Pensions Associate Director

Osborne Clarke; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/Remote work

Job summary

Osborne Clarke in the United Kingdom is seeking an Associate Director lawyer to lead high-profile pensions matters across advisory, governance and risk, spanning contentious and non-contentious work with base offices in London, Bristol and Reading and flexible remote options.

You will develop client relationships, drive business development across the pensions practice, and mentor junior lawyers as part of a national team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in non-contentious pensions work from a reputable team.
• Experience across advisory, governance and risk aspects of pension schemes.
• Ability to manage high-profile matters with commercially aware judgement.

Responsibilities

• Handle high-profile pensions matters from day one.
• Build real client relationships and develop business across the pensions spectrum.
• Contribute to both contentious and non-contentious work for public and private sectors.

Skills

Pensions law

Client relationship management

Education

Qualified solicitor (England & Wales)

Job description

Role profile

We're looking for talented Associate Director lawyers to join one of the UK's largest and most respected Pensions teams. You'll be part of a rapidly expanding national team spanning London, Bristol and Reading - with a base office (so no cross-country commuting required) and the flexibility to work remotely.

This isn't a role where you'll be quietly tucked away doing routine work. From day one, you'll be handling high-profile matters, building real client relationships and developing your business development skills across the full spectrum of pensions law - contentious and non-contentious, private and public sector.

The practice

We advise employers, trustees and local authorities on running pension schemes compliantly and managing risk. We also run Open Trustees, one of the UK's leading independent trustee companies — meaning we don't just advise on pension schemes, we operate them too.

Our works spans:

• Risk reduction and transfer - buy-ins,buyouts and alternative funding arrangements
• PPF assessment periods, high-profile insolvencies and scheme rescues
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) across England and Wales
• Trusted adviser relationships across pension schemes of every size and complexity
• Corporate acquisitions, disposals, scheme mergers, restructurings and wind-ups
• Complex litigation - including professional negligence, Part 8 claims and beyond

The Team

The team currently comprises a broad mix of senior and junior lawyers at varying levels of seniority – with a unique, diverse and approachable culture.

"All theteam are excellent." Legal 500

"A very strong pensions team that is pragmatic and commercial". Legal 500

What we're looking for

You’ll have meaningful hands-on experience in non-contentious pensions work from a reputable team, covering the areas we've described.

We're hiring at Associate Director levels, though the right candidate matters more than an exact title match. If you're the right fit, we'll make it work.

Your development

Our multi-award winning career development programme is built around you. Expect:

• Clear progression expectations from the outset
• Early responsibility and meaningful client exposure
• Individual feedback from experienced colleagues
• Technical and skills-based training, increasingly tailored to you
• Reward based on contribution and potential

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

Our recruitment process

Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm