1:00 AM 10th January 2025
business
Brabners Appoints New Pensions Leadership Team
![(L-R) Nigel Jones, partner the pensions team, Nik White, managing partner and Kim Jones, head of pensions]()
(L-R) Nigel Jones, partner the pensions team, Nik White, managing partner and Kim Jones, head of pensions
Purpose-led independent law firm Brabners has invested in its pensions team with the appointment of new senior leadership as significant pension reform remains a key focus of government policy.
Kim Jones has joined Brabners as head of pensions alongside new partner Nigel Jones, and will lead the team in supporting the firm’s national client base. The appointments come during a time of significant anticipated changes in the pensions sector as the government targets better outcomes for pension savers while seeking to drive growth by facilitating pension fund investment in the UK economy.
Based in Brabners’ Leeds office, both Kim and Nigel join the firm from Freeths and will continue to be supported by legal director Max Ballad who also joins Brabners. Collectively, the team hold more than 60 years of experience advising trustees and employers on all aspects of pensions law.
Advising stakeholders in public and private sector pensions schemes nationally, the team supports clients with the establishment, operation, merger, reconstruction and wind-up of pension schemes and related risk transfer (buy-in/buyout) projects. The team, which includes M&A specialists, will also support Brabners’ leading corporate specialism – which last year was recognised as a top 15 M&A adviser nationally by Experian – in advising on the pensions aspects of refinancing, restructurings, sales and acquisitions.
The appointment is the latest addition to the firm’s fast-growing Leeds office, which works closely with colleagues across Brabners’ offices in Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire. Brabners was recently named the best law firm to work for in the UK and the best company to work for in Yorkshire by Best Companies.