Last month, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) updated the Work and Pensions Committee of the House of Commons (the Committee) on progress made in the campaign to combat pension scams (access TPR’s update here). In this article, we consider the update and look at ways to avoid pension scams.

About Eleanor Hart
Eleanor advises on a broad variety of pension matters, both transactional and general advisory, acting for trustees and corporate sponsors. She has extensive experience advising clients on the pension and employment aspects of acquisitions and disposals (both UK and cross-border). She has been involved in numerous high-profile deals with complex pension aspects as well as innovative pension restructurings, including the first ever pensions deficit for equity swap. Eleanor is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers and is currently on the Education and Seminars Committee.
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