Top 100 Schemes 2016: The most appointed legal advisers
Sackers and Linklaters have topped the list of the most appointed legal advisers in the Top 100 Pensions Schemes 2016.
Professional Pensions has teamed up with Pension Funds Online to produce a definitive listing of the largest 100 pension schemes in the UK.
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Of those 100 schemes, data on legal advisers was provided for a total of 66 schemes. Of these, 35 separate law firms had appointments and a total of nine schemes reported having in-house legal advice.
The most appointed external law firms were as follows:
The data in these tables comes from Pension Funds Online as at 31st October 2016. Should you have any queries about any of the information contained in these pages, please contact Neil Blain at [email protected] To read Pension Funds Online in full, visit: http://www.pensionfundsonline.co.uk.
Further reading:
Read the Top 100 Pension Scheme Supplement in full
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