Liam Young

Partner, Burness Paull

Liam is a partner in the Pensions Team at Burness Paull LLP. He joined the firm as a trainee in 2011 and qualified into the Pensions Team in 2013, having spent a year there as a trainee.

He advises employers, trustees and providers on every aspect of UK pensions law and is a director of the firm’s independent trustee company.

He has particular expertise in the employer debt regime, resolving documentation and equalisation issues, complaints and disputes, the pensions aspects of corporate transactions, scheme de-risking strategies and wind-up journeys and the pensions and regulatory implications of corporate insolvencies and restructurings.

"Liam is top-drawer and he provides expert advice with a strong understanding of the intricacies of our scheme." - Chambers 2024.

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Pensions law in Scotland and the rest of the UK—key differences

Practice Notes

This Practice Note looks at the key differences between pensions law in Scotland and the rest of the UK, covering (among other things) the statutory framework under Scottish law (Scots law), pensions on divorce, the meaning of an insolvency event for the purposes of the Pension Protection Fund and section 75 debts, the application of legislation, guidance and other policy, public sector pensions and outsourcing, the structure of documentation, and the approach to the interpretation and construction of pension scheme documentation.

Pensions