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Provided by Paul Matthews
Practice Areas
Pensions advisory
Employment and pensions
Career
Paul is a Partner in our pensions practice, advising both employers and trustees on all aspects of pensions law.
His work covers scheme establishment, merger, benefit changes, winding-up and regulatory compliance, as well as the drafting of scheme documentation and member communications, with a particular focus on the Tech, Media and Comms sector. He has been advising on pensions-related matters for nearly twenty years.
He also advises life offices in relation to with-profits fund matters, including in relation to guaranteed annuity rates. He advises on the pensions aspects of acquisitions and disposals, and handles contentious and non-contentious work, including cases before the Pensions Ombudsman and High Court claims. Paul has been at Osborne Clarke since he qualified in 1993, and has been a Partner since 1999.
He is a director of our independent trustee company Open Trustees, a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers and a member of the National Association of Pension Funds’ South Western regional committee.
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Paul Matthews provides ongoing contractual and regulatory advice to scheme trustees and employer sponsors. He is particularly well versed in the utilities and financial services sectors.
Paul Matthews is an experienced litigator who regularly acts for clients in rectification proceedings and professional negligence claims.