Paul Carberry
- Qualified, Solicitor of England & Wales (2001)
Areas of focus
Areas of focus
Paul Carberry helps clients to understand their obligations and requirements in operating their pensions arrangements. Paul advises both trustees and employers on a broad range of pension issues including funding discussions, benefit design issues, investment matters and liability management exercises.
Paul is the head of our public sector pensions team, focusing on assisting public sector clients in responding to the challenges of implementing new legislation and the impact this can have on both the employer and its employees.
Paul advises Local Government Pension Scheme administering authorities on governance matters, investment management agreements and discretionary policy requirements. He also advises Local Government Pension Scheme employers on their obligations under the LGPS and in respect of associated Admission Agreement issues.
Paul is the author of several Practical Law Company chapters on public sector pension issues including 'Public sector pensions: outsourcing' and has spoken at a number of national public sector pensions conferences.
Advising the Isle of Man Government on the creation of its Unified Pension Scheme, Paul and the rest of the team drafted the rules governing the new United Scheme which were then adopted into Manx legislation. Paul's team also advised the government on the benefit design, communication and consultation issues involved with the Unified Scheme. The Unified Scheme replaced 15 of the island's existing public service pension arrangements and implemented an innovative new benefit design for its 10,000 members. The scheme was awarded the Professional Pensions "Public Sector Pension Scheme of the Year" in 2013. Paul and the rest of the team were 'highly-commended' for the work they performed for the Isle of Man as the Legal Business Awards - employment, pensions and benefits team of the year category.
"Ability to explain complex issues in a way that the trustees can understand."
Chambers UK
"A force to be reckoned with."
Legal 500 UK