Introduction
The operation of UK pension schemes and the legislation applicable to pension schemes is complex and often confusing to employees and even to HR professionals. Certain types of pension scheme can present significant liabilities for you if you are an employer.
Defined benefit pension schemes, where employee benefits are typically based on salary and years of service, can have a material impact on proposed corporate M&A activity, and proper legal due diligence is essential.
We cut through this complexity by offering clear advice in plain English, and the best path to the outcome you seek as an individual or as a business.
The team
Ginevra Gatrell is a specialist pensions lawyer with over 20 years broad experience in the complexities of pensions law, she can advise you whatever your pension law requirements.
Ginevra trained and worked in London at Clifford Chance before relocating to Yorkshire where she worked in the Leeds office of a global law firm.
Ginevra Gatrell
How we can help
Ginevra has a wide range of experience on UK pension matters for a diverse range of clients including:
- SMEs with pension scheme issues around restructuring, outsourcing or TUPE transfers
- housing associations and charities with sector-related occupational pensions, scheme changes and pension benefit issues
- UK and global corporate group mergers and acquisitions involving significant pension scheme due diligence and risk management
- Pension scheme trustee boards with ongoing professional legal advice on operating and managing occupational pension schemes
- advising individuals about pension scheme disputes and applications to the Pensions Ombudsman and defending trustees with potential complaints
What you say about us
“Ginevra…possesses great expertise and works in a very calm, assured and logical manner giving you total confidence that she totally knows her stuff – the support she has given me and my team has been invaluable and I hugely endorse her.”
Nick Hinton, Group Finance Director, Momentum Instore
“Ginevra has provided professional legal advice and support to our corporate group on UK pension scheme matters for over two years and is a trusted adviser. She is an expert on pensions law and regulation and provides an excellent legal service including a full understanding of commercial issues.”
CFO, Property and Facilities Management Group
“I would thoroughly recommend Ginevra to other pension scheme sponsors and trustees.”
Tracey Trotter, Director of Finance and Resources, Ardingly College
