Will Sutton

Will is a partner at Reed Smith and has a broad range of in-depth experience of the numerous issues that can arise for UK-based pension schemes. His work has mainly involved providing advice to pension scheme trustees and employers including detailed advice in relation to the tax regime, age discrimination, funding and investments, scheme mergers, scheme closure, liability management, employer debt, buy ins/buy outs and automatic enrolment. In addition to this, Will is actively involved in trustee training.

Will is also heavily involved in advising companies on the pensions aspects of the sale and purchase of companies or businesses and has dealt with the full range of issues that can arise in such transactions. This has often included public sector outsourcing projects which have involved the full range of private to public sector (or second generation transfer) pension issues.

As well as his legal role, Will is involved in independent pension trustee companies. He therefore has experience of the decisions that trustees need to make as well as practical knowledge of the day-to-day administration involved in running ongoing schemes, and schemes which are winding up (including those qualified for the Financial Assistance Scheme or the Pension Protection Fund).