Pensions
Both in the Netherlands and in Belgium, the pensions sector is one of the most complex and regulated sectors, continuously evolving and faced with a range of challenges. Our team helps clients navigate complex pension issues, offering clear and pragmatic advice tailored to meet their specific needs.
Our multidisciplinary pensions team is recognised for its expertise across various jurisdictions. We provide strategic guidance on a wide range of complex pension issues, regulatory requirements, and governance issues to employers, pension funds, insurance companies, pension administrators and asset managers. With our deep understanding of the sector, we offer comprehensive support for our clients, ensuring they are well-prepared to meet future challenges and obligations.
Services
Our pensions practice advises private and public sector clients across Belgium and the Netherlands on a wide range of issues, including:
- Mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions
- Drafting and amending of pension regulations
- Assisting negotiations with relevant regulators
- Governance and compliance
- Equal treatment and non-discrimination
- (End-of-career) severance packages
- Scope of application of industry wide pension plans
- Litigation
Our team assists with all aspects of pension-related matters, in particular:
- For the Netherlands: disputes about indexation, amendment of pension plans, managing obligations to participate in industry-wide pension funds or to get exemptions, outsourcing and the liquidation of pension funds. With support from a strong network of actuaries and consultants, we provide comprehensive solutions for a wide range of pension-related challenges. Our Amsterdam-based team is particularly experienced in helping clients navigate the recent reforms of the Dutch pension system, including the Future Pensions Act (Wet toekomst pensioenen), which came into force on 1 July 2023. This act represents the most significant pension reform in decades, and Dutch pension providers and employers must transition to the new system by 1 January 2028.
- For Belgium: financial aspects of pension transfers between employers, impact on financial pension obligations of public sector restructurings, harmonisation of pension plans. Our Brussels-based team is particularly experienced in pension litigation with a speciality in the public sector.
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Paul Vestering
Jaap van Slooten
Jan Proesmans
Phinney Disseldorp
