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Gary Delderfield

Partner
Head of Public Sector Pensions

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Gary Delderfield helps pension funds and employers navigate complex pension issues. 

He is a nationally recognized leader in the field of public sector pensions.  

Gary is a partner in our Employment, Labor and Pensions practice group. He advises on all aspects of pensions law. Gary also heads our UK public sector pensions practice. 

He advises trustees, employers, and providers on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious pension issues. Gary has particular experience in the field of public sector pensions law, advising both public and private sector clients on issues across central government, education, local government, NHS and voluntary sectors.

 

Gary's experience includes:

  • advising many LGPS pension funds and employers on a wide variety of pension issues
  • advising on the setup of several LGPS investment pooling vehicles
  • setting up a broadly comparable pension scheme for a private sector contractor 
  • advising on one of the first bulk transfers out of SHPS
  • advising a housing association on the closure of its DB pension arrangements
  • advising a university on the pension aspects of a merger with another institution
  • advising a private sector contractor on the management of its Beckmann liabilities
  • advising on the merger of two LGPS pension funds

Gary is a regular speaker on pension issues and speaks on the Local Government Association's annual Fundamentals trustee training course and at many LGPS events. He has also written widely on pension issues for publications such as Pensions Week, Pensions Management, Pension Lawyer, Tolleys Pensions Law, Legal Week and PAYadvice (magazine of the Institute of Payroll Professionals). 

  • Leading Individual – Legal 500
  • Band 2 Ranked Lawyer – Chambers & Partners 
  • Ranked in Chambers UK 2018, 2019
  • Member, Association of Pension Lawyers
Gary Delderfield

Partner

Head of Public Sector Pensions

Gary Delderfield

Partner

Head of Public Sector Pensions

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