Pension Funds

Pension challenges rarely sit neatly within one discipline. They touch governance, tax, regulatory expectations, investment structures, employment matters and, increasingly, cross‑border compliance. That is why our support brings law and tax together from the start. We help pension funds navigate the full pensions lifecycle with clear, practical guidance that translates complex rules into workable solutions - whether for day‑to‑day decisions or major transitions and disputes.

Pension governance and outsourcing
Clear governance frameworks and compliant outsourcing arrangements that align with supervisory expectations across jurisdictions.

Transitions
Guidance through transitions to new pension systems, including the Dutch Future Pensions Act (Wtp), from design choices to regulatory approval.

Restructuring, liquidation and collective transfers
End‑to‑end support for liquidations and collective value transfers, including statutory consultation and stakeholder alignment.

Pension dispute resolution
Representation in disputes involving social partners, service providers, participants and regulators, including indexation and conversion‑related matters.

Corporate M&A
Assistance with pension-related aspects of corporate transactions, including the impact on pension fund liabilities and governance.

Pension tax advisory
Integrated tax advice covering pension tax law, investment structuring and transactional tax aspects such as M&A and VAT.

Product development
Legal support for designing and implementing pension products, including Branch 21 and Branch 23 solutions, life‑cycle structures and collective DC schemes.

Mandatory industry‑wide pension schemes
Scope assessments, exemption processes and harmonisation of blue‑ and white‑collar schemes under mandatory sectoral frameworks.

Cross‑border pensions
Structuring and maintaining compliant pan‑European pension solutions, designing expat pension arrangements and advising on pension obligations in transfers of undertaking (TUPE).