Helen Miles > gunnercooke LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
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55 Colmore Row
Birmingham
B3 2AA
England
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Helen Miles
Work Department
Pensions
Position
Partner
Career
Helen has been a specialist pensions lawyer for over 25 years, dealing with all aspects of pensions advice to trustees and corporates. She advises on schemes of all sizes, and works closely with a number of professional trustees.
As well as advising on governance and compliance for schemes, Helen has many years’ experience of advising on pensions issues in corporate transactions and reorganisation, including Pensions Regulator clearance, negotiation of mitigation packages, apportionment arrangements and the implications of pensions on TUPE transfers.
In recent years, Helen has worked on many scheme mergers (including high value mergers) and demergers, buy-ins, buy-outs and other liability management projects. She advises trustees on the terms of scheme investment arrangements and contingent assets.
Helen has worked with trustees on Pensions Ombudsman disputes, judicial review issues and other contentious matters.
Helen is Chair of the NHS Pensions Board, appointed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. The NHS Pensions Board is the statutory body responsible for governance of the NHS Pension Scheme.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
gunnercooke LLP‘s practice is praised by clients for its ‘wealth of experience‘, ‘excellent client service‘, and ‘technical pensions expertise’. The practice is able to act as trustee to numerous pension schemes with the firm’s professional trustee company, gcTrustees. Notable names within the team include Adam Bushby for his risk transfer specialism, Helen Miles for her expertise in issues of compliance and risk settlement matters, and Parminder Latimer for her over three decades of experience in the industry. Michael M Jones joined the team in May 2022 from Charles Russell Speechlys LLP.