Profile

Suzanne Burrell is a partner in the Pensions team. Based in our Thames Valley office, she advises both trustees and employers on a wide range of pensions issues.  She has experience advising a broad spectrum of pension schemes, both defined-benefit and defined contribution schemes of all sizes.  This includes schemes set up by charities and not for profit organisations as well as industry-wide schemes and private sector employers. 

Suzanne's experience includes:

• advice on redesign of pension benefits including capping pensionable salary and introduction of career average benefits
• negotiations between trustees and employers on issues around closure to future accrual, pension scheme funding and contingent assets
• drafting and negotiation of contingent asset documents including parent company guarantees (including pension protection fund compliant guarantees), escrow agreements and charges over real estate
• advice on scheme mergers
• review and advice on agreements with third party providers including agreements on employer covenant review, administration agreements and investment management agreeements
• production of scheme documents including definitive trust deeds and rules for schemes
• internal dispute resolution procedure and ombudsman cases on a wide range of disputes including ill-health, mis-quotes of pensions and pensionability of bonuses

Suzie undertook her training contract and qualified into the Pensions department at Mayer Brown International LLP (formerly Rowe & Maw) in 2001.  She is a Member of the Pensions Management Institute (DipPMI) and a full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

Areas of Practice

• Pensions