William Earl
Associate
About
Will is an Associate in the firm’s Pensions & Lifetime Savings team. He is experienced in advising trustee boards and employers on the full spectrum of pensions law issues.
His expertise includes liability management exercises, including closure to accrual and complex buy-in transactions. He has works on a full range of day-to-day queries, GMP equalisation and benefit issues.
Will is a member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers Future Leaders committee.
Experience
- Advising the Trustee of a pension scheme on a residual risks buy-in transaction.
- Advising a number of Trustees of pension schemes ranging from £10m to £1bn+ on all aspects of buy-in and moving to buy-out.
- Advising Trustee boards on implementing GMP equalisation, both dual records and conversion.
- Advising an Employer on the consultation requirements for closing its scheme to future accrual.
- Advising Employers on auto-enrolment obligations.
- Advising Trustees and Employers on DC pension issues, including master trust transfers and default arrangement issues.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2021)