Principal Associate - Pensions at Gowling WLG

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The role

This is a Principal Associate role for a qualified Solicitor with ideally 6+ years of PQE to join Gowling WLG's award-winning Pensions team in London. The role will focus on advising a variety of parties, including trustees, sponsoring employers, and insurers, on a wide range of pensions matters, with a particular emphasis on pensions advisory and risk transfer projects.

What you'll do

Act in relation to a wide range of pensions issues for a variety of parties including pensions trustees, their sponsoring employers and insurers
Provide advice on various pensions matters
Provide day-to-day advice to trustees of pension schemes ranging in size from very small to over £1bn
Prepare benefit specifications, discretions tables and advise on benefit related issues, in preparation for pensions risk transfer or a strategic decision to run on
Execute risk transfer exercises, whether to consolidator or buy-in
Advise on benefit discrepancies or interpretation issues within pension scheme rules
Advise on the impact of legislative changes including changes resulting from case law (e.g. GMP equalisation)
Deal with scheme documentation
Handle scheme benefit change exercises and liability reduction exercises
Advise on the impact of corporate re-organisations and negotiate appropriate mitigation
Handle scheme mergers
Handle scheme wind ups
Advise on investment issues, including investment management agreements
Be involved in business development and profile raising
Develop own personalities in the pensions market

What we're looking for

Qualified Solicitor

Ideally 6+ years' PQE

Experience in pensions advisory (trustee and sponsor)

Experience in pensions risk transfer

Track record of advising trustees of large occupational pension schemes and large employers on pensions matters

Experience taking a lead role on large, strategic projects including experience of risk transfer projects

Established history of advising across the spectrum of pensions risk transfer, including preparation for and execution of bulk purchase annuity contracts, and advice to trustees and sponsors in respect of ongoing liability and protections

Experience managing and supervising junior lawyers

Experience working collaboratively and effectively with lawyers in other specialist teams

Excellent understanding of the principal provisions of relevant pensions legislation and how to apply them

Demonstrated success in building and maintaining long term client relationships

Ability to quickly gain the trust of clients and other advisers when delivering projects

Experience of participating in business development events and involvement in a broad range of marketing and profile-raising initiatives

Clear understanding of the importance of accurate and efficient financial management

Experience of writing technical articles and the presentation of seminars and other briefing sessions

Developed understanding of the commercial issues impacting on a client’s business

Proven understanding of technical matters

Principal Associate - Pensions

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