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Claire van Rees comments on TPR’s new guidance for trustees and employers considering a DB superfund

Claire van Rees, partner, has commented on the new guidance for trustees and employers considering a superfund, which has been published by TPR. Claire said, “TPR’s superfund guidance for prospective ceding trustees and employers...

Nigel Cayless comments on corporate lifeline’s threat to pensions in Corporate Adviser

Nigel Cayless, Associate director says the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 could lead to higher pension deficits and is silent about personal pension contributions. Read the full article in Corporate...

Stuart O’Brien considers the new era of ESG disclosures in Pensions Age

Stuart O’Brien, partner and Chair of the Pensions Climate Risk Industry Group outlines what trustees will need to do in the coming years in order to keep on top their ESG responsibilities. Read the full article in Pensions...

Charlotte Bailey discusses small pots in Pensions Aspects

Charlotte Bailey, Associate discusses potential solutions for small pots. With an increasingly mobile UK workforce and automatic enrolment have resulted in an ever-growing number of small deferred or ‘dormant’ Defined Contribution...

Sackers retains its top tier rankings in Legal 500

Sackers has maintained its top tier ranking for both pensions (non-contentious) and pensions: dispute resolution in the Legal 500 directory for another year. Legal 500 2021 describes Sackers as “ a dedicated firm which has continued to...

Sackers named Boutique Law Firm of the Year at Legal Business Awards 2020

We are so pleased to have been named Boutique Law Firm of the Year in the 2020 Legal Business Awards. In naming us winners of the category, the judges called us the “definitive boutique” and praised the firm’s culture in...

Peter Murphy comments on pension reform in Pensions Age

Peter Murphy, Partner comments on the pace of reform within the pensions industry. “Pensions policy and regulation has never stood still,” Peter Murphy, says. “Many will regard the Maxwell scandal as a particularly pivotal event,...