Blake Morgan LLP has a diverse advisory practice which has a client base split between scheme trustees and employers, advising schemes of various sizes. The public sector pension practice, led from Wales by Gillian McCue, advises a wide range of public sector employers and private sector contractors on both contentious and non-contentious public sector pension work. With consistent work from NHS England, the Welsh Government, further education colleges, schools, academy trusts, universities and landlords, the team is well versed in negotiating pension provisions. Head of the team Ron Burgess provides advice to trustees, corporate clients, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders in the pensions industry.
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Key clients
- Surrey County Legal Services
- Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited
- Michael Weinig Limited 1990 Pension Scheme
- Shaw Healthcare Limited
- Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
- Dover District Council
- BSN Social care
- Pilgrims’ Friend Society
- Crown Commercial Service provider
- Welsh Government
- NHS England
- Reading Borough Council
Work highlights
Advised Richmond and Wandsworth Councils on their strategic adoption of the leisure agency model.
Advising Michael Weinig (UK) Limited 1990 Pension Scheme on day-to-day governance advice to the Trustees.
Acted as lead legal advisers to the sellers on the disposal of Barchester Healthcare, marking one of the largest ever transactions in the global care sector.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Ron Burgess
Other key lawyers
Gilian McCue; Rupert Graham-Evans;