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Gateley Legal Offices

Gateley Legal
ONE ELEVEN
EDMUND STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2HJ
England
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Michael Collins

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Work Department

Pensions.

Position

Michael advises employers and trustees of occupational pension schemes on all aspects of pensions law as well as dealing with pensions issues on corporate transactions. He also provides legal advice to executive pension providers and other pension professionals.

He is well placed to advise on all pensions related issues, having advised clients ranging from owner managed businesses in relation to their executive pensions to the multi-billion pound pension funds of major international companies.

Career

Trained Wragge & Co; qualified 2000; pensions team Wragge & Co 2000-03, associate 2003-09; partner and head of pensions Gateley 2009 to date.

Languages

German (to A-level).

Memberships

Association of Pension Lawyers; former chair (and still committee member) of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, West Midlands Group.

Education

Tanfield School, County Durham; University of Birmingham (LLB Law (2:1); Legal Practice Diploma (distinction)).

Leisure

Michael supports Sunderland AFC. He also enjoys cycling, skiing, travel, cooking (and eating), music, films.

Lawyer Rankings

West Midlands > Employment > Pensions

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Michael Collins – Gateley Legal

Gateley Legal is led by Michael Collins who has a vast array of experience in all aspects of pensions matters. The group regularly advises trustees and employers on their duties and liabilities. In addition, it continues to be busy supporting companies on a vast array of pension matters as they arise during corporate transactions. The team is recommended for its advice on DB schemes with substantial assets, on occupational pension schemes, contract-based schemes as well as on SSASs and SIPPS.

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