Our latest work
Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.
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Trustees of the Scapa Group Limited Pension Scheme
Advised the trustee of the Scapa Group Limited Pension Scheme pension on a bulk purchase annuity transaction with a life insurer.
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Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited
Advised Aviva Investment Funds on the Part VII insurance business transfer of its UK individual protection business to Royal London.
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Vidett Governance Services Limited as Trustee of the Lansing Linde Pension Scheme
Advising the trustees of the KION Group Pension Schemes on the £250m full buy-in with Canada Life. This five scheme buy-in project was complex and highly unusual as it was managed as a single transaction.
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Trustee of the Michelin Pension and Life Assurance Plan
Advising the trustees of the Michelin Pension and Life Assurance Plan on the £1.5 billion bulk purchase annuity full-scheme buy-in with Aviva. The transaction secures the benefits for c15,000 members of the scheme. It involved an in-specie transfer of assets, and an “in house” solution to deal with the scheme’s illiquid assets
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Client confidential
Advising a FTSE 100 company on a sponsor-driven de-risking strategy for a £1bn+ scheme. This culminated in a successful buy-in of all of its pension liabilities using a framework agreement and the sale of the scheme’s illiquid assets so that the scheme could take advantage of a favourable pricing opportunity.
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Just Retirement Management Services Limited
Advising Just on the £42m buy-in of the Scottish Milk Limited Retirement Benefits Plan. The buy-in, which secured retirement benefits for all 452 members of the scheme, included a deferred premium element to enable the transaction to take place.
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Client confidential
Advising the trustees of a £1 billion household name pension scheme on the £228 million partial buy-in of its liabilities with Just Retirement Limited under a framework agreement.
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Trustees of the Epson Telford Limited Pension Scheme
Advising the trustees of the Epson (UK) Limited Pension Scheme on the £60m buy-in with Just Group. This project included benefit specification work for a buy-in.
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Trustees of the Air France (UK) Pension Scheme
Advising the trustees of the Air France Pension Scheme on the £32 million buy-in with Just Group
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Client confidential
Advising trustees on two complex winding-up projects for £300m pension schemes. One involved obtaining regulatory approval for a refund of surplus to the employer. We guided the trustees through to liability discharge in circumstances of residual risks and member complaints, securing appropriate trustee protection through insurance and sponsor indemnities