JOB DESCRIPTION
About Herbert Smith Freehills
As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.
We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.
The Opportunity
The Opportunity:
Pensions (within Employment, pensions and remuneration and incentives (EPI))
1. Main areas covered | corporate, advisory and litigation aspects relating to pensions
2. Key clients include | G4S | TimeWarner | TUI Travel | Pensions Insurance Corporation| Pension Protection Fund | Lloyds Banking GroupSector expertise includes | accountancy, professional and business services | infrastructure and transport | financial institutions | insurance and reinsurance | TMT
Group/ Team description:
3. Our pensions group advises employers, trustees, financial institutions, intermediaries, Governmental bodies and bidders and sellers on all aspects of occupational and increasingly personal pension arrangements.
4. We provide clients with both domestic and cross-border pensions expertise.
5. We provide a full range of legal services in relation to pension schemes, as well as providing specialist support on transactions, litigation and insolvency matters.
6. These include: advising trustees, employers and scheme administrators on legal issues arising from the operation of schemes advising in relation to funding deficits in defined benefit schemes and difficulties arising from the increased costs of financing them advising on risk and volatility management through benefit design and insured solutions.
7. advising on pension scheme reorganisations, mergers and wind-ups advising professional and regulatory bodies
8. advising on public/private sector pensions issues a substantial cross-departmental pensions disputes practice.
9. We are looking for candidates who can help to deal with the full spectrum of issues affecting pension schemes and the companies which sponsor them, from day-to-day drafting of documentation to advising businesses and trustees on a wide variety of legal issues.
10. The successful candidate will provide first rate legal advice and suggest practical solutions to clients' problems. Note that the role is pensions specific and candidates will not be required to lead on employment or employee remuneration and incentive matters.
Skills, experience and qualifications:
11. Exceptional academics (at least a 2:1 degree classification)
12. Some post qualification experience working across a broad range of pensions work gained at a City or regional firm with a recognised pensions practice
13. The ability to lead on matters and take a role in team management
Team
Employment, Pensions & Incentives
Working Pattern
Full time
Location
London
Contract type
Diversity & Inclusion
At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.