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Emma J. King

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Emma helps employers manage their employee pension promises and supports pension trustees and pension providers in navigating governance and compliance issues to ensure good member outcomes.

Emma specializes in pensions law, advising trustees and corporates on a wide range of issues, including liability risk reduction for legacy-defined benefit pension schemes, consolidating pension arrangements, and advising on auto-enrolment requirements. 

Emma originally trained as a litigator and retains an interest in disputes. She advises on Pension Ombudsman cases, deals with court applications, including professional negligence claims, and handles representative beneficiary cases. She also deals with Pensions Regulator investigations, drawing on her experience of advising the BHS pension scheme trustees throughout the insolvency and subsequent investigation by the Regulator and Parliamentary select committees.

Emma is a regular speaker at seminars.

Emma's key clients include:

  • Siemens plc
  • 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd
  • Antalis on the corporate side and the trustees of pension schemes including Wales & West Utilities, Chubb, Northern Gas Networks and Clara
  • Emma is ranked Band 1 for the Midlands by Chambers and Partners
  • Leading Individual by Legal 500 for her work in the Pensions field.
  • Chambers confirms that Emma is "held in high regard for her expertise in pension scheme matters including scheme establishments, restructurings and closures to future accrual, advising both trustees and corporate sponsors.  Her advice is thorough and reliable and she communicates it extremely clearly".  She is also reported to have "a good eye for detail and an understanding of how the regulator works".
  • Top Ranked Chambers UK 2018, 2019
  • Member of Association of Pension Lawyers
  • LLB (Hons) 2.1 (Sheffield University)
Emma King

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Emma King

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