Associate, Pensions

2 months ago


London, United Kingdom Dentons Full time

**Duration**:Permanent
**Location**:London
**PQE**:3PQE+
**Reports to**:Partner

**Reference no**: 5923

**The Role**

An excellent opportunity has arisen within our People, Reward, and Mobility department for an associate. This is an exciting and challenging role for someone keen to develop their current knowledge within pensions.

The team acts for many recognised organisations, including private or public companies, pension scheme trustees, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, and government bodies. These clients expect excellent levels of advice and service.

At Dentons, you will get involved with regulatory and trustee work as well as both contentious and non-contentious work. Our team works on the pension elements of the most significant cross-border M&A transactions and works on behalf of an enviable client base.

**Responsibilities**

The team covers a wide range of pension matters, including pension benefit changing exercises, pension fund deficits, restructuring, de-risking, merging, and winding up of pension schemes.
**Key duties include**:

- You will take a supporting role on a variety of pension matters across a range of clients
- Build and maintain client relationships
- Contribute to business development

**Required experience, skills, and attributes**
- Strong academic record, including a degree or equivalent.
- Knowledge of pension matters.
- Knowledge of corporate transactions.
- You will ideally have experience of working with international clients.
- Ability to work with a degree of independence.
- Exceptional drafting skills and legal research ability.

**Personal attributes**
- Dedicated to exceptional client service.
- Willingness to participate in marketing activities.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrates good judgment and resilience skills.
- Proactive, enjoys taking responsibility for work, and committed to developing a career in pensions.
- Able to interact positively at all levels and be a good team player.
- Able to prioritise and multi-task particularly when working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Methodical approach to work with a strong focus on accuracy.
- Hardworking and enthusiastic approach to work.
- Self-motivated and determined.

**Firm Profile**

**Diversity & Inclusion**

Essential to our success as a global law firm is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds. We want a work environment where everyone can reach their potential and we have an inclusive culture that respects individual differences.
We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved. We welcome you to learn more about diversity and inclusion at Dentons.

**Equal Opportunities**

**NO AGENCIES PLEASE**

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CV's sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.


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