Pensions Lawyer (0973)

Our team provide a full pensions law service advising trustees, providers, and sponsoring employers of UK pension schemes. Working with some of the UK's largest companies and schemes across a range of sectors, as well as public service and voluntary organisations, their work encompasses the full range of legal advice in relation to UK pension schemes from day-to-day benefit queries and member complaints to large scale restructuring and liability management projects. You'll contribute to the growth and success of the business by helping to develop the reputation and brand of the firm and by taking a proactive role in building and maintaining client relationships. We expect you to play an important role in helping us to further develop our market share and running transactions in their entirety from the outset. If it's managing people that interests you there will be the opportunity to do this., Find out more about our Responsible Business initiatives here, including our net zero goals, local community engagement and social inclusion

The team have a new opportunity for an experienced Lawyer to strengthen their national offering. Ideally, you'll be based within travelling distance of either our London, Leeds, Newcastle or Bristol offices. You'll be joining a highly motivated and supportive team with a wealth of relevant experience., You'll need to be a technically proficient pensions lawyer with 5 PQE+ experience and a desire to further develop. You don't need to have a large practice background. To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum:

• Experience gained from having trained and worked in an established pensions law team.
• Demonstrable experience of drafting essential documentation relating to UK pension schemes.
• Ability to provide guidance and strategic advice on all types of UK pension scheme.
  
  Our Pensions Practice is one of the largest in the UK and has a national client base and reputation to match., We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!
As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns. Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about ED&I at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.

Alongside a competitive salary you'll receive a flexible benefits package so you can choose and vary the benefits that matter most to you, Pension Health Care LifeAssurance Volunteering Days CarbonOffsetting Flexi-working Holiday-purchase Learn more