This niche team of five lawyers is the only one of its kind in the UK, combining pensions and employment advice to meet the needs of HR legal teams.

With an impressive client base including FTSE companies, private sector organisations and government departments, its lawyers provide high-end, strategic advice and day-to-day operational guidance on cross-discipline HR issues.

Typical work involves high-value collective age discrimination claims, multi-billion pound pension re-structuring projects, post A-Day executive rewards, final salary pension scheme debt management, absence management and ill-health pensions, and flexible retirement.

Clients include Lloyds TSB, HSBC, University of Nottingham, Toyota, Emap, Steria, Sanctuary Housing Association, Cemex UK, CB Richard Ellis and NIAB.