Louisa Knox
Edinburgh DL : +44 (0)131 473 5216 F : +44 (0)131 228 1222
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Louisa is a partner within our Pensions team and has an extensive range of experience advising on pensions law issues for trustees and companies. She has significant experience in risk reduction measures, including scheme restructuring, as well as the impact of commercial activity on schemes, including negotiations with the Pensions Regulator and Pensions Protection Fund. She is a committee member of the ICAS Pensions Working Party as well as a full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers. According to Chambers 2010, Louisa is "very good at explaining things and putting herself in our shoes as trustees" and is strong on "difficult and complicated" matters.

Admitted in Scotland.


17.05.2013New rights for pension trustees on takeovers

Changes to the Takeover Code, which come into force on 20 May, will give pension scheme trustees new rights to be involved in the takeover process. Going forward, trustees must be provided with key information on the offer and given…

13.05.2013Balancing act for the Pensions Regulator: Annual funding statement and new objective published

The Government has this week published its Pensions Bill, which will implement a number of changes to pension legislation. Most notably for trustees and employers of defined benefit pension schemes, the Bill sets out the precise wor…

11.04.2013The £450bn additional (!) pensions deficit

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), the European Union’s technical level body for pensions and insurance supervisors, this week published its preliminary assessment of the quantitative impact on the f…