Mayer Brown International LLP

Mayer Brown International LLP‘s pensions practice group has longstanding relationships with large pension scheme providers, who turn to the team for its expertise across the financial and investment, electricity and energy, and retail sectors. Key workstreams for the group include master trust bulk transfers, buy-ins and buy-outs, advising pension product advisers, and restructuring-related matters. The practice is co-headed by Jay Doraisamy, a specialist in scheme valuations, restructuring, employer covenant issues, and implementation of DEI in relation to schemes, and Andrew Block, experienced in buy-ins, restructuring, and employer covenant and funding packages. Other key practitioners include Duncan Watson, who leads on the team’s investment work advising schemes, investors, and asset managers on investment funds.