Senior Pensions Lawyer

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Gowling WLG Full time

About the Team

Gowling WLG has a multi-award-winning pensions law team. We are a team of experienced pensions lawyers who are passionate about delivering exceptional results for our clients. Our team is known for being good people to work with and offering:

• Advice that comes off the fence (not just information or legal opinions)

• In plain language

• Backed by the highest technical standards.

We have a partner and two PSLs focused on excellence and making sure our lawyers are the best they can be: fully supported in the market where they operate.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

This role will primarily involve acting for trustees of pension schemes (but sometimes corporates as well) providing advice on a wide range of pensions law, including some or all of the following:

  • Day-to-day advice to trustees of pension schemes ranging in size from very small to over £1bn;
  • Scheme change exercises;
  • The impact of corporate re-organisations and negotiating appropriate mitigation;
  • Scheme documentation;
  • Impact of legislative changes including changes resulting from case law (GMP equalisation);
  • Scheme mergers;
  • Scheme wind ups;
  • All aspects of risk transfer;
  • Liability reduction exercises;
  • Investment issues, including investment management agreements.

We like our lawyers to develop their own personalities in the pensions market and, as a senior lawyer in the team, you would be expected to be involved in business development and profile raising as well as pure legal work. Our lawyers have a passion for pensions and they are not afraid to flaunt it.

Key Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate for this role will be a qualified Solicitor with 6+ years' PQE.

Key skills and experience:

  • Track record of advising trustees of large occupational pension schemes and large employers on pensions matters including taking a lead role on large, strategic projects (experience of risk transfer projects would be an advantage)
  • Track record of managing and supervising junior lawyers to provide an excellent service to clients
  • An excellent understanding of the principal provisions of relevant pensions legislation and how to apply them in the context of a client's key commercial drivers
  • Track record of building and maintaining long-term client relationships
  • Experience of participating in client development events
  • A clear understanding of the importance of accurate and efficient financial management
  • Track record of involvement in a broad range of marketing and profile-raising initiatives
  • Experience of writing technical articles and the presentation of seminars and other briefing sessions
  • A developed understanding of the commercial issues impacting on a client's business

We would look for the successful applicant to have:

  • Solid organisation and time management skills
  • Experience of working in a team and the ability to develop relationships with colleagues and clients alike
  • Proven attention to detail and drafting skills
  • Sound problem-solving skills
  • The ability to adapt to a broad range of situations and circumstances and remain calm under pressure
  • Proven understanding of technical legal issues in their chosen field
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills

What We Can Offer You

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 24 consecutive years.

  • A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
  • Lawyer bonus
  • Generous annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
  • Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
  • A generous pension allowance
  • Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
  • The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
  • Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave schemes
  • A range of health and wellbeing programmes
  • State of the art offices
  • Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Many of our people work flexibly in some way. If you would like to explore your own flexible working arrangements with us, we are happy to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunities

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

Any offers we make will be conditional subject to clearance by the SRA, evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS clearance.

If you have any queries in relation to this position, please contact Sam Price

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