Senior Associate

4 weeks ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Osborne Clarke Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Associate to join our prestigious Pensions team at Osborne Clarke. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for providing expert advice to clients on a wide range of pensions matters, including contentious and non-contentious issues.

About the Team

Our Pensions team is highly regarded for its expertise and depth of knowledge. Led by Partner Jonathan Hazlett, the team comprises of 6 partners, 3 Legal Directors, 5 Associate Directors, 4 Senior Associates, 2 Associates, 1 Solicitor Apprentice, 1 Trainee Solicitor, 2 Pensions Directors, 1 Pensions Manager, 2 Scheme Managers, 1 Trust Officer and 1 Administrative Assistant.

About the Work

As a member of the Pensions team, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of high-profile matters, including:

  • Providing advice to trustees and the PPF in relation to schemes progressing through a PPF assessment period, including recent high-profile insolvencies.
  • Receiving reappointment to the LGPS national framework panel, providing a full range of LGPS related services to LGPS funds across England and Wales.
  • Advising employers and trustees on future benefit design changes, including negotiating terms, inputting into consultation exercises, advising on changes to complex benefit structures and responding to member enquiries.
  • Advising employers and trustees on a broad spread of risk transfer exercises, including buy-ins and buy-outs.
  • Advising employers and trustees in relation to scheme errors, benefit corrections and rectification.
  • Acting for representative beneficiaries in litigation relating to pension schemes.
  • Drafting and amending pension scheme documentation and member communications.
About You

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Associate with some knowledge and transactional experience of working for pension clients in a variety of capacities. Ideally, you will have gained experience in non-contentious pensions work in another pensions team. Due to the nature of the work and structure of the team, we are looking to appoint an Associate or Senior Associate in this area, however we are willing to consider candidates with more or less experience.

About Your Career Development

Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme, which provides clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress, high quality clients and work, thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues, robust technical training with early skills based development, and reward for your contribution, progression and potential.

About Our Benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits, including a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for career development and progression.



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