The ‘pragmatic’ pensions team at Shepherd and Wedderburn often handle high-profile schemes for domestic and international blue-chip clients. The practice leadership team consists of Andrew Holehouse, Louisa Knox, Edwin Mustard and Kirsty Headden. The group is active in the energy, transportation, education and manufacturing sectors. Holehouse assists clients with scheme amendments and offers day-to-day pension advice whilst Knox is hailed as ’the best pensions lawyer in Scotland’. Mustard is a key contact for public sector clients, whilst ‘great communicator’ Headden offers trustees Cyber Security and GDPR-related advice.
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Testimonials
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- Kirsty Headden is excellent, pragmatic, solution-focused and proactive.’
- ‘Superb breadth and depth of knowledge.’
- ‘Kirsty Headden is a great communicator, personable and trusted.'
- 'Louisa Knox has superb experience and is the best pensions lawyer in Scotland.’
- ‘The team has strength in depth and gives very clear, prompt and pragmatic advice.'
- ‘The team is pragmatic and timely in its advice. They actually work as a team and all complement each other in terms of their skills, both from a technical and a behavioural point of view.’
Key clients
- The Trustees of the Association of British Insurers Pensions and Assurance Scheme
- Trustee of the Stagecoach Group Pension Scheme
- The Trustees of the University of St Andrews Superannuation and Life Assurance Scheme
- Trustee of the Hyster-Yale UK Retirement Plan
- Trustee of the abrdn (SLSPS) Pension Scheme
- Trustees of the A.G. Barr plc Retirement Benefits Scheme
- Trustee of the Universal Music Group Pension Scheme
- Trustee of the Scottish Hydro-Electric Pension Scheme
- Trustees of the Brewin Dolphin Retirement Benefits Scheme / Trustees of the Brewin Dolphin Pension Fund
- Trustees of the Miller Group Limited Pension Scheme
- Trustees of the Orica Pension Scheme
- Trustees of the Beam UK Pension Plan
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Kirsty Headden
Practice head
Andrew Holehouse; Louisa Knox; Edwin Mustard; Kirsty Headden
Other key lawyers
Richard Jones; Daniel Boynton