Weightmans is building a pensions practice with a particular focus on public service, education, charity, and LGPS-related work. Led by Cat Ellis in Leeds, the team is gaining traction on university pensions strategy, SUSS exits, and local authority restructuring matters.
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Work highlights
Developed a specialism in advising student unions and their sponsoring universities on the student union’s exit from participation in Students’ Union Superannuation Scheme (‘SUSS’), a defined benefit pension arrangement.
Providing advice to a number of universities on their options in respect of pensions cost and risk reduction across their pension arrangements including the USS, LGPS, TPS and their own defined benefit trust based arrangements.
Provided strategic pensions (and employment) law advice to a large number of local authorities in relation to the proposed re-structuring of various services.
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Cat Ellis