Mills & Reeve LLP‘s pensions practice is namely led from Birmingham. From the firm’s Norwich office, consultant and pensions specialist Laura Sayer is the key name; Sayer sits on both the panel for the East Anglia Committee of the Pensions Management Institute and on the public sector sub-committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers. She is a key adviser to both public and private sector clients, and notably recently acted for Trustees of the Hypoguard (UK) Limited Pension Plan on complex negotiations with the overseas parents of the UK sponsor. Additionally, she continues to advise numerous NHS Trusts on dealing with the HR and retention issues of staff who are eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme from the first day of their employment.

HCR Hewitsons' pensions team is known for its ‘good knowledge and ability to find a reliable answer or solution quickly‘. The firm’s dedicated pensions partner is Christopher Nuttall, who works mainly from Cambridge and the firm’s Central England office; Nuttall is praised for ‘explaining problems and solutions with clarity and in a prompt way'. He frequently acts for both employers and trustees of private sector occupational pension schemes throughout the country and across a wide-range of business sectors. The practice also has significant experience in public sector pensions work. Notably, the team recently assisted the Trustee of the Velux Co. Ltd. Retirement Benefits Scheme with an exercise to pension benefits for former employees, to determine if they may be entitled to additional pension benefits.