Peter Scott Email & Phone Number

Crawley

Chichester

The lead legal consultant for a portfolio of clients (ranging from small owner managed companies to large multinational corporations) covering both defined benefit and defined contribution schemes.Scheme documentation: drafting, presenting and negotiating formal scheme documents and member literatureLegal/technical advice: advising clients and consulting colleagues on the impact of scheme rules and legislative/regulatory requirements on both day-to-day operational issues and specific projects, eg wind-ups and future service benefit changesPensions-related disputes: advising on both IDRP and Pensions Ombudsman casesTrustee/governance arrangements: reviewing member-nominated trustee arrangements, advising on conflicts of interest, reviewing trustee discretions and delegationsTrustee training: preparing and delivering client-specific and generic training coursesMentoring: developing the technical knowledge and consulting skills of junior colleaguesRelationship management: acting as main point of client contact, agreeing and monitoring budgets (annual and project specific), ensuring work carried out in a timely manner and at the appropriate level, identifying and pursuing opportunities for new work.