Brent is a Partner in our pensions team, and advises employers and trustees on all aspects of pensions law. Brent also leads Osborne Clarke's Public Sector Pensions Group.
Brent has a broad range of pensions experience, but mainly acts for clients that operate in the transport & automotive, energy & utilities, engineering and the defence sectors.
Brent's expertise ranges from advising employer and trustee clients on closing defined benefit schemes to accrual, the solvent restructuring of scheme liabilities, risk settlement work (including bulk annuity transactions), the pensions aspects of M&A and outsourcing transactions, as well as day to day advisory work.
Brent also has a particular focus on public sector pension issues, including acting for LGPS administering authorities and admitted bodies, as well as private sector contractors on central and local government outsourcings.
Clients single out the highly competent and indispensable Brent Wright, who has a good balance of knowledge, responsiveness and interpersonal skills.
Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world
I have a keen interest in Decarbonisation and wider 'ESG' issues. In particular, how occupational pension schemes grapple with the challenges that climate change poses to them, taking into account the climate change governance and reporting duties that all schemes will soon have under pensions legislation.
Decarbonisation is part of Osborne Clarke's 3D client strategy, and presents both challenges and opportunities for all of our clients.
Please listen to our Decarbonisation and ESG 'Pensions 22' podcast here >
Imperial Tobacco Pension Trustees Limited
Acting for Imperial Tobacco Pension Trustees Limited on the legal aspects of their high profile £1.8bn pensioner bulk purchase annuity transaction with Standard Life, covering 6,600 members and believed to the largest such transaction in 2021. Read more >
FTSE100 engineering client
Acting for a FTSE100 engineering client on the simultaneous closure of two of their defined benefit pension schemes to future accrual in 2020, including putting in place a comprehensive scheme funding package.
Bristol Airport Limited
Acting for Bristol Airport Limited on the closure of their defined benefit scheme to future accrual in 2021, including member and union consultations and related scheme funding discussions.
Financial Services trustee client
Acting for a trustee client in the financial services sector on the legal aspects of their £35m bulk purchase annuity transaction with Legal & General in 2021.
Insights
Public Service Pensions Update | June 2021
This month, we look at the recent High Court decision on Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) exit credits, along with...
DWP responds to consultation on climate risk governance and reporting
In the latest of our series of Insights on the Pension Schemes Act 2021, we look at what has changed...
New code and guidance for contribution notices
In the latest in our series on the Pension Schemes Act 2021, we take a look at the consultation being...
Public Service Pensions Update | May 2021
This month, we look at announcements made in the Queen's speech. We also consider developments ranging from draft regulations which...
Public Service Pensions Update | April 2021
In this edition, we look at a range of developments relevant to administration, governance and investment.
Public Service Pensions Update | March 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of our Public Service Pensions Update.
Pension schemes mull judicial review of inflation indices reform
Will the Retail Prices Index change for occupational pension schemes in 2030?
Public Service Pensions Update | February 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of our Public Service Pensions Update
Climate risk governance and reporting duties: new obligations for occupational pension schemes
The Pension Schemes Act received Royal Assent on 11 February 2021. In the first of a series of Insights on...