About

Arc Pensions Law is home to a team of highly skilled experts dedicated to pensions law. Renowned for our commitment to quality and innovation, Arc has earned a well-deserved reputation for delivering comprehensive advice on various aspects of pensions, including advising schemes in relation to governance, regulatory matters and compliance.

We believe that the future of legal services is about strength through focus. It provides clients with a unique commitment to achieving their goals. Our role is to assess the diverse and wide-ranging changes in law and business, and apply them to the world of pensions. We work with over 200 trustees and employers, plus a range of other parties in the industry like administrators, actuaries, consultants, investment funds and other law firms who rely on our unique expertise.

The experience and credibility of our team, our unyielding focus, our significant influence and our agile structure mean that we are uniquely placed to deliver a leading advisory service in pensions law.

What are we like to work with? We’re unstuffy, pragmatic, approachable, and down-to-earth. We manage projects, relationships and change, brilliantly. Put simply, we’re the sort of people you want to work with time and time again.

Chambers UK 2021

“They are clear in interpretation and able efficiently to locate their legal work within the wider commercial context.”

Chambers UK 2025

“They understand the bigger part of the deal and are keen to work within that context to get to the best outcome for our scheme members.”

Chambers UK 2025

“Arc Pensions Law always go beyond their legal framework and take a balanced commercial view.”

Chambers UK 2025

“Arc’s clear stand-out qualities revolve around its strong desire and ability to cut through the technical jargon and provide very clear, comprehensive, articulate and understandable advice in an authoritative and collaborative way.”

The Legal 500 UK 2025

“The technical expertise is clearly there, and it’s delivered in an accessible way which is difficult for pensions law, because the law itself is difficult to digest – they’re very user-friendly.”

Chambers UK 2024

“An experienced team who balance legal knowledge with commercial acumen”

Chambers UK 2024

“Extremely knowledgeable of both the employer and trustee sides of pensions law, with experience acting as sole advisor to funds and corporate clients, as well as working in conjunction with other firms that do not have pension-related expertise.”

The Legal 500 UK 2024

“Especially well-known for its prowess in advising on de-risking transactions, and is noted as offering clients an “outstanding service.”

The Legal 500 UK 2024

“I have consistently received outstanding support and advice from Arc, who have provided their advice promptly.”

Chambers UK 2023

“Very knowledgeable on complex pensions issues, reliable and commercial.”

Chambers UK 2023

“Well-regarded for converting technically complex legal points into much more palatable and user-friendly language.”

The Legal 500 UK 2023

“They provide high-quality advice across the full spectrum of pensions issues and corporate transactions”

Chambers UK 2022

“The team is noted for its strength handling scheme closure and restructuring, as well as technical expertise and simple communication.”

Chambers UK 2022

“Arc Pensions Law has proven to be an excellent firm to deal with – they provide good advice and practical guidance.”

Chambers UK 2022

“Arc is singled out for its deep technical knowledge and advises an impressive list of long-term trustee clients on pension schemes, master trust transfers, and governance issues.”

The Legal 500 UK 2022

“They are immensely capable, take complex issues in their stride and give just the right amount of information for clients to make informed decisions without getting lost in complexity. They are great value and a pleasure to deal with.”

The Legal 500 UK 2021

“Fantastically practical, highly skilled and a pleasure to work with.”

The Legal 500 UK 2021

“We needed experts in the field of UK pensions law, its pitfalls and traps…Arc provided all that and more in terms of input, response to the regulator and keeping the other side honest. Could not have wished for better and a pleasure to deal with.”

The Legal 500 UK 2021

“We particularly like their commercial approach and responsiveness on transactional matters, but they are equally adept at giving advice on day-to-day pensions issues for corporates and other clients.”

The Legal 500 UK 2021

“Whilst I can only compare Arc with legal firms that have a more general brief than just pensions, even so, Arc stands out in its capacity both to communicate the issues, draft the necessary papers and, most relevant, ensure client understanding of the law and the options.”

The Legal 500 UK 2021


Our Values

Intrepid

We’re independent-minded and willing to take a clear view or to challenge orthodox thinking. We retain the pioneering spirit that brought our firm into being and we step confidently towards the future.

Unlimited

Unshackled from the constraints of 'big law', we are free to forge our own path. We are ambitious to deploy this advantage to achieve success for our clients and ourselves. We’re open to the new and the different and we are optimistic for the future.

Considerate

Attentive to the individual needs of clients and colleagues alike, we acknowledge our differences, without deference. We’re willing to be flexible and to adapt.

Collaborative

To achieve our best we work as a team and we see being easy to work with as a strength. We’ll step up to help clients and colleagues with the support, knowledge and information they need. We understand that long-term, investing in our relationships is the best investment of all.

We pride ourselves on demonstrating our values in all that we do professionally.

Our vision

To shape an environment where the most talented and ambitious legal minds in pensions can deliver groundbreaking work without the restrictions, conflicts and lack of driving purpose that encumber traditional, full-service firms.

Our mission

To reinvent the way lawyers engage with pensions challenges by creating the best commercial vehicle for them to practice in.

Our values

We're intrepid, unlimited, considerate and collaborative. We pride ourselves on demonstrating these values in all that we do professionally.

Registered office

The LLP’s registered office is at 100 Liverpool St, London, EC2M 2AT.

A list of names of the LLP’s members is available for inspection at that address. For further regulatory information, more details of our terms and conditions and our complaints procedure, please see our Legal Notices, here.

Arc Pensions Law LLP is a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales under number OC398641 and authorised and regulated by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority in the UK.