Senior Associate Are you a Senior Pensions Lawyer interested in working with a professional yet progressive firm, where quality of work and quality of life go hand-in hand? Do you enjoy working with an exceptional client base? Perhaps you are looking for a clear progression path? This may be the opportunity for you.

The Team

Our team is one of the largest Pensions team in the UK. With a national client base comprising of more than 750 trustee and employer clients, across the public and private sectors, we help trustees with defined benefit, defined contribution and hybrid schemes.

We regularly provide tailored training for trustees and in 2021 launched our Pensions Schemes Act Triage Tool , to support employers and trustees with navigating the Pensions Regulator's powers.

Key clients include:

AT&T, Babcock, Chanel, Great Lakes, Hampshire County Council, Honda, National Trust, Panasonic, Silentnight, University of Oxford and Western Power Distribution.

What others say...

"[They are] a large team with real strength in depth. Technical pensions know-how, industry specific knowledge and across the board expertise means that they are able to offer an excellent service in relation to schemes of any size."

The Firm

We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have recently been voted by our people as a RollOnFriday's 'Firm of the Year to Work for 2025'.

Interested in progression? Join Burges Salmon's award-winning Senior Associate Development Programme, crafted to equip our senior associates with the essential skills and behaviours needed to advance to Director or Partner roles. Our innovative programme features a hybrid development process, insightful leadership training, personalised development plans, networking opportunities and more. Spaces are not limited and there are numerous intakes throughout the year.

And did you know our hybrid working model offers flexible working options too?

What you'll need

• Relevant experience working on pensions related transactions, advice and contentious matters
• Must be a SRA or Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer

Benefits

Click here for a full overview of our brilliant reward package.

We're committed to finding the right person for this role and we're open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.

Get in touch!

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Abbie Jackson - 0117 307 6776 for an informal and confidential conversation.