Working cross-practice and often drawing on their substantial network to advise clients on cross-jurisdictional issues, DLA Piper‘s pensions team advises employers, insurers, and trustees in DB and DC schemes for some of the largest multinational corporations. The team, operating as a whole, is split between a core pensions team and a de-risking team, having one of the most renowned de-risking expertises in the market, capable of advising on some of the largest bulk annuity deals. Matthew Swynnerton, head of the core pension-focused offering, is experienced in advising some of the biggest multinational pension schemes, and fellow co-head Amrit Mclean, the de-risking side and insurance sector’s head, advises some of the largest bulk annuity insurers.
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- 'Deep sector expertise and a strong profile in the field.'
- 'They have their finger on the pulse of the industry.'
- 'Matthew Swynnerton demonstrates the highest standards of professionalism and integrity. A wonderful ambassador for the firm.'
- 'Always found the team have excellent knowledge and are extremely collaborative and quick to bring issues arising in the industry to the trustees, in order to assist them quickly as needed.'
Key clients
- Aviva
- Rothesay
- Phoenix/Standard Life
- Pension Insurance Corporation
- Canada Life
- Just
- M&G/Prudential Annuity Company (UK)
- Heineken
- Uber
- National Grid Electricity Group Trustee Limited
- E.ON UK Group Trustee Limited
- OVO Energy Group Trustees
- Uniper UK Trustee Limited
- Novartis UK Pension Scheme
- Du Pont (U.K.) Limited Pensions Fund
- Trustee of the Allied Domecq Pension Fund
- Trustees of the Royal Albert Hall Pension Scheme
- International Power Group Trustee
- PMI Trustees Limited
- Stuart Delivery
Work highlights
Advised the Group Trustee of the National Grid Electricity Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme on iIts £1.7bn pensioner buy-in transaction with Aviva.
Advised Legal & General Assurance Society Limited on its £1.1 bn full buy-in with the trustees of the DB (UK) Pension Scheme.
Advised the Group Trustee of the E.ON UK Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme as the receiving scheme on the merger of the nPower Group of the ESPS into the E.ON UK Group.
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Practice head
Matthew Swynnerton; Amrit Mclean