Public Sector Advice

Public sector pensions advice is specialist work, and the Pinsent Masons Pensions Law team has one of the most experienced groups in the country, advising:

Key Contacts

All pensions contacts

  • Central government, including ministries and policymakers
  • Local government
  • Social housing organisations
  • Universities and other educational establishments

The group has particular experience in

  • Outsourcings
  • Investments, including the special rules for the public sector, custody agreements and investment management agreements
  • Dispute resolution, with a dedicated fixed-price Pensions Ombudsman Service
  • Mergers, transfers, restructurings, and amalgamations of public sector bodies
  • Employment issues of pensions, including unfair dismissal, redundancy and discrimination

The firm is appointed as a supplier of legal services under the Buying Solutions framework agreement (formerly known as catalist) for pensions issues.