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Parminder K Latimer
Partner
Pensions
Accolades
Expertise
I am a trusted advisor to my clients, part of their team, understanding “their” issues, resolving “their” issues.
I have over three decades of experience in the Pensions industry advising on all types of pensions legal complex issues.
Whilst I advise my clients on areas of pensions law, I have developed particular niches in this already niche area of pensions law: i) in pension disputes, including advising companies, trustees and individuals on internal dispute resolution procedures (IDRP), through to rectification, construction, amendment powers, highlighted by leading teams to the Court of Appeal in high profile pensions litigation cases, and ii) in corporate transactions, advising employers and trustees of pension funds, as well as handling Clearance Applications to the Pensions Regulator.
I am known for working well with all parties to achieve a successful, commercial and common sense outcome.
Working as a Professional Trustee of a large award-winning professional trustee company for over 10 years, managing several trustee appointments enabled me to anticipate actions of both trustees and corporates alike. I have continued my role as a professional trustee by becoming an Associate Director of gcTrustees.
Experience Highlights
- Devising a streamlined death in service trustee decision process, for a global German car manufacturer, based in the UK. Reducing costs and time by being the initial point of contact for all death cases, collecting in all relevant information and presenting reports to the Trustees to enable them to make quick decisions so benefits can be paid in a timely fashion. This process reduced the number of complaints drastically and legal spend for my client.
- Leading negotiations and securing suitable mitigation on large-scale pensions consultation exercises in relation to scheme closures and scheme amendments.
- Acting for individuals, trustees, corporates, family run pension schemes on a whole range of pensions dispute cases, including internal dispute cases, maladministration complaints, Pensions Ombudsman applications, court cases involving errors in scheme documentation, errors in historical equalisation exercises.
- Advising and negotiating on corporate M&A transactions, including dealing with Clearance applications to the Pensions Regulator, advising on PPF+ deals.
- Advising clients in relation to the Pensions Regulator’s intervention and penalties and the continuing changes in the law in this area.
- Advising small to medium sized schemes on a range of tricky pensions legal issues, and governance issues.
Career History
Previous Law firms
- Simmons & Simmons, Of Counsel
- Freeths, Partner, Head of Pensions
- BDB Pitmans (formerly Pitmans), Director
Memberships and Pension Industry Highlights
- Association of Pensions Lawyers
- Finalist and awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the Lawyer of the Year category, in the Professional Pensions Women in Pensions Awards 2022
- Ranked as a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500 2023
- Nominated for the Professional Pensions, Women in Pensions Awards 2019
- Ambassador of Insuring Women’s Futures Group
Education
- University of Leicester
- Guildford College of Law
Expertise
Back to top
I am a trusted advisor to my clients, part of their team, understanding “their” issues, resolving “their” issues.
I have over three decades of experience in the Pensions industry advising on all types of pensions legal complex issues.
Whilst I advise my clients on areas of pensions law, I have developed particular niches in this already niche area of pensions law: i) in pension disputes, including advising companies, trustees and individuals on internal dispute resolution procedures (IDRP), through to rectification, construction, amendment powers, highlighted by leading teams to the Court of Appeal in high profile pensions litigation cases, and ii) in corporate transactions, advising employers and trustees of pension funds, as well as handling Clearance Applications to the Pensions Regulator.
I am known for working well with all parties to achieve a successful, commercial and common sense outcome.
Working as a Professional Trustee of a large award-winning professional trustee company for over 10 years, managing several trustee appointments enabled me to anticipate actions of both trustees and corporates alike. I have continued my role as a professional trustee by becoming an Associate Director of gcTrustees.
Experience Highlights
Back to top
- Devising a streamlined death in service trustee decision process, for a global German car manufacturer, based in the UK. Reducing costs and time by being the initial point of contact for all death cases, collecting in all relevant information and presenting reports to the Trustees to enable them to make quick decisions so benefits can be paid in a timely fashion. This process reduced the number of complaints drastically and legal spend for my client.
- Leading negotiations and securing suitable mitigation on large-scale pensions consultation exercises in relation to scheme closures and scheme amendments.
- Acting for individuals, trustees, corporates, family run pension schemes on a whole range of pensions dispute cases, including internal dispute cases, maladministration complaints, Pensions Ombudsman applications, court cases involving errors in scheme documentation, errors in historical equalisation exercises.
- Advising and negotiating on corporate M&A transactions, including dealing with Clearance applications to the Pensions Regulator, advising on PPF+ deals.
- Advising clients in relation to the Pensions Regulator’s intervention and penalties and the continuing changes in the law in this area.
- Advising small to medium sized schemes on a range of tricky pensions legal issues, and governance issues.
Career History
Back to top
Previous Law firms
- Simmons & Simmons, Of Counsel
- Freeths, Partner, Head of Pensions
- BDB Pitmans (formerly Pitmans), Director
Memberships and Pension Industry Highlights
- Association of Pensions Lawyers
- Finalist and awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the Lawyer of the Year category, in the Professional Pensions Women in Pensions Awards 2022
- Ranked as a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500 2023
- Nominated for the Professional Pensions, Women in Pensions Awards 2019
- Ambassador of Insuring Women’s Futures Group
Education
- University of Leicester
- Guildford College of Law
Testimonials
Parminder Latimer has consistently demonstrated excellent insight, tenacity for detail and delivery of assurance and content that we required for a what was, on reflection, a relatively seamless transition and change to our company pension scheme. Parminder’s guidance has been exceptional.
Legal 500 2023
Parminder Latimer has been exceptional in relation to all pensions guidance and has supported the business with a full pension set-up and transition from a Corporate Pension Plan to our own scheme. Fellow Partner colleagues at Gunnercooke have also supported our business with exceptional legal advice which has supported our business transition in the last 12-18 months.
Legal 500 2023
Parminder Latimer has an excellent manner with clients; she is calm and reassuring.
Legal 500 2023
As an IFA, it is essential that any client matters that I provide to professional introductions are dealt with promptly, efficiently and on a cost-effective basis. My experience of dealing with gunnercooke has certainly met those expectations both to my satisfaction as well as my clients.
Geoff Poland
Independent Financial Advisor, Belbury Financial PlanningI could not find fault in the service from Parminder ⸺ very professional and friendly.
Client
Parminder K Latimer is conscientious and dedicated with a tremendous appetite for work.
The Legal 500 2023