Tom Barton
Partner
Tom leads the national defined contribution practice for Pinsent Masons, coordinating multi-discipline advice for corporate insurance clients, master trusts, trustees and employers.
Tom's experience
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Leading the pensions workstream of a major fund merger project, implemented through a statutory arrangement process – together with streamlining governance and administration.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advising one of the UK’s biggest pension providers on contentious regulatory matters relating to the Charge Cap and associated transactional Charge Cap advice on atypical investments / investment instruments.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advising a global consulting firm on contentious / regulatory and non-contentious auto-enrolment compliance issues arising from software functionality.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advising a master trust provider on regulatory enforcement action in relation to pension scheme administration arrangements.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advising a large multi-product pension provider on private asset strategy and fiduciary duties in light of the Mansion House accord.
- United Kingdom
- Professional & Public Services
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Leading the relationship with one of the UK’s largest employer-run DC schemes. Advice covers complex investment governance, in-house fiduciary management-style arrangements, documentation suites, volume IDRP arrangements, administration and dashboard contracts and coordinating multi-jurisdictional Crown Dependency arrangements.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Preparing for one of the UK’s biggest pension providers a full suite of master trust documentation including rules, on-boarding documentation and DC transfer related documentation.
- England
- Financial Services
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Led relationship with a multi billion, multi section DB scheme during governance and administration overhaul, coordinating benefit analysis and documentation, building governance frameworks (policies, ESOG, ORA), and arrangements for dashboards, cyber security, and anti scam measures. Major project focused on risk management and enabling endgame solutions.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advising a major pension provider on the use of Scheme of Arrangement to achieve a “product jump” migration from investment platform to insurance product - and wider legal, practical and regulatory implications.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advising a major commercial master trust provider on the acquisition of master trusts and associated regulatory process, consolidation of employer books, administration and governance arrangements and master trust merger.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
Credentials
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2014Made Partner at Pinsent Masons
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2006Joined Pinsent Masons
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2003Eversheds, Solicitor
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2003Qualified - England and Wales
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2001Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Solicitor
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2001College of Law – LLP
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2000University of Hull – LLB
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