremely pressured timescales when serious issues are at stake’.

Squire Sanders LLP is ‘excellent in the area of pensions law’, with expertise in scheme mergers, auto-enrolment and de-centralisation issues. In 2011 it added Santander and Wakefield County Council to its client list. Catherine McKenna was recently promoted to the role of global pensions head, and the team received a major boost when Anthea Whitton, a ‘lead adviser’ on occupational pensions, joined from Pinsent Masons LLP in 2012.

Eversheds LLP represents employers and trustees, and is very active in Northern Ireland. With particular experience in the regulated utilities sector, the team regularly advises on legacy issues and scheme design changes. Kelda and Bombardier are key clients. Terry Saeedi heads the group, and Claire Carroll was promoted to partner in 2011.

Pinsent Masons LLP provides ‘quality advice’ to large corporates, insurance companies and public sector clients, and Jacqui Timmins is a key contact for trustee work. Mercer and Westfield Health are clients. Anthea Whitton recently left to join Squire Sanders LLP.

The two-partner team at Walker Morris acts for national corporations and trustees on transactional pension matters, complex restructuring, and sectionalised schemes. Trusts specialist Andrew Turnbull heads the team, and Jo Ratcliffe is noted for her experience in Beckmann liability matters.

Wrigleys ‘goes the extra mile’ for trustees, and provides a ‘bespoke service’ that is of ‘a high standard’. Practice head Leigh Holmes is recommended for her ‘clear, concise advice on complex legal issues’, and Raymond Ainscoe is a ‘pragmatic’ adviser.

Cobbetts LLP’s ‘prompt’ and ‘reliable’ five-strong team provides pensions advice in relation to the public sector, social housing and M&A transactions, and is noted for its ‘excellent value’ and ‘clear invoicing’. Richard Shelton heads the group, which includes Patricia Critchley, an ‘understated star’ who provides ‘thorough and clear’ guidance.

Irwin Mitchell provides a ‘good level of service’, and regularly advises corporate pension scheme trustees. Nigel Bolton, who is ‘excellent at simplifying the black letter law’, advised the trustees of the Dyson Group Pension Fund on a reconstruction.

Clients of DWF LLP note its ‘quick responses’ and the fact that it allows ‘direct access to solicitors’. The group advises on trusteeship and small self-administered schemes, and is led by the ‘pragmatic’ and ‘committed’ Mark Ridler.

Kate Buckham is the key contact at Dickinson Dees LLP, and advises employers and trustees on liability management and benefit restructuring.

Craig Engleman leads the team at Rollits LLP. It acts for regional employers, charities, and educational institutions, advising on matters such as benefit restructuring, scheme rule amendments and Pensions Regulator clearance in transactions.

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