Ginevra Gatrell

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Partner

Pensions

+44 (0) 7990 825 626

Expertise

Ginevra is a pensions law expert with over 20 years’ experience advising on pensions law and regulation. Ginevra advises UK employers, pension scheme trustees and corporate groups on the full range of pensions law and regulatory matters. Her practice encompasses private-sector pension schemes and pension schemes within the charities sector; she also advises many clients in relation to public sector pension schemes, such as the local government pension scheme.

Ginevra is a member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers and has been an active member of the South Yorkshire Pensions Group and has previously spoken at seminars. She also writes practice notes and legal updates for LexisNexis.

Ginevra Advises

Large, medium and small employers in the private sector
Pension scheme trustees
Companies and private equity investors
Public sector bodies and contractors in relation to outsourcing arrangements
Housing Associations and other charitable organisations

Experience Highlights

Advising an independent school on its pension scheme documentation and updating all legal documentation.
Advising a large professional services firm on significant pension liability issues in the context of a business acquisition, including complex pension restructuring matters.
Advising a large private company on a £34m acquisition of a group of companies involving significant pension liabilities and including pre-completion pension scheme restructuring.
Advising numerous employers on Local Government Pension Scheme admission including drafting admission documentation and contractual protections against pension liabilities and liaising with all parties involved.
Advising the trustee board of two separate pension schemes on general compliance issues including downsizing and restructuring the schemes to remove them from the master trust regime.
Advising on a complex pension benefit complaint including application to the Pensions Ombudsman.

Publications

Produces pensions law precedents and legal updates for LexisNexis publications.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

DLA Piper UK LLP
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Clifford Chance LLP

Education

Admitted as a Solicitor September 2000
Legal Practice Course, College of Law (Guildford) 1998
University of Bristol LLB (Hons) 1997

Expertise

Ginevra Advises

Large, medium and small employers in the private sector
Pension scheme trustees
Companies and private equity investors
Public sector bodies and contractors in relation to outsourcing arrangements
Housing Associations and other charitable organisations

Experience Highlights

Advising an independent school on its pension scheme documentation and updating all legal documentation.
Advising a large professional services firm on significant pension liability issues in the context of a business acquisition, including complex pension restructuring matters.
Advising a large private company on a £34m acquisition of a group of companies involving significant pension liabilities and including pre-completion pension scheme restructuring.
Advising numerous employers on Local Government Pension Scheme admission including drafting admission documentation and contractual protections against pension liabilities and liaising with all parties involved.
Advising the trustee board of two separate pension schemes on general compliance issues including downsizing and restructuring the schemes to remove them from the master trust regime.
Advising on a complex pension benefit complaint including application to the Pensions Ombudsman.

Publications

Produces pensions law precedents and legal updates for LexisNexis publications.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

DLA Piper UK LLP
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Clifford Chance LLP

Education

Admitted as a Solicitor September 2000
Legal Practice Course, College of Law (Guildford) 1998
University of Bristol LLB (Hons) 1997

Testimonials

Ginevra has recently advised the College on a detailed and extensive consolidation of the legal documentation governing its defined benefit pension scheme, which involved technical legal expertise plus an ability to get the job done. I would thoroughly recommend Ginevra to other pension scheme sponsors and trustees.

Tracey Trotter

Director of Finance and Resources, Ardingly College

Ginevra has provided professional legal advice and support to the group on UK pension scheme matters for over two years and is a trusted adviser. She is an expert on pensions law and regulation and provides an excellent legal service including a full understanding of commercial issues.

CFO

Property and FM Group

I have worked with Ginevra for a number of years and have always found her advice to be commercial, reliable and user friendly in what is a typically complex area of law. I would not hesitate to recommend Ginevra in relation to pension issues of any nature.

Lisa Bridgwood

General Counsel and Company Secretary, Knights plc

Ginevra provided not only excellent advice, but also a first class professional service. She listened, asked for my input and regularly kept me informed and updated with developments.

Mr A Booth

Pension Scheme Member

Ginevra has supported me recently on a couple of complex legacy pension issues, that date back a number of years following a corporate divestment. The pension issues were not adequately dealt with at that time and Ginevra has helped guide us through all the rectification procedures required including linking in with the vendor, HMRC, and the Pensions Regulator. She possesses great expertise and works in a very calm, assured and logical manner giving you total confidence that she totally knows her stuff — the support she has given me and my team has been invaluable and I hugely endorse her.

Nick Hinton

Group Finance Director, Momentum Instore

Ginevra has over several years provided pensions and employee benefits advice to a wide range of our corporate clients dealing with private and public sector pension schemes. Ginevra quickly builds trust and rapport with clients and provides thorough and detailed advice.

J Curran

Partner and Employment Solicitor, Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd

Ginevra provided comprehensive and clear advice to the directors in a timely manner in relation to the company's pension scheme, which enabled the company to make and implement key decisions.

Smith Nicholas (Property Consultants) Limited

Company Secretary