Covering a wide variety of complex regulatory and financial services work for FTSE companies, TLT‘s team is active across the pensions space, including in SIPP and SSAS work as well as public sector mandates, acting for government departments and authorities. Practice head Sasha Butterworth has experience across a wide range of employer and trustee matters, including new regulatory products, master trusts, and governance mandates. Chris Crighton is well known for his public sector pension expertise and also handles employer-led risk reduction cases. Legal director Lizzie Stone has experience handling governance issues and liability management matters, including buy-ins and buy-outs, while senior associate Ellie Taylor covers DB, DC and contract-based pension schemes.
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‘TLT’s advice has been invaluable. Advice is always provided in a calm and timely manner, balancing commercial practicalities and compliance requirements with an eye to the human behavioural factors at work.’
‘Lizzie Stone and Chris Crighton stand out with practical and pragmatic advice.'
‘Very strong pensions legal practice’
‘Chris Crighton - Very strong communication skills, open minded, pragmatic, and client focused. Ellie Taylor - Very thorough research in non-routine situations.’
Key clients
- Anglian Water
- Fujitsu Technology Solutions International Pension Plan Trustee
- Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited
- Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
- Viridor Waste Management Limited
- WHSmith
- Travelers
- Arkema Bostik Pension Trustee Limited
- Mono Equipment Pension Scheme Trustees
- Trustees of the Princess Yachts Pension Scheme
Work highlights
- Advised XPS Pensions Group on its disposal to SEI of its interest in the National Pensions Trust.
- Providing ongoing pensions legal advice to the Trustee of the UKAS pension scheme, a career average pension scheme still open to future accrual and to new members.
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Practice head
Sasha Butterworth
Other key lawyers
Chris Crighton; Lizzie Stone; Ellie Taylor