Richard Shelton
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Pensions
Band 2
About
Provided by Richard Shelton
Practice Areas
Richard is a Partner in the Human Resources Practice Group and has extensive experience in pensions law.
Richard advises employers and trustees on a full range of pensions-related legal issues. He has acted for a wide variety of clients, and has considerable experience, having worked in pensions law since 1995.
Richard has advised on the pensions aspects of many corporate sales and acquisitions (a number of which involved obtaining Pensions Regulator clearance).
He also has first-hand knowledge of the issues that pension trustees face, having previously co-founded and managed a successful independent trustee company.
Richard's recent work has included advising employers on issues relating to section 75 debts, scheme mergers, winding-ups and amendments to defined benefit schemes.
Richard is a full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.
Chambers Review
UK
Richard Shelton handles the full range of pensions matters including bulk transfers to master trusts and funding arrangements. He also advises on pensions aspects of corporate transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard is very valued."
"Richard is very valued."