With client across the UK, Burges Salmon LLP‘s pension practice draws on their regional excellence to advise on matters ranging from daily scheme advisory work and assisting with DB and DC schemes to complex, multidisciplinary investigations. The team has a leading alternatives-to-buyouts focus and boasts being on both central and local government panels for pensions work. The team is led by Bristol-based Richard Knight, an expert in DB and DC schemes and risk transfer, who advises some of the largest companies in the UK. Steven Hull joined from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP in 2024, contributing to the team's London presence.
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Testimonials
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- 'Professional, knowledgeable, commercial and personable. They react quickly to support and genuinely feel like part of our team.'
- ‘The organisation and team members have great balance - they understand our challenges and support us in accordance with this position. The team has an extensive range of skills and have been called upon to support a wide range of issues; where bespoke support has been required, subject experts have been introduced to guide to achieve positive outcomes.’
Key clients
- Honda Group UK Pension Scheme Trustees of the AT & T ISTEL Pension Plan Leonardo Pension Schemes Methodists Ministers’ Pension Scheme and Trustees of the Pension Scheme for Lay Employees of the Methodist Church Trustees of the London Luton Airport Pension Scheme Plumbing Pensions Employers Limited Church Mission Society and Methodists Sofegi SpA FirstGroup Welsh Archaeological Society Wessex Water Pension Scheme Cardiff University Pension Fund Riverstone Clarks
Work highlights
Advise on funding negotiations, governance responsibilities, investment management agreements, climate change reports, GMP equalisation, and legal issues related to liability-driven investments and security arrangements.
Practice head
Richard Knight
Other key lawyers
Kate Granville Smith; Clive Pugh; Steven Hull