Doyle Clayton operates as an independent specialist workplace law firm; their pensions team, led by Andrew Campbell, has seen growth in the past 12 months in pensions advisory, including risk transfer and buy-out work, and disputes matters.
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- ‘Our scheme has felt well supported and advised. Compared to some other companies that have wrked for us, we've felt that advice was offered when appropriate, rather than when thre was an opportunity to generate another fee.’
- ‘Small but very effective. The Doyle Clayton pensions team are expanding are particularly good in the education sector and with complex public and private sector pensions issues. ’
- ‘Andy Campbell is brilliant. He wears his expertise lightly, is thoughtful and measured with his advice and strategy, and gives clients precisely what they want and need. ’
- ‘Niche pensions team developing a valuable role for project work. ’
- ‘Andy Campbell is an authoritative voice who clients listen to, and a safe pair of hands.’
- ‘James Saddler has supported our scheme with assured, competent advice delivered with an appreciation of our scheme's specific needs and circumstances. As we've moved from deficit through to self-sustained and not we're nearly at wind-up, Jmaes has never left us feeling exposed.’
Work highlights
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Radley College, Oxford: acting in our capacity as legal adviser to the representative beneficiary in proceedings brought under Part 8 Civil Procedure Rules, we assisted the College and the Trustees of its defined benefit pension scheme in Radley College Pension and Assurance Scheme and Others [2024] EWHC 2765 (ChD). This was the first time our pensions team had acted on a reported pensions case and was a significant step forward for our practice both in terms of the scope of our work and our public profile.## INSERTED START: 08-05-2025 01:18:53
We have been appointed as external legal Counsel to Aptia UK Limited to provide them with extensive pensions and dispute resolution advice across a range of matters following the acquisition by Aptia UK Limited of Mercer’s pensions administration business in 2024.## INSERTED START: 08-05-2025 01:18:53
Trustees of the SIS Outside Broadcasts Pension Scheme. We have supported the trustees on a bulk annuity transaction, which has involved advising on a surplus of funds and how the trustees / employer should consider exercising discretion, s.37 and Virgin Media issues in connection with historic amending documentation, the transfer of DC benefits to a separate arrangement, and data retention issues.