Max Ballad
UK Guide 2025
Associates to watch : Pensions
Associates to watch
About
Provided by Max Ballad
Practice Areas
Max advises trustees and employers on legal issues in relation to workplace pension schemes. His experience includes (among other things): scheme mergers (sectionalised and unsectionalised); drafting scheme documentation; acting for representative beneficiaries in rectification/construction claims; resolution of disputes with scheme members; trustee governance reviews; advising on section 75 debt and restructuring issues; buy-outs and buy-ins including review of benefit specifications and contractual terms; and advising employers on their obligations in relation to participation in the Local Government Pension Scheme and outsourcing agreements.
Career
Max has worked in pensions since 1998 and qualified as a legal executive at an international law firm in 2006. He joined Arc Pensions Law in May 2017.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Association of Pension Lawyers
Chambers Review
UK
Max Ballad of Freeths advises on governance reviews, with further strength assisting with the pensions aspects of corporate transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Max is a good technical lawyer."
"Max is a good technical lawyer."