Charlotte Stafford (née Rowland-Frank)
Senior Associate, UK
Charlotte is a Senior Associate in our pensions team advising employers and trustees on all areas of pensions law. She qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and joined Osborne Clarke in April 2020.
Charlotte's experience covers advising on scheme mergers, buy-ins and buy-outs, transfers to master trusts, scheme closures and winding-up, scheme governance (including cyber security), internal dispute resolution procedures, reviewing commercial contracts and drafting scheme documentation. Charlotte also advises trustees and the Pension Protection Fund to progress pension schemes through the qualification process for assistance from the PPF.
She has particular expertise in acting for trustees, employers and representative beneficiaries in rectification, construction or declaratory proceedings, in which she has gained trial experience in the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Charlotte is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.
"Charlotte Stafford is excellent: very diligent and clever."
Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world
"I have a keen interest in decarbonisation and digitalisation and how this will impact pension schemes through climate change risk, the transition to net zero carbon and the need to adapt to new technologies."
Trustees of large utility company's pension scheme
Advised on the sale of an employer's subsidiary for over £3bn, helping to negotiate a significant payment into the scheme to account for the loss of covenant and in anticipation of a dividend being paid to shareholders.
Trustees of a global financial services company's pension scheme
Advised to help resolve a number of complex scheme issues relating to equalisation and the validity and interpretation of scheme amendments.
Trustees of a large utility company's pension scheme
Advised on the bulk transfer of a DC pension scheme to a master trust arrangement.
Representative Beneficiary
Advised the representative member in relation to a Part 8 application for directions concerning deferred revaluation.
Insights
Employment and pensions
The UK lifetime allowance is going on 6 April: are you ready?
What is changing and what do pension scheme trustees and employers need to do to prepare?
22/02/2024
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7m
